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Wolfgang Kroutil

Wolfgang Kroutil

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Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
20423
World Ranking
3657
National Ranking
13

Overview

Wolfgang Kroutil is affiliated with the University of Graz in Austria. Their research primarily covers the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry. Within these domains, their work extends to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their main research topics include enzyme catalysis and immobilization, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques innovation, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, synthesis and catalytic reactions, and chemical synthesis and analysis.

Kroutil has published extensively, with recent papers highlighting various aspects of biocatalysis and synthetic chemistry. Some notable publications are:

  • "Power of Biocatalysis for Organic Synthesis," 2021, ACS Central Science
  • "Shortening Synthetic Routes to Small Molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Employing Biocatalytic Methods," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Chromoselective Photocatalysis Enables Stereocomplementary Biocatalytic Pathways," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Structural and Biochemical Studies Enlighten the Unspecific Peroxygenase from Hypoxylon sp. EC38 as an Efficient Oxidative Biocatalyst," 2021, ACS Catalysis
  • "Synthesis of Enantiopure Sulfoxides by Concurrent Photocatalytic Oxidation and Biocatalytic Reduction," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Tamara Reiter
  • Christoph K. Winkler
  • Paweł Borowiecki
  • Joerg H. Schrittwieser
  • Sarah Bierbaumer

Kroutil's work appears regularly in several scientific venues, with multiple publications in:

  • ACS Catalysis
  • ChemCatChem
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • Artificial Biocatalytic Linear Cascades for Preparation of Organic Molecules

    Joerg H. Schrittwieser;Stefan Velikogne;Mélanie Hall;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • ω-Transaminases for the synthesis of non-racemic α-chiral primary amines

    Dominik Koszelewski;Katharina Tauber;Kurt Faber;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • Recent advances in the biocatalytic reduction of ketones and oxidation of sec-alcohols.

    Wolfgang Kroutil;Harald Mang;Klaus Edegger;Kurt Faber

  • Power of Biocatalysis for Organic Synthesis.

    Christoph K Winkler;Joerg H Schrittwieser;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • Photo-Biocatalysis: Biotransformations in the Presence of Light

    Luca Schmermund;Valentina Jurkaš;Fatma Feyza Özgen;Giovanni Davide Barone

  • Formal Asymmetric Biocatalytic Reductive Amination

    Dominik Koszelewski;Iván Lavandera;Dorina Clay;Georg M. Guebitz

  • Recent Developments of Cascade Reactions Involving ω‑Transaminases

    Robert C. Simon;Nina Richter;Eduardo Busto;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • The Industrial Age of Biocatalytic Transamination

    Michael Fuchs;Judith E. Farnberger;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of Optically Pure Pharmacologically Relevant Amines Employing ω-Transaminases

    Dominik Koszelewski;Iván Lavandera;Dorina Clay;David Rozzell

  • Asymmetric Bioreduction of Activated Alkenes Using Cloned 12‐Oxophytodienoate Reductase Isoenzymes OPR‐1 and OPR‐3 from Lycopersicon esculentum (Tomato): A Striking Change of Stereoselectivity

    Mélanie Hall;Clemens Stueckler;Wolfgang Kroutil;Peter Macheroux

  • Enzyme-initiated domino (cascade) reactions

    Sandra F. Mayer;Wolfgang Kroutil;Kurt Faber

  • Enzymatic surface hydrolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and bis(benzoyloxyethyl) terephthalate by lipase and cutinase in the presence of surface active molecules

    Anita Eberl;Sonja Heumann;Tina Brückner;Rita Araujo

  • Biocatalytic Oxidation of Primary and Secondary Alcohols

    Wolfgang Kroutil;Harald Mang;Klaus Edegger;Kurt Faber

  • Asymmetric Bioreduction of CC Bonds using Enoate Reductases OPR1, OPR3 and YqjM: Enzyme‐Based Stereocontrol

    Melanie Hall;Clemens Stueckler;Heidemarie Ehammer;Eva Maria Pointner

  • Shortening Synthetic Routes to Small Molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Employing Biocatalytic Methods

    Stefan Simić;Erna Zukić;Luca Schmermund;Kurt Faber

  • Building Bridges: Biocatalytic C-C-Bond Formation toward Multifunctional Products.

    Nina G. Schmidt;Elisabeth Eger;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • Biocatalytic Imine Reduction and Reductive Amination of Ketones

    Joerg H. Schrittwieser;Stefan Velikogne;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • From a Racemate to a Single Enantiomer: Deracemization by Stereoinversion

    Christian C. Gruber;Iván Lavandera;Kurt Faber;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • Orchestration of concurrent oxidation and reduction cycles for stereoinversion and deracemisation of sec-alcohols.

    Constance V. Voss;Christian C. Gruber;Kurt Faber;Tanja Knaus

  • Biocatalytic asymmetric hydrogen transfer.

    Wolfgang Stampfer;Birgit Kosjek;Christian Moitzi;Wolfgang Kroutil

  • Redox Self-Sufficient Biocatalyst Network for the Amination of Primary Alcohols

    Johann H. Sattler;Michael Fuchs;Katharina Tauber;Francesco G. Mutti

Frequent Co-Authors

Kurt Faber
Kurt Faber University of Graz
Peter Macheroux
Peter Macheroux Graz University of Technology
Karl Gruber
Karl Gruber University of Graz
Vicente Gotor
Vicente Gotor University of Oviedo
Gideon Grogan
Gideon Grogan University of York
Nicholas J. Turner
Nicholas J. Turner University of Manchester
Bernhard Hauer
Bernhard Hauer University of Stuttgart
John M. Ward
John M. Ward University College London
Romano V. A. Orru
Romano V. A. Orru Maastricht University
Helen C. Hailes
Helen C. Hailes University College London

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