Nuclear Waste and Biocatalysis: A Sustainable Liaison?

It is well-known that energy-rich radiation induces water splitting, eventually yielding hydrogen peroxide. Synthetic applications, however, are scarce and to the best of our knowledge, the combination of radioactivity with enzyme-catalysis has not been considered yet. Peroxygenases utilize H2O2 as an oxidant to promote highly selective...

Photoenzymatic Hydroxylation of Ethylbenzene Catalyzed by Unspecific Peroxygenase: Origin of Enzyme Inactivation and the Impact of Light Intensity and Temperature

Photoenzymatic cascades can be used for selective oxygenation of C−H-Bonds under mild conditions circumventing the hydrogen peroxide mediated peroxygenase inactivation via in situ H₂O₂ generation. Here, we report the “on demand” production of hydrogen peroxide via methanol assisted reduction of molecular oxygen using UV...