초록
<P>The conversion of the phenolic monoterpenes thymol and carvacrol into antimicrobials by (electro)-chemoenzymatic halogenation was investigated using a chloroperoxidase (CPO) catalyzed process. The CPO catalysed process enables for the first time the biotechnological production of chlorothymol, chlorocarvacrol and bromothymol as well as a dichlorothymol with high conversion rates, total turnover numbers and space time yields of up to 90%, 164 000 and 4.6 mM h<SUP>−1</SUP>, respectively.</P><BR><BR><P>Graphic Abstract</P><P>Enzymatic halogenation of thymol and its derivatives has been shown using a bioelectrochemical approach with chloroperoxidase.<BR><IMG SRC='http://pubs.rsc.org/services/images/RSCpubs.ePlatform.Service.FreeContent.ImageService.svc/ImageService/image/GA?id=c3gc42269k'><BR></P>