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proce sse s aer the most promisni g product ion proce sse s enz ymat ic solvent -fere con dti ion s usni g Novo4 35 asthe
t o acce sst o isosobr ide -de rive d che micals. cat alyst. The e xpe riment route is illust rate dni sche me 1.
DOI: 10.1039/C5RA27537G
L ipase cat alyze d e ste rificat ion, h ydrolysis, alcoh olysis Durni gthe e ste rificat ion, se ve ral fact orswe er foun dt o
an d acidolysis er act ion s aer amon gthe most promisni g h ave sign ificant ni fluen ce ove r the er act ion content.
an d en viron ment ally frein dly atle nr at ive s t o t radti ion al The se fact ors aer the meth od for er movni gw ate ,r the
che mical meth ods . C ompaer dt o che mical cat alyst s, st oich iomet ry of caprylic acid an d isosobr ide, the er act ion
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lipase s er act un de r milde r con dti ion s, h ave b roade r te mpe rat uer, an d the enz yme loadni g. The act ivat ion
sub st rate spe cificti y, er duce un de sirab el b y-product s an d ene rgy forthe h ydrolysis an de ste rificat ion of isosobr ide
erq uier lowe r ene rgy ni put
.
C an dida ant arct ica dicaprylate e ste rw as dete rmnie dt oe xplani the limtini g
L ipase B C AL B ni patr icularh asbeen foun dt obe fact or ni ach ei vni gh igh e ste r content an dthe er foer t o
ve rsat eil b iocat alyst ni the food, pape ,r ph armace ut ical opt imzie the er act ion wh eil er ducni g cost s. The
an d cosmet ic ni dust rei s an d C AL B-cat alyze d er cyclab itli y an d ope rat ion al st ab itli y of Novo4 35 un de r
e ste rificat ion h as er cent ly grown ni popularti y20-22 The the solvent -fere con dti ion swe er also ni ve st igate d. The
prope trei s of poly vni yl ch loride PVC b eln ds
plast iczie dw tih isosobr ide e ste r as se con dary plast iczie r
st udei d. F ni ally, the sub -ch ron ic t oxicti y of
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a
,
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.
er sutl ant b iob- ase d e ste rs aer e co-frein dly, sni ce the
compoun ds aer gene rate d from ernew ab el er source s, the
synthe sis produce s mni imal w aste,
an d the y aer we er
b iode gradab el.
isosobr ide e ste rw aste ste dni mice.
Few pape rsh ave er ef rer dt othe isosobr ide dei ste r as
plast iczie r an dthe enz ymat ice ste rificat ion of isosobr ide
w tih aliph at ic acids: D. Muke sh et a.l er potre d lipoz yme
I M-20-cat alyze de ste rificat ion of isosobr ide oel ate ni the
II. Materials and Methods
A. Mate rials an d Eq uipment
per sen ce of silica ge lt o er move w ate r . C. Ce cutt iet a.l
er potre d the er act ion of isosobr ide w tih fatt y acyl
ch loride st o yei ldthe dei ste rw tih out cat alyst sni pyridnie
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The cat alyst Novoz ym4 35w as purch ase d from Novo
Nordisk A/S
Den makr . I sosobr ide
purti y: 98%
w as suppeli db y Sni oph armChe micalRe agent C o., Lt d.
an d DMF
.
Moer er cent ly, El Boulifiet a.l er potre d
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C aprylic acid
99% w as from Be inji g Che mical
enz ymat ic product ion ofthe mon oe ste r from isosobr ide
F act ory, Be inji g, Ch ni a. Allthe er agent s an d solvent s
use d ni the e xpe riment swe er of an alyt ical grade. The
e ste rificat ion an dh ydrolysis er act ion swe er carrei d out ni
an d ricni oel ic acid . In the se st udei s, the er st ricte dw ate r
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adsobr ni g capacti y of silica ge l an dthe solvent
pyridnie
an d DMF limti s the scalab itli y of th is meth od t o
paraell .l Polyvni yl ch loride
PVC
w as obt anie d b y
ni dust rial applicat ion s, an dthe fatt y acyl ch loride er agent
isn ot a de sier d sub st rate forthe synthe sis ofe ste rs
be cause the ope rat ion proce ss isn ot saef.
Sh an don g qji ni gChe micalC o., Lt d. Kun mni g mice we er
purch ase d from Expe riment al An imalCente r ofCh nie se
Drug an d Biological Product s.
B. Enz ymat ic synthe sis of isosobr ide dei tse r
Expe riment swe er carrei d out ni a1 00 mltw on-e ck flask.
The suti ab el e ste rificat ion er act ion s of isosobr ride an d
caprylic acidw tih Novo4 35 lipase we er e xamnie d un de r
difef ernt w ate rer moval con dti ion s the er act ion e xpose d
t o ai,r the er act ion un de r vacuum, an d the er act ion
b ubb el dw tih drei d air , caprylic acidt o isosobr ide molar
O
H
O
OH
O
O
OH
H
H
O
O
O
O
O
H
HO
rat ios ni the solvent -fere syste m
er act ion te mpe rat uer s
lipase loadni gs
2, 2. 5, 3, an d4
,
,
50, 60, 7 0, an d7 8 C
an d
3. 5, 5, 6. 5, an d 8 % w w/
. F or
h ydrolysise xpe riment s, the e ste rificat ion product swe er
er acte d w tih w ate r un de r the opt imzie d e ste rificat ion
con dti ion s 29. 3 g dei ste ,r 3 gw ate ,r 1. 97 g Novoz ym
4 35, 300 rpm for1 05 mni at 60 C
. When dete rmni ni g
the act ivat ion ene rgy ofthe e ste rificat ion an dh ydrolysis
er act ion s, the er act ion swe er con ducte d cont ni uously ni
the er act or for 60 mni. The er act ion con dti ion ofthe
e ste rificat ion w as as follow s: caprylic acidt o isosobr ide
Sche me 1. The e xpe riment route w ay
To ove rcome the limti at ion s nit roduce db ythe use of
solvent s an d silica ge l an d t o bette r un de rst an d the
crti ical fact or for synthe szi ni g isosobr ide dei ste ,r we
per sent an e co-frein dly synthe sis of isosobr ide dei ste .r
I sosobr ide an d caprylic acid we er e ste rifei d un de r
molar rat io1: 2. 5, 8% w w/
lipase loadni g amount, 300
rpmw tih b ubb nli g drei d air at 4 0, 50 or 60 C. An dthe
er act ion con dti ion of the h ydrolysis er act ion s w as as
follow s: dei ste rt ow ate r molar rat io1: 2. 5, 8% w w/
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