The direct esterification of palmitic acid with L-(+)- arabinose has been carried out. The use of Candida antartica lipase B as the catalyst and the choice of suitable solvent and experimental conditions allowed carrying out the reaction successfully. In particular 10% dimethyl-sulfoxide in tert-butanol was found to be the optimal solvent. The product has been fully characterized by means of FTIR, ESI-MS, DSC, mono and bidimensional H-1 and C-13 NMR. These techniques confirm that only the primary alcoholic group was involved in the esterification reaction. (C) 2017 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.

Synthesis and characterization of arabinose-palmitic acid esters by enzymatic esterification

Pappalardo Valeria M;Zaccheria Federica;
2017

Abstract

The direct esterification of palmitic acid with L-(+)- arabinose has been carried out. The use of Candida antartica lipase B as the catalyst and the choice of suitable solvent and experimental conditions allowed carrying out the reaction successfully. In particular 10% dimethyl-sulfoxide in tert-butanol was found to be the optimal solvent. The product has been fully characterized by means of FTIR, ESI-MS, DSC, mono and bidimensional H-1 and C-13 NMR. These techniques confirm that only the primary alcoholic group was involved in the esterification reaction. (C) 2017 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
2017
Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari - ISTM - Sede Milano
Sugar esters
Enzymatic catalysis
Amphiphilic compounds
Biobased products
Bio-surfactants
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14243/326280
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact