Original scientific paper

Study of Organic Solvent Hydrophobicity on Lipase Catalyzed Reaction Esterification

J. Giacometti
F. Giacometti

Abstract

The paper studies the effect of hydrophobicity of nonpolar organic solvents (cyclohexane, n-hexane and isooctane) on lipase-catalyzed esterification of glycerol with oleic acid catalysed by immobilized 1,3-specific Mucor miehei lipase. The esterification was carried out with and without molecular sieves in a batch stirred-tank reactor (BSTR).
Enzyme selectivity was in function of solvent hydrophobicity and related to the system
with

Keywords

Solvent hydrophobicity; lipase-catalyzed esterification; molecular sieves; long-chain fatty acid esters

Hrčak ID:

4523

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/4523

Publication date:

21.9.2006.

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