Chemoenzymatic Halocyclization of γ,δ-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids and Alcohols

ChemSusChem. 2020 Jan 9;13(1):5. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201903372. Epub 2019 Dec 30.

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the group of Prof. Dr. Frank Hollmann at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. The Front Cover shows the vanadium-dependent haloperoxidase from the marine organism Curcuvaria inaequalis, which efficiently activates halides as hypohalites that can then initiate spontaneous halo-lactonization and halo-etherification reactions. The Communication itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.201902240.