M. Cavazza et M. Zandomeneghi, CHEMISTRY IN BIOLOGICAL MATRICES - CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION AND METHYL-ETHER SYNTHESIS CATALYZED BY BOVINE SERUM-ALBUMIN, Gazzetta chimica italiana, 123(12), 1993, pp. 723-725
The transport protein, Bovine Serum Albumin, in aqueous solution, at r
oom temperature and pH 7, catalyzes the methyl etherification of 1,1'-
bi-2-naphthol by CH3I. In the absence of the protein, no reaction is o
bserved.