Oxidation reactions using enzymes and direct electrochemistry

摘要

Oxidation of a material is carried out by direct electrochemistry in the absence of mediators and in the presence of an enzyme. The enzyme may be a monooxygenase. The oxidation may be of methane to methanol or of camphor or other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to 5-exo-hydroxy camphor. The enzyme may be a hydroxylase derived from cytochrome P450cam in which case cysteine may be removed from the reaction medium.