Print Email Facebook Twitter Green and sustainable solvents for biocatalytic oxidations Title Green and sustainable solvents for biocatalytic oxidations Author Sheldon, R.A. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis; University of Witwatersrand) Bode, Moira L. (University of Witwatersrand) Mathebula, Nompumelelo (University of Witwatersrand) Date 2023 Abstract The discovery that enzymes could function efficiently in organic solvents revolutionized their use in industry but represented a change from the natural “green” solvent, water, to a host of environmentally undesirable solvents. Considerable effort is being devoted to making such processes greener again. Bio-based solvents, derived from waste biomass, possess the desirable attributes of traditional organic solvents but are more conducive to a circular bio-based economy. Although biocatalytic oxidations have only been tested in bio-based ether solvents, there is considerable scope for expanding this to include bio-based ester solvents. Alternatively, both ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, with tunable properties, are proving very interesting solvents for biocatalytic oxidations. In particular, oxidative depolymerization of lignin, catalyzed by laccases, has been extensively investigated. Finally, designer amphiphiles can facilitate the formation of micelles that act as hydrophobic nanoreactors for performing biocatalytic oxidation processes while surrounded by aqueous buffer as solvent. Subject Bio-based solventsBiocatalytic oxidationsDeep eutectic solventsGreen solventsIonic liquidsMicellar catalysis To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:390feb88-fa1f-4cfe-9354-8d10f73e3378 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2022.100741 Embargo date 2023-07-01 ISSN 2452-2236 Source Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 39 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type review Rights © 2023 R.A. Sheldon, Moira L. Bode, Nompumelelo Mathebula Files PDF 1_s2.0_S2452223622001535_main.pdf 1.15 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:390feb88-fa1f-4cfe-9354-8d10f73e3378/datastream/OBJ/view