Biocatalysis as Key to Sustainable Industrial Chemistry

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.

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The role and power of biocatalysis in sustainable chemistry have been brought to the forefront through significant achievements in biology, chemistry, and engineering. Biocatalytic synthesis is now widely applied in modern chemistry, accelerating the implementation of sustainable chemistry. It has provided numerous benefits to various industries and has the potential to contribute to the design of new value-creation chains.