Stereoselectivity Mitsunobu reaction, alcohol-amine

Biocatalysts are being applied widely in the industry, including the preparation of carbon-carbon bonds. Stereoselective oxidation with biocatalysts is an area where chemistry will find it hard to compete. A need still exists for new catalysts to replace stoichiometric reagents, as in the reduction of an amide to an amine, amide formation, and substitution of an alcohol (Mitsunobu reaction) (258). In both arenas of catalysis, the overall goal for green chemistry and stereoselectivity must be carbon-hydrogen bond activation. 

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