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Employment (2)

Merck: Rahway, New Jersey, US

2022-11-07 to present | Associate Principal Scientist - Biocatalysis (Process Research & Development)
Employment
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Scott France

Pfizer Global Research and Development: Groton, CT, US

2017-12-01 to 2022-11-04 | Principal Scientist - Biocatalysis (Chemical Research and Development)
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Scott France

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

2013-09 to 2017-09 | PhD under the supervision of Prof Nicholas J. Turner (School of Chemistry)
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Scott France

University of Manchester: Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

2008-09 to 2012-07 | MChem Chemistry (School of Chemistry)
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Scott France

Works (20)

Biocatalysis

Nature Reviews Methods Primers
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85130484589

Part of ISSN: 26628449
Contributors: Bell, E.L.; Finnigan, W.; France, S.P.; Green, A.P.; Hayes, M.A.; Hepworth, L.J.; Lovelock, S.L.; Niikura, H.; Osuna, S.; Romero, E. et al.
Source: Self-asserted source
Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

PF-07059013: A Noncovalent Modulator of Hemoglobin for Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85099135921

Part of ISSN: 15204804 00222623
Contributors: Gopalsamy, A.; Aulabaugh, A.E.; Barakat, A.; Beaumont, K.C.; Cabral, S.; Canterbury, D.P.; Casimiro-Garcia, A.; Chang, J.S.; Chen, M.Z.; Choi, C. et al.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Synthetic Approaches to the New Drugs Approved during 2019

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85104046448

Part of ISSN: 15204804 00222623
Contributors: Flick, A.C.; Leverett, C.A.; Ding, H.X.; Mcinturff, E.; Fink, S.J.; Mahapatra, S.; Carney, D.W.; Lindsey, E.A.; Deforest, J.C.; France, S.P. et al.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Scalable, Telescoped Hydrogenolysis–Enzymatic Decarboxylation Process for the Asymmetric Synthesis of (R)-α-Heteroaryl Propionic Acids

Organic Process Research & Development
2021-03-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1083-6160
Part of ISSN: 1520-586X
Contributors: Scott France
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Scott France
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Carboxylic acid reductases (CARs): An industrial perspective

Journal of Biotechnology
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85071340147

Contributors: Derrington, S.R.; Turner, N.J.; France, S.P.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

One-Pot Biocatalytic Cascade Reduction of Cyclic Enimines for the Preparation of Diastereomerically Enriched N-Heterocycles

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85076382930

Part of ISSN: 15205126 00027863
Contributors: Thorpe, T.W.; France, S.P.; Hussain, S.; Marshall, J.R.; Zawodny, W.; Mangas-Sanchez, J.; Montgomery, S.L.; Howard, R.M.; Daniels, D.S.B.; Kumar, R. et al.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

A Mechanism for Reductive Amination Catalyzed by Fungal Reductive Aminases

ACS Catalysis
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85056649423

Contributors: Sharma, M.; Mangas-Sanchez, J.; France, S.P.; Aleku, G.A.; Montgomery, S.L.; Ramsden, J.I.; Turner, N.J.; Grogan, G.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Identification of Novel Bacterial Members of the Imine Reductase Enzyme Family that Perform Reductive Amination

ChemCatChem
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85040564590

Contributors: France, S.P.; Howard, R.M.; Steflik, J.; Weise, N.J.; Mangas-Sanchez, J.; Montgomery, S.L.; Crook, R.; Kumar, R.; Turner, N.J.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Imine Reductases, Reductive Aminases, and Amine Oxidases for the Synthesis of Chiral Amines: Discovery, Characterization, and Synthetic Applications

Methods in Enzymology
2018 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-85047190237

Contributors: Cosgrove, S.C.; Brzezniak, A.; France, S.P.; Ramsden, J.I.; Mangas-Sanchez, J.; Montgomery, S.L.; Heath, R.S.; Turner, N.J.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Kinetic Resolution and Deracemization of Racemic Amines Using a Reductive Aminase

