%0 Journal Article
%T Enzyme-Catalyzed Transetherification of Alkoxysilanes
%A Vincenzo Abbate
%A Kurt F. Brandstadt
%A Peter G. Taylor
%A Alan R. Bassindale
%J Catalysts
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/catal3010027
%X We report the first evidence of an enzyme-catalyzed transetherification of model alkoxysilanes. During an extensive enzymatic screening in the search for new biocatalysts for silicon-oxygen bond formation, we found that certain enzymes promoted the transetherification of alkoxysilanes when tert-butanol or 1-octanol were used as the reaction solvents.
%K enzyme
%K biomimetic catalysis
%K transetherification
%K alkoxysilane
%U http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/3/1/27