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In this Editorial, we discuss recent advances and challenges in the field of biocatalysis and introduce some relevant work you will find in this issue of Nature Catalysis.
This year marks a century since the pioneering work leading to what is now known as the Rosenmund reduction. We celebrate this landmark, reflecting upon the evolution of synthetic methodologies for reductive aldehyde synthesis from carboxylic acid derivatives and highlighting modern, improved strategies.
Catalysis research has immensely benefited from the use of high-performance computing facilities. On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first Top500 list, we briefly revisit its content and evolution and the impact that supercomputers have had in catalysis.
Industrial publications are a very valuable and multifaceted tool for the wider catalysis community; they can foster the productive collaboration of university and corporate research laboratories, an essential partnership for the solution of important societal problems
The field of organic synthesis has benefited from a greater understanding of organometallic and coordination chemistry, and the applications of homogeneous catalysts continue to impress.
Historically catalysis has evolved as a set of different fields linked together by a unifying concept. While the distinctions between the various areas serve a purpose, exciting work is happening at the interfaces.
Industrial research of new catalysts has benefited from both insight and predictions from first-principles calculations. We now find ourselves on the brink of a digital transformation where multiscale approaches and machine-learning methods promise to revolutionize the field.
