2018 ChromSoc Summer Studentship Bursary Report
An Investigation into the effect of Steric Hindrance on Amide by-product formation by Nitrilase Mr D Jolley, Prof JJB Perry, Dr G Turnbull Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University Nitrilase enzymes are known to catalyse the hydrolysis of organic nitriles to carboxylic acids, however in certain cases amide may be detected in reaction mixtures,(1, 2)