“…For these applications high purities and large quantities are required. Initially the chemical industry applied established chemical synthesis routes for their production, but is turning more and more to biocatalytic processes (Balkenhohl et al, 1997;Breuer et al, 2004;Schmid et al, 2002;Sheldon, 2007;Woodley, 2008). Nowadays, biocatalysis can be considered as standard technology for the production of hydrophobic fine chemicals and is applied by companies such as BASF, DSM, Lonza, Dow Chemical, and DuPont (Schmid et al, 2001;Sheldon, 2005;Straathof et al, 2002).…”