One-pot chemoenzymatic reactions in water enabled by micellar encapsulation

Abstract

The use of micellar conditions to enable one-pot reactions involving both transition metal and enzymatic catalysts is reported. Representative enzymatic transformations under micellar conditions are unaffected by the presence of non-ionic surfactants, including designer surfactants such as TPGS-750-M. Furthermore, the presence of enzymes has a negligible effect on transition metal catalysis under micellar conditions in water. Finally, three one-pot chemoenzymatic reactions in water are reported in which the micelle-forming surfactant TPGS-750-M is a crucial factor for reaction efficiency.