ChemCatChem
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85041802937

Contributors: Aleku, G.A.; Mangas-Sanchez, J.; Citoler, J.; France, S.P.; Montgomery, S.L.; Heath, R.S.; Thompson, M.P.; Turner, N.J.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Synthesis of 2,5-Disubstituted Pyrrolidine Alkaloids via A One-Pot Cascade Using Transaminase and Reductive Aminase Biocatalysts

ChemCatChem
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85053492852

Contributors: Costa, B.Z.; Galman, J.L.; Slabu, I.; France, S.P.; Marsaioli, A.J.; Turner, N.J.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

A reductive aminase from Aspergillus oryzae

Nature Chemistry
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85028870613

Contributors: Aleku, G.A.; France, S.P.; Man, H.; Mangas-Sanchez, J.; Montgomery, S.L.; Sharma, M.; Leipold, F.; Hussain, S.; Grogan, G.; Turner, N.J.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Biocatalytic Routes to Enantiomerically Enriched Dibenz[c,e]azepines

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85035104207

Contributors: France, S.P.; Aleku, G.A.; Sharma, M.; Mangas-Sanchez, J.; Howard, R.M.; Steflik, J.; Kumar, R.; Adams, R.W.; Slabu, I.; Crook, R. et al.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Constructing Biocatalytic Cascades: In Vitro and in Vivo Approaches to de Novo Multi-Enzyme Pathways

ACS Catalysis
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85019690346

Contributors: France, S.P.; Hepworth, L.J.; Turner, N.J.; Flitsch, S.L.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Enzyme Cascades in Whole Cells for the Synthesis of Chiral Cyclic Amines

ACS Catalysis
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85019747293

Contributors: Hepworth, L.J.; France, S.P.; Hussain, S.; Both, P.; Turner, N.J.; Flitsch, S.L.
Source: Self-asserted source
Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Imine reductases (IREDs)

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology
2017 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85007107119

Contributors: Mangas-Sanchez, J.; France, S.P.; Montgomery, S.L.; Aleku, G.A.; Man, H.; Sharma, M.; Ramsden, J.I.; Grogan, G.; Turner, N.J.
Source: Self-asserted source
Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

One-Pot Cascade Synthesis of Mono- and Disubstituted Piperidines and Pyrrolidines using Carboxylic Acid Reductase (CAR), ω-Transaminase (ω-TA), and Imine Reductase (IRED) Biocatalysts

ACS Catalysis
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84973885473

Contributors: France, S.P.; Hussain, S.; Hill, A.M.; Hepworth, L.J.; Howard, R.M.; Mulholland, K.R.; Flitsch, S.L.; Turner, N.J.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Stereoselectivity and Structural Characterization of an Imine Reductase (IRED) from Amycolatopsis orientalis

ACS Catalysis
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84973922985

Contributors: Aleku, G.A.; Man, H.; France, S.P.; Leipold, F.; Hussain, S.; Toca-Gonzalez, L.; Marchington, R.; Hart, S.; Turkenburg, J.P.; Grogan, G. et al.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

An (R)-imine reductase biocatalyst for the asymmetric reduction of cyclic imines

ChemCatChem
2015 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84922643809

Contributors: Hussain, S.; Leipold, F.; Man, H.; Wells, E.; France, S.P.; Mulholland, K.R.; Grogan, G.; Turner, N.J.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Inducing achiral aliphatic oligoureas to fold into helical conformations

Chemical Communications
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84908611630

Contributors: Wechsel, R.; Maury, J.; Fremaux, J.; France, S.P.; Guichard, G.; Clayden, J.
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Scott France via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (49 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS catalysis. (40)
Review activity for ACS omega. (1)
Review activity for Chemical reviews. (1)
Review activity for Journal of the American Chemical Society. (1)
Review activity for Nature chemistry. (2)
Review activity for Organic process research & development. (4)