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Chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago is active in the presence of an ionic liquid as co-solvent

C Sanfilippo, N D'Antona, G Nicolosi

Index: Sanfilippo, Claudia; Nicolosi, Giovanni Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2002 , vol. 13, # 17 p. 1889 - 1892

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Abstract

Abstract Chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago catalyses the oxidation of 1, 2- dihydronaphthalene to (1R, 2 R)-(+)-dihydroxytetrahydronaphthalene in homogenous citrate buffer/ionic liquid mixtures, using t-butyl hydroperoxide as O<> 2<> donor. It tolerates up to