In vitro enzyme catalytic biotransformation of Carbon dioxide into useful chemicals - A short review

Abstract

Enzyme catalytic reactions are environmentally safe catalytic reactions in organic synthesis. The efficient conversion of Carbon dioxide using enzymes will help in reducing the greenhouse gas effect and in production of useful chemicals as well. Unlike microbial processes, enzymatic biotransformation is much faster, cleaner and easier to operate. Compared to conventional processes, the enzymatic approach for conversion of Carbon dioxide has attracted a lot of attention, due to its several advantages such as high yields and selectivity under milder reaction conditions. A detailed search of published reports was done and analyzed in this paper, related to enzyme catalytic carbon dioxide conversion into useful chemicals.