The sad story of an anzymatic reaction in the fridge

“Once upon a time there was a paper to submit and the last two enzymatic reactions whose course was indispensable to finish the experimental work. Everything was going well, but the enemy was lurking. Its name was COVID 19….”. This is the incipit of our story, a story in which two enzymatic reactions were put in the fridge the 9th of March for, we hoped, few days. Instead, two months have passed due to COVID 19 pandemic. However, the time spent at home was not wasted: we prepared most of the manuscript and, reading books and articles, we planned supplementary experimental work to do on our return in the laboratory. If you would like to know how the story ended and the wonderful world of enzymes and how they can be useful tools in organic chemistry…. …. we are waiting for you on September 28th, 2020