Artificial Plant Cell Walls As Multi-Catalyst Systems For Enzymatic Cooperative Asymmetric Catalysis In Non-Aqueous Media

The assembly of cellulose-based artificial plant cell wall (APCW) structures that contain different types of catalysts is a powerful strategy for the development of cascade reactions. Here we disclose an APCW catalytic system containing a lipase enzyme and nanopalladium particles that transform a racemic amine into the corresponding enantiomerically pure amide in high yield via a dynamic kinetic resolution.