摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to a method of performing a chemical reaction between a reagent and a substrate, involving an acyl transfer mechanism, in the presence of an imidazole-based catalyst capable of forming a transition complex with the substrate. The catalytic imidazole function is provided by a chemical structure element comprising an optionally substituted imidazolyl group flanked on one or both sides by a group or groups capable of stabilizing the transition complex by molecular interaction with the acyl group. The invention also relates to such a designed chemical structure element, a method of producing it by recombinant DNA techniques and a vector therefor.</p> |