A broad class of polymers which mimic the NAD--NADH.sub.2 couple is disclosed. These polymeric pseudohydrogenases may be used to asymmetrically reduce many types of carbonyl, thiocarbonyl, and imino groups in either a batch or continuous process, with the absolute configuration of the resulting optically active product predictable from the known absolute configuration of the chiral polymer.
揭示了一种类似于
NAD-
NADH.sub.2偶对的广泛聚合物。这些聚合物假氢酶可以用于批量或连续过程中不对称还原许多类型的羰基,
硫代羰基和
亚胺基,所得到的光学活性产物的绝对构型可从手性聚合物的已知绝对构型预测。