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Zhang, W. (author), Lee, Jeong Hoo (author), Younes, S.H.H. (author), Tonin, F. (author), Hagedoorn, P.L. (author), Pichler, Harald (author), Baeg, Yoonjin (author), Park, Jin-Buang (author), Hollmann, F. (author), Kourist, Robert (author)En route to a bio-based chemical industry, the conversion of fatty acids into building blocks is of particular interest. Enzymatic routes, occurring under mild conditions and excelling by intrinsic selectivity, are particularly attractive. Here we report photoenzymatic cascade reactions to transform unsaturated fatty acids into...journal article 2020
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Zhang, Jie (author), Tonin, F. (author), Zhang, W. (author), Hagedoorn, P.L. (author), Mallée, L. (author), Hollmann, F. (author)We report the use of commercial laundry powder as a biocatalyst for a range of lipase-catalysed reactions including (trans)esterification, ester hydrolysis and chemoenzymatic epoxidation reactions. The enzymatic laundry powder exhibited excellent stability and recyclability, making it a readily available and cheap biocatalyst for chemical...journal article 2019
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Huijbers, M.M.E. (author), Zhang, W. (author), Tonin, F. (author), Hollmann, F. (author)The photoenzymatic decarboxylation of fatty acids to alkanes is proposed as an alternative approach for the synthesis of biodiesel. By using a recently discovered photodecarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A (CvFAP) we demonstrate the irreversible preparation of alkanes from fatty acids and triglycerides. Several fatty acids and their...journal article 2018