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• 57-50-1 Sucrose 
• 146270-37-3 2-O-sucrosyl laurate 
• 146270-43-1 3-O-lauroyl sucrose 
• 2146-71-6 vinyl laurate 
• 34097-59-1 cyanomethyl dodecanoate 
• 108377-42-0 3-lauroylthiazolidine-2-thione 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthesis of sucrose laurate using a new alkaline protease

Sucrose laurate esters were synthesized from sucrose and vinyl laurate in organic solvents using an alkaline protease from a new alkalophilic strain, Bacillus pseudofirmus AL-89. Maximum synthetic activity was observed in the presence of 7.5% v/v water and in the pH range of 7-10. With protease AL-89 esterification occurred predominantly at the 2-O-position while subtilisin A-catalyzed monoester formation predominantly at the 1′-O position. In the absence of enzyme, buffer salts catalyzed non-specific reactions, resulting in the formation of a number of esters. Non-specific catalysis was also observed upon inhibition of the enzyme using a serine protease inhibitor or upon deactivation of the enzyme at pH above 10.

Appearance and distribution of regioisomers in metallo- and serine-protease-catalysed acylation of sucrose in N,N-dimethylformamide

The appearance and distribution of monoester regioisomers were investigated in the virtually irreversible acylation of sucrose with the enol ester, vinyl laurate, as acyl donor catalysed by serine proteases and a metalloprotease in the hydrophilic, aprotic solvent N,N-dimethylformamide. Sucrose laurate was obtained in yields from 12 to 53% after 48 h under different catalytic conditions. The serine protease ALP-901, derived from a Streptomyces sp., produced the highest yield at this reaction time, while reaction with the zinc-protease thermolysin achieved the overall highest yield (63%) after 6 h, with only monoesters synthesised. The total conversion of sucrose after 48 h ranged from 19 to 96%. The highest degree of conversion was observed in the reaction with thermolysin, while the reactions without protein and with ALP-901 resulted in 82% and 66% sucrose conversion, respectively. 2-O-Lauroyl sucrose was the most abundant monoester regioisomer synthesised and the highest concentration observed was 23.7 mM after 24 h in the thermolysin-catalysed reaction. The highest concentration of 2-O-lauroyl sucrose detected in the reaction catalysed by ALP-901 was 19.0 mM, while it was 17.0 mM the reaction without protein, both after 48 h. The detected appearance of the sucrose laurate regioisomers largely corresponded to the apparent rates of formation, and 2-O-lauroyl sucrose was among the first regioisomers to appear in all reactions. The observed sucrose laurate regioisomeric distribution after 48 h (2:3:4:6:1′:3′) was 72:5:2:1:7:14 in the reaction catalysed by ALP-901, and 74:5:2:1:7:13 in the reaction without protein. In the reaction catalysed by thermolysin the distribution was 71:5:2:-:9:13 after 6 h and 86:8:-:-:4:3 after 48 h of reaction. The esterification of sucrose with vinyl laurate without protein in the reaction mixture appeared to be catalysed in the presence of aluminosilicate molecular sieves. Non-catalytic protein in the reaction medium seemed to lower the catalytic activity of the molecular sieves.

Transesterification of Sucrose in Organic Medium: Study of Acyl Group Migrations

The tendency of the acyl groups located on the glucose part of sucrose fatty acid esters to undergo intramolecular migrations in organic medium and the regioselectivity of some transesterifications of sucrose were investigated by HPLC, in situ NMR spectroscopy and preparative methods. Extensive acylation on secondary positions of the glucose moiety followed by migrations is general for base catalysed transesterification. The stability of 3- and 6-O-acyl derivatives, two isomers being thermodynamically favored compared to others, was studied in a series of conditions. It is shown that the presence of water catalyzes the migration of the ester at OH-3 towards OH-6 in organic basic medium, whereas the ester at OH-6 appears more stable under either acidic or basic conditions.

Proteinase N-catalysed regioselective esterification of sucrose and other mono- and disaccharides

Crude Proteinase N was used as catalyst for the synthesis of carbohydrate (in particular sucrose) esters by transesterification of activated esters in organic solvents. Polymerisable or amphiphilic sucrose esters (methacrylates and laurates) were obtained

A new synthesis of 6-O-acylsucroses and of mixed 6,6'-di-O-acylsucroses

Various 6-O-acylsucroses were synthesized in good yields from unprotected sucrose in N,N-dimethylformamide and the appropriate 3-acylthiazolidine-2-thiones 6 or 3-acyl-5-methyl-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2(3H)-thiones 7.A selective ionization of the free sugar by

A new chemoenzymatic synthesis of 6'-O-acylsucroses

6'-O-acylsucroses were synthesized for the first time in two steps, including a new chemical selective acylation of free sucrose followed by an enzymatic hydrolysis of the 6-O-acylated by-products.