1989/04/01 by Alexander M. Klibanov, Joaquín García Murcia · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Engineering · Social Sciences · #Anhydrous #Biocatalysis #Biology #Catalysis #Chemistry #Combinatorial chemistry #Criminal Justice and Penology #Criminal Law and Policy #Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms #Enantiomer #Enzyme #Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization #Enzyme catalysis #Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation #Legal processes and jurisprudence #Organic chemistry #Political science #Reaction mechanism #Substrate (aquarium) #Substrate specificity
paper · doi:10.1016/0968-0004(89)90146-1
openalex publication_date 1994/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/04/28
Not only do enzymes work vigorously in anhydrous organic media, but in this unnatural milieu they acquire remarkable properties such as greatly enhanced stability, radically altered substrate and enantiomeric specificities, molecular memory, and the ability to catalyse unusual reactions.