Biotransformations of hydroxylamine derivatives

The results presented herein represent a programme focussed towards producing a deracemisation system for hydroxylamines. A number of different avenues have been explored. The use of a number of biocatalytic systems was investigated in an attempt to construct a one-pot system. These included a novel...

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Main Author: Eve, Tom S. C.
Published: University of Edinburgh 2007
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spelling ndltd-bl.uk-oai-ethos.bl.uk-6504212016-06-21T03:22:27ZBiotransformations of hydroxylamine derivativesEve, Tom S. C.2007The results presented herein represent a programme focussed towards producing a deracemisation system for hydroxylamines. A number of different avenues have been explored. The use of a number of biocatalytic systems was investigated in an attempt to construct a one-pot system. These included a novel application of monoamine N and laccase enzymes. The enantioselective oxidation of hydroxylamine ethers by MAO-N was a novel discovery. A further development is the engineering of a MAO-N variant which displayed improved catalytic activity for a model hydroxylamine ether substrate compared with the parental enzyme. A second research programme lead to the discovery of the applicability of a laccase:mediator system to the oxidation of hydroxylamines. Investigations into oxime reduction systems with reaction conditions that were complementary to the biocatalytic systems were performed.572.7University of Edinburghhttp://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.650421http://hdl.handle.net/1842/14813Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Eve, Tom S. C.
Biotransformations of hydroxylamine derivatives
description The results presented herein represent a programme focussed towards producing a deracemisation system for hydroxylamines. A number of different avenues have been explored. The use of a number of biocatalytic systems was investigated in an attempt to construct a one-pot system. These included a novel application of monoamine N and laccase enzymes. The enantioselective oxidation of hydroxylamine ethers by MAO-N was a novel discovery. A further development is the engineering of a MAO-N variant which displayed improved catalytic activity for a model hydroxylamine ether substrate compared with the parental enzyme. A second research programme lead to the discovery of the applicability of a laccase:mediator system to the oxidation of hydroxylamines. Investigations into oxime reduction systems with reaction conditions that were complementary to the biocatalytic systems were performed.
author Eve, Tom S. C.
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title Biotransformations of hydroxylamine derivatives
title_short Biotransformations of hydroxylamine derivatives
title_full Biotransformations of hydroxylamine derivatives
title_fullStr Biotransformations of hydroxylamine derivatives
title_full_unstemmed Biotransformations of hydroxylamine derivatives
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publisher University of Edinburgh
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