Fine Chemicals
What is biocatalysis?
Fine Chemicals
What is biocatalysis?
Harness nature’s methods for difficult chemical reactions under mild conditions and scale your biobased processes greener, cleaner, and smoother.
Novonesis biosolutions are nature's own catalysts
Biocatalysis involves implementing natural catalysts, such as enzymes, in place of chemical catalysts in synthetic processes. Transitioning to biocatalysis enables more sustainable manufacturing of fine chemicals, agro-intermediates, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).
Compared to chemical catalysts, enzymes offer:
- Faster reaction rates
- Milder reaction conditions
- Impressive reaction specificity with no side products
Discover how enzyme catalysts work
Enzymes help products form faster and enable reactions to reach their equilibrium state more rapidly. Watch the video to learn how enzymes differ from other catalysts because they’re highly specific for their substrates and interact much like a lock and key mechanism.
Why has biocatalysis increased in popularity for synthetic processes at industrial scale?
Due to their cost-efficiency and sustainable origin, biocatalysts have become widely used tools for organic synthesis. The advantages of applying biocatalysts (or enzymes) include:
• High selectivity in production of single stereoisomers
• No additional protection/ deprotection steps
• Fewer or no side reactions
• Fewer reprocessing and purification operations
• Easier product separation
• Less pollution and effluents
Consequently, an enzymatic route leads to a reduction in the number of process steps, reduces production costs, and enables more sustainable manufacturing of active chemicals.
We are the world leader in biosolutions
With the world’s largest and most diverse collection of enzyme strains, coupled with a global, robust and reliable supply, we’re here to help you unlock the full potential of your biocatalysis route and make your manufacturing processes more sustainable.
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