화학공학소재연구정보센터
Biotechnology Letters, Vol.19, No.8, 745-750, 1997
Initial Water-Content and Lipase-Mediated Ester Formation in Hexane
Lipase biocatalysis was investigated as a tool for the production of esters by two model reactions, esterification of 1-butanol with 2-methyl-1-pentanoic acid and irreversible transesterification between 2-methyl-1-pentanol and vinyl acetate. The reactions were carried out in hexane using lipases from Candida cylindracea and porcine pancreas. The initial water content influenced both the yield of the ester and the enantioselectivity of the reaction (esterifications) or the ester formation only (transesterifications).