@article{dbd3b8a8b36f47589442638a89fb4f03,
title = "Synthesis of macromolecular systems: Via lipase catalyzed biocatalytic reactions: Applications and future perspectives",
abstract = "Enzymes, being remarkable catalysts, are capable of accepting a wide range of complex molecules as substrates and catalyze a variety of reactions with a high degree of chemo-, stereo- and regioselectivity in most of the reactions. Biocatalysis can be used in both simple and complex chemical transformations without the need for tedious protection and deprotection chemistry that is very common in traditional organic synthesis. This current review highlights the applicability of one class of biocatalysts viz. {"}lipases{"} in synthetic transformations, the resolution of pharmaceutically important small molecules including polyphenols, amides, nucleosides and their precursors, the development of macromolecular systems (and their applications as drug/gene carriers), flame retardants, polymeric antioxidants and nanocrystalline solar cells, etc.",
author = "Amit Kumar and Abdullah Khan and Shashwat Malhotra and Ravi Mosurkal and Ashish Dhawan and Pandey, {Mukesh K.} and Singh, {Brajendra K.} and Rajesh Kumar and Prasad, {Ashok K.} and Sharma, {Sunil K.} and Samuelson, {Lynne A.} and Cholli, {Ashok L.} and Christophe Len and Richards, {Nigel G.J.} and Jayant Kumar and Rainer Haag and Watterson, {Arthur C.} and Parmar, {Virinder S.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors wish to thank the Department of Biotechnology (DBT, New Delhi, India), the Department of Science and Technology (DST, New Delhi, India), the University of Delhi (DU, India), the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML, USA) and the Free University (FU, Berlin, Germany) for liberal financial assistance and support. Dr A. Kumar thanks the University Grants Commission (UGC, New Delhi, India) for the award of a Dr D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship (DSKPDF), and Dr A. Khan and Dr S. Malhotra thank the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, New Delhi, India) for the award of Junior/Senior Research Fellowships and Senior Research Associateship, respectively. We thank profusely a large number of PhD students and Postdoctoral Research Associates in the Laboratories of the lead Authors in India, USA and Germany whose names are mentioned in the references for their dedicated and motivated hard work over three decades. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016.",
year = "2016",
month = dec,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1039/c6cs00147e",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "45",
pages = "6855--6887",
journal = "Chemical Society Reviews",
issn = "0306-0012",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "24",
}