SELECTIVE ENZYMATIC OXIDATION OF AROMATIC METHYL GROUPS TO ALDEHYDES BY OXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF A LACCASE-MEDIATOR CATALYST

摘要

Method for oxidation of a pendant methyl moiety on an aromatic ring to the pendant aldehyde moiety. The reaction typically employs laccase and the diammonium salt of 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid), and is carried out in the presence of oxygen.