Practical Biotransformations: A Beginner´s Guide
Gideon Grogan
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Description for Practical Biotransformations: A Beginner´s Guide
Paperback. The development of new asymmetric catalytic methods is of fundamental importance to industrial synthetic chemistry. The demand for optically pure synthetic intermediates and the drive to adopt greener methods of synthesis have stimulated a growing interest in biocatalysis as a selective and environmentally benign synthetic technique. Series: Postgraduate Chemistry Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PNRD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 524.
The development of new asymmetric catalytic methods is of fundamental importance to industrial synthetic chemistry. The demand for optically pure synthetic intermediates and the drive to adopt greener methods of synthesis have stimulated a growing interest in biocatalysis as a selective and environmentally benign synthetic technique.
The development of new asymmetric catalytic methods is of fundamental importance to industrial synthetic chemistry. The demand for optically pure synthetic intermediates and the drive to adopt greener methods of synthesis have stimulated a growing interest in biocatalysis as a selective and environmentally benign synthetic technique.
Practical Biotransformations: A Beginner's Guide provides an introduction to microbes and enzymes and demonstrates their practical applications in synthetic organic chemistry. Designed as a laboratory manual, this user-friendly guide discusses standard laboratory techniques, with appropriate advice on aspects of microbial practice and associated safety.
Topics covered include:
- An introduction to equipment in ... Read more
- An overview of biocatalyst sources
- Maintenance and growth of biocatalysts
- Example biotransformations using commercially available microbes and enzymes
- Basic gene cloning and the use of ‘designer’ biocatalysts
This book will be a valuable resource for synthetic organic chemists with little or no experience of biochemistry or microbiology. It is the author’s hope that this text will inspire readers to consider biocatalytic methods as real alternatives to traditional synthetic solutions.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
Postgraduate Chemistry Series
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405171250
SKU
V9781405171250
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About Gideon Grogan
Gideon Grogan is a lecturer at the University of York, Department of Chemistry. He is also Science Manager of the Bioscience for Business Knowledge Transfer Network (a UK DTI-funded organisation for biocatalysis collaborations between academe and industry) and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for Biocatalysis, Biotransformation and Biomanufacture (at York).
Reviews for Practical Biotransformations: A Beginner´s Guide
?The book provides a good overview and appropriately conceived outline of this complex topic, enabling the interested reader to begin work with enzymes quickly and without unnecessary complications.? (Angewandte Chemie, October 2009) ?Gogan presents a beginner's guide to microbes and enzymes and how to use them for synthetic organic reactions in the laboratory.? ( Book News, September 2009) ... Read more