- Enzymatic preparation of enantiomerically pure sn-2,3-diacylglycerols: A stereoselective ethanolysis approach
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Stereoselective ethanolysis of monoacid TAG by immobilized Rhizomucor miehei lipase (RML) was studied for preparation of optically pure sn-2,3-DAC. Trioctanoylglycerol (TO) was used as a model substrate. The enantiomeric purity of the product, sn-2,3-dioctanoylglycerol (sn-2,3-DO), was very high (percent enantiomeric excess > 99%) when an excess of ethanol was used. The result indicated that RML was highly stereosRMLelective toward the sn-1 position of TO under conditions of excess ethanol. The stereoselectivity of RML depended on the amount of ethanol. The larger the amount of ethanol was, the higher the stereoselectivity became. After optimizing the parameters such as reactant molar ratio, water content, and temperature, (ethanol/TO molar ratio = 31:1 and water content = 7.5 wt% of the reactants at 25°C), optically pure sn-2,3-DO was obtained at 61.1 mol% in the glyceride fraction in 20 min. The above conditions were further applied for ethanolysis of monoacid TAG with different acyl groups such as tridecanoylglycerol (C10:0), tridodecanoylglycerol (C12:0), tritetradecanoylglycerol (C14:0) and trioctadecenoylglycerol [triolein, (C18:1)]. The yields and enantiomeric purities of 1,2(2,3)-DAG were dramatically reduced when TAG with FA longer than decanoic acid were used. Copyright
- Piyatheerawong, Weera,Yamane, Tsuneo,Nakano, Hideo,Iwasaki, Yugo
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p. 603 - 607
(2007/10/03)
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- Glyceride synthesis in a solvent-free system
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Synthesis of partial glycerides in a solvent-free system has been investigated with various acyl donors and glycerol as substrates and a 1,3-specific immobilized lipase to catalyze the reaction. Capric acid was the most efficient acyl donor, compared with ethyl caprate and tricaprin. However, to obtain a high yield of dicaprin and a low amount of tricaprin, ethyl caprate was the acyl donor of choice. The composition of the product mixture was determined by the ratio of ethyl caprate to glycerol; a molar ratio of 3:1 was optimum for dicaprin synthesis. The water content in glycerol did not influence the final yield of dicaprin, but initial production of capric acid increased with increasing water content. The reaction was found to be controlled entirely by external mass transfer. The yield of diglyceride could be increased from 70 to 90% by lowering the reaction temperature, so that the diglyceride precipitated during the reaction.
- Fureby,Adlercreutz,Mattiasson
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p. 1489 - 1495
(2007/10/03)
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