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In water; at 40℃; for 2h;Enzymatic reaction;Catalytic behavior; |
General procedure: The conversion of valeric acid to ethyl valerate was investigated in order to evaluate the activityof the synthetized biocatalysts. Valeric acid and different alcohols (EtOH, MeOH, iPrOH, BuOH) wereused as reaction substrates. For optimization purposes, different experimental sets were conducted in order to evaluate thebiocatalyst load (molar ratio 1:2 of valeric acid to EtOH, 1000 rpm, 40 °C, 2 h in CH batch reactor),the presence of water (1:2 molar ratio valeric acid to EtOH, 12percent m/v of biosilicified enzyme, 1000 rpm, 40 °C, 2 h CH in batch reactor), the stirring rate (different molar ratios of valeric acid to EtOH, 12percent m/vof biosilicified enzymes, 250?1000 rpm, 40 °C, 2 h CH in batch reactor) and the reaction temperature(different molar ratios of valeric acid to EtOH, 12percent m/v of biosilicified enzyme, 1000 rpm, 2 h CH inbatch reactor). In a typical esterification reaction, valeric acid was added to each alcoholic solution at 1:1, 1:2 and1:3 molar ratios. In all the experiments 12percent m/v of biosilicified lipase was used. Mixtures were placed ina microwave reactor (CEM-Discover, Matthews, NC, USA) or in a Carousel Reaction Station? (RadleyDiscovery Technologies, Saffron Walden, UK) for MW or CH experiments, respectively. Esterificationwas conducted for 2 h in all cases, with continuous temperature measurement and periodic sampling.Blank reactions containing the free CalB were run under identical conditions using comparable enzymequantities (12percent m/v of not-immobilized CalB). |