Enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of ketone catalysed by artificial metalloenzymes derived from bovine β-lactoglobulin

Artificial metalloproteins resulting from the embedding of half-sandwich Ru(II)/Rh(III) fatty acid derivatives within β-lactoglobulin catalysed the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of trifluoroacetophenone with modest to good conversions and fair ee's.