Biocatalytic synthesis agrochemicals

Since the mid-1970s biotransformations have become a very well-established tool in the fine chemicals industry. Biocatalytic systems, including crude and purified enzymes as well as whole-cell systems performing highly selective reactions under mild conditions, are widely used, especially in synthesis and production of biologically active compounds in the agrochemical and pharmaceutical sectors. 

There is a strong need for new biocatalytic methods producing enantiomerically pure compounds which are the basis for synthesis and production of biologically active compounds for agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. 

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