Old enzyme, new trick: An environmentally sustainable alternative for the regio- and stereoselective reduction of the alkyne bond is the biotransformation by “Old Yellow Enzyme” (OYE). This “old” enzyme, first isolated in 1932, catalyzes the trans-selective hydrogenation of the carbon–carbon triple bond under mild conditions.
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