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In this work, we present a chemoenzymatic cascade for selective synthesis of chiral N-arylated aspartic acids from biomass-derived furfural and waste nitrophenols by merging robust photo- and electrocatalysis with stereoselective biocatalysis. Briefly, concurrent photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of furfural into maleic acid/fumaric acid at the anode and electrocatalytic hydrogenation of nitrophenols into value-added aminophenols at the cathode proceeded simultaneously. The products formed at the two electrodes were converted into N-arylated (S)-aspartic acids by a bienzymatic cascade.
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Chinese Journal of Catalysis
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