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If you do nothing, you will be auto-enrolled in our premium digital monthly subscription plan and retain complete access for 65 € per month. What makes palladium useful for cross-coupling reactions is its ability to access multiple oxidation states and readily swap between them. Accessing these various states makes it possible for the catalyst to change from its precatalyst Pd(l) form into the active Pd(0) form. This allows the palladium catalyst to undergo the necessary oxidative addition, transmetalation, and reductive elimination processes. Novel metal complexes are continuously being developed at JM with the aim to make these processes more selective. For example, recent research has demonstrated how a new JM palladium catalyst can selectively perform classically challenging cross-coupling reactions at high yields, while in the presence of reactive side groups. Sustainable supply of metals In recent years, advances in computing technology, biotechnology and sequencing have fuelled advances in protein engineering. Directed enzyme evolution and rational design are now widely applied by biological engineers to produce enhanced, high-performing enzymes that can work in a broader range of conditions. Given the complexity of the sequence – structure – function relationship of enzymes, protein engineering has largely relied on random mutation, screening and selection – performed iteratively over multiple rounds – to obtain a suitable final biocatalyst fit for purpose. While there are many advantages to this technique, the process can be time-consuming. In fact, it can take up to a year to find and alter a wild enzyme into an optimised biocatalyst for industrial application. The primary cause is the painstaking process of screening the exponential numbers of enzyme variants created in each round of mutagenesis. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here. Smith, F.J. (1973). "Standard Kilogram Weights: A Story of Precision Fabrication" (PDF). Platinum Metals Review. John Matthey. 17 (2): 66–68 – via Ingenta Connect. [ self-published source]

In recent years, the drug discovery process has shifted towards increasingly complex active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). These compounds often require multiple synthetic steps, greatly lowering the atom economy of their associated processes. Additionally, these processes are carried out in organic solvents, with large quantities of chemical reagents in the form of oxidants, reductants, and acids and bases. Using these chemicals means high waste levels and costly waste treatment processes. These factors have led to an increased desire for alternative technologies that can deliver effective, safe and cost-effective drug development and manufacture. Consequently, nature’s approach to chemical innovation sparked the pharmaceutical industry’s interest.

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PGMs and metallurgical research are also essential components for developing solutions for cleaner air by reducing harmful emissions from vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. These vehicles produce various chemical contaminants that are known to be hazardous to human health. Improving air quality is about understanding how to convert pollutants – such as carbon monoxide, unburnt hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide compounds (NOx) – into innocuous emissions. Limonene is a relatable example of the dramatic effect chirality can have on a molecule. A naturally occurring hydrocarbon found in citrus, limonene’s structure has a chiral centre. Like many other flavour and fragrance molecules it is found in nature as two enantiomers, ( R)- and ( S)-limonene. Although these molecules hold identical physical properties, the difference in chirality can lead to different biological properties. In this case, ( R)-Limonene is the isomer that contributes to the smell of oranges, whereas ( S)-limonene has an aroma similar to turpentine or lemon. For drug manufacturers, the ability to consistently and reliably produce one enantiomer is crucial. This is because often only one of a drug’s enantiomers is responsible for the desired physiological and therapeutic effects – while the other enantiomer is less active, inactive or even harmful. Enzymes provide manufacturers with an effective technology to produce optically pure drugs. Tomorrow’s biocatalysts today Johnson Matthey Opens Major New European Emission Control Catalyst Plant in Macedonia". Business Wire. 30 January 2012 . Retrieved 30 January 2012.

One of the most pressing challenges facing the world today is the need for cleaner air. To achieve this, technologies are needed that reduce emissions in the transportation industry, and there is already a trend across the globe to reduce the proportion of solely petrol- or diesel-powered vehicles. With this comes the need for newer, cleaner power sources, such as batteries, to meet the demands of the transportation industry.Understanding the chemical and physical properties of specific elements is important for industry, but leveraging and combining those properties successfully for industrial applications requires skill and expertise. Johnson Matthey (JM) has more than 200 years of experience in applying scientific research to develop solutions to the major challenges that society will face today and in the future. Over the years, JM has applied its experience and expertise in metallurgical research to develop materials to give us cleaner air, innovative catalysts for vital chemical industry processes and novel materials for cross-coupling and other industrially relevant reactions. JM has also developed technologies to recover and recycle PGMs, thereby ensuring these finite and valuable metals are available for reuse. Elements that power our vehicles JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House. 11 April 1891 . Retrieved 5 September 2023. JM’s computational technologies combine advanced software tools and large databases to rapidly predict the best existing natural enzyme for a desired chemical reaction or process. In cases where an ideal natural enzyme cannot be found, JM turns to enzyme engineering. But instead of the widely used directed evolution approach, JM leverages its smart library design. In this process, thousands of enzyme variants are computationally screened by analysing the changes in their amino acid sequence in the context of their encoded 3D structure. Subsequently, libraries of enzyme variants are created, with the latest molecular biology techniques, produced and extracted from E. coli for testing in their ability to catalyse the desired reaction or process. Although this method drastically reduces the number of enzyme variants that need to be screened, the number can still be in the range of tens of thousands of enzyme variants. High-throughput material handling and analytics are vital to speed up the process. The future of biocatalysis In 2014, the company was shortlisted for Business in the Community's Responsible Business of the Year Award for its Sustainability 2017 programme. [17] Matthey to build catalyst plants in Macedonia, U.S." Reuters. 29 November 2007 . Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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Johnson Matthey is organised into four main businesses: Clean Air, Catalyst Technologies, Hydrogen Technologies, and Platinum Group Metals Services. [19] Factories in Europe edit In 2009, Johnson Matthey opened a catalyst manufacturing plant in North Macedonia. [21] It was expanded in 2012 [22] and went on to become the largest exporter in North Macedonia. [23] Environmental performance edit Fundamentally, catalysis helps to make difficult reactions easier. Cross-coupling reactions, for instance, are one method of making new carbon–carbon bonds. These bonds are useful throughout chemical industries due to their universality and functionality. Palladium catalysts are continuously being developed that improve chemoselectivity, reactivity and activity throughout cross-coupling reactions. Battery technologies are central to electric vehicles, which have an increasing role in transportation strategies. The UK government has pledged that half of all new car sales will be hybrid or electric by 2030.