Artificial Metalloenzymes And Metallodnazymes In Catalysis - From Design To Applications

An important reference for researchers in the field of metal-enzyme hybrid catalysis

Artificial Metalloenzymes and MetalloDNAzymes in Catalysis offers a comprehensive review of the most current strategies, developed over recent decades, for the design, synthesis, and optimization of these hybrid catalysts as well as material about their application. The contributors—noted experts in the field—present information on the preparation, characterization, and optimization of artificial metalloenzymes in a timely and authoritative manner.

The authors present a thorough examination of this interesting new platform for catalysis that combines the excellent selective recognition/binding properties of enzymes with transition metal catalysts. The text includes information on the various applications of metal-enzyme hybrid catalysts for novel reactions, offers insights into the latest advances in the field, and contains an informative perspective on the future: 

• Explores the development of artificial metalloenzymes, the modern and strongly evolving research field on the verge of industrial application
• Contains a comprehensive reference to the research area of metal-enzyme hybrid catalysis that has experienced tremendous growth in recent years
• Includes contributions from leading researchers in the field
• Shows how this new catalysis combines the selective recognition/binding properties of enzymes with transition metal catalysts

Written for catalytic chemists, bioinorganic chemists, biochemists, and organic chemists, Artificial Metalloenzymes and MetalloDNAzymes in Catalysis offers a unique reference to the fundamentals, concepts, applications, and the most recent developments for more efficient and sustainable synthesis.

Montserrat Dii??guez is full professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the University Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona since 2011. Her main research interests are focused on the sustainable design, synthesis and screening of highly active and selective chiral catalysts for reactions of interest in the biological, pharmaceutical and organic nanotechnological industry.

Jan-Erling Bi??ckvall is currently Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Stockholm University, Sweden. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, and Academia Europaea as well as a member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. His current research interests include transition metal-catalyzed organic transformations, biomimetic oxidations, and enzyme catalysis.

Oscar Pi??mies is currently working as associate professor at the Rovira i Virgili University. His research interests are asymmetric catalysis, organometallic chemistry, enzyme catalysis and combinatorial synthesis.