Enantioselective Reduction of Cyclobutenones Using Ene-Reductases

By Tomohiro Yasukawa, Project assistant professor – The University of Tokyo
Pierre Gilles, Innovation Project Manager – Bioservices
Juliette Martin, Scientific Communication Manager
Julien Boutet, Head of Innovation – Innovation
Janine Cossy, Professor Emeritus

Chiral cyclobutanes are important structural features that are widely present in many biologically active natural and non-natural products. The threedimensional structure of cyclobutanes opens opportunities for applications in medicinal chemistry, and the introduction of this structural motif in smallmolecule drug candidates has been increasing in recent years.