An alginate-confined peroxygenase-CLEA for styrene epoxidation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Jun 10;57(47):5766-5769. doi: 10.1039/d1cc01868j.

Abstract

Oxyfunctionalisation reactions in neat substrate still pose a challenge for biocatalysis. Here, we report an alginate-confined peroxygenase-CLEA to catalyse the enantioselective epoxidation of cis-β-methylstyrene in a solvent-free reaction system achieving turnover numbers of 96 000 for the biocatalyst and epoxide concentrations of 48 mM.