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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 23, Issue 18, Pages 1529-1533Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011697609756
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enzyme stability; ionic liquids; lipase; non-conventional media; synthesis
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Four different ionic liquids, based on dialkylimidazolium cations associated with perfluorinated and bis(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl amide anions were used as reaction media for butyl butyrate synthesis catalyzed by free Candida antarctica lipase B at 2% (v/v) water content and 50 degreesC. Lipase had enhanced synthetic activity in all ionic liquids in comparison with two organic solvents (hexane, and 1-butanol), the enhanced activity being related to the increase in polarity of ionic liquids. The continuous operation of lipase with all the assayed ionic liquids showed over-stabilization of the enzyme. The reuse of free lipase in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate in continuous operation cycles showed a half-life time 2300 times greater than that observed when the enzyme was incubated in the absence of substrate (3.2 h), and a selectivity higher than 90%.
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