Alcántara Andrés R, Domínguez de María Pablo, Littlechild Jennifer A, Schürmann Martin, Sheldon Roger A, Wohlgemuth Roland
Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences (QUICIFARM), Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), 28040-, Madrid, Spain.
Sustainable Momentum, SL, Av. Ansite 3, 4-6, 35011, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Is., Spain.
ChemSusChem. 2022 May 6;15(9):e202102709. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202102709. Epub 2022 Mar 3.
The role and power of biocatalysis in sustainable chemistry has been continuously brought forward step by step to its present outstanding position. The problem-solving capabilities of biocatalysis have been realized by numerous substantial achievements in biology, chemistry and engineering. Advances and breakthroughs in the life sciences and interdisciplinary cooperation with chemistry have clearly accelerated the implementation of biocatalytic synthesis in modern chemistry. Resource-efficient biocatalytic manufacturing processes have already provided numerous benefits to sustainable chemistry as well as customer-centric value creation in the pharmaceutical, food, flavor, fragrance, vitamin, agrochemical, polymer, specialty, and fine chemical industries. Biocatalysis can make significant contributions not only to manufacturing processes, but also to the design of completely new value-creation chains. Biocatalysis can now be considered as a key enabling technology to implement sustainable chemistry.
生物催化在可持续化学中的作用和影响力已逐步提升至当前的突出地位。生物催化解决问题的能力已通过生物学、化学和工程学领域的众多重大成果得以体现。生命科学的进展以及与化学的跨学科合作显著加速了生物催化合成在现代化学中的应用。资源高效的生物催化制造工艺已为可持续化学以及制药、食品、香料、香精、维生素、农用化学品、聚合物、特种化学品和精细化工等行业以客户为中心的价值创造带来诸多益处。生物催化不仅可为制造工艺做出重大贡献，还能为全新价值创造链的设计发挥重要作用。如今，生物催化可被视为实现可持续化学的一项关键使能技术。
