Front Cover Picture: Bioproduction of Enantiopure ( R )‐ and ( S )‐2‐Phenylglycinols from Styrenes and Renewable Feedstocks (Adv. Synth. Catal. 7/2021)

The front cover picture illustrates whole cells-based cascade reactions to produce (R)- and (S)-2-phenylglycinols from simple chemicals. Artificial enzyme cascades were developed for the one-pot green syntheses of bio-based L-phenylalanine. Natural L-phenylalanine biosynthesis pathway was coupled with artificial directly convert renewable feedstocks such as glucose glycerol (S)-2-phenylglycinols. Engineering new enabled high-yielding synthesis several enantiopure 2-phenylglycinols 1-amino-2-indanol petrochemicals styrenes indene. Details can be found in Full Paper by Z. Li co-workers (B. S. Sekar, J. Mao, B. R. Lukito, Wang, Li, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2021, 363, 1892–1903; DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202001322).