2353
(Invited) Using Enzymatic Bioelectrocatalysis for Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia and Chiral Amines

Wednesday, 1 June 2022: 08:40
West Meeting Room 207 (Vancouver Convention Center)
S. D. Minteer (University of Utah)
Enzymatic biocatalysts have been proposed for a variety of chemical manufacturing applications due to their high selectivity, but they can be utilized as electrocatalysts. This talk will discuss the "wiring" of nitrogenase (the only enzyme known to catalyze reduction of nitrogen to ammonia) to electrode surfaces for electrosynthesis. The talk will start with a discussion of nitrogenase bioelectrodes for ammonia production followed by the use of nitrogenase bioelectrodes for the selective production of chiral amines and chiral amino acids.