Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC
Volume 122, Issue -, Pages 188-198Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2015.09.005
Keywords
Butyl acetate; Cytotoxicity; Ionic liquids; Esterification; Eutectic solvents; Lipase; Ping-Pong Bi-Bi reaction mechanism
Funding
- University of Zagreb [0582261-7002223]
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The aim of this study was to analyze the advantages and limitations of cholinium-based ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) used as green solvents for immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B-catalyzed synthesis. The reaction of acetic anhydride with 1-butanol to give short chain ester butyl acetate was chosen as a model reaction. Results showed that selected ILs (choline glycinate, choline alaninate, choline asparaginate, choline malate) and DESs (choline chloride mixtures with glycerol Gly, ethylene glycol EG, and urea U as hydrogen bond donors in molar ratio 1:2) are poor media for tested reaction if applied as pure solvents (yield <5%). This happens probably due to the substrate entrapment within DES structure through H-bonding. The addition of water (as a protic solvent) to the DESs strongly enhances both enzyme activity and reaction yield. Among different DES:water mixtures tested, the one with EG as hydrogen bond donor at water content of 5% (w/w) proved to be the most effective, resulting in esterification yield 80% (higher than yield obtained in a reference solvent n-heptane). Kinetic parameters of Ping-Pong Bi-Bi reaction mechanism were estimated for reactions in ChCI:EG:water mixtures and the chosen model seems to fit reaction mechanism description. Furthermore, in all ChCI:EG:water tertiary mixtures about 50-70% lipase activity decrease was observed after 3 days incubation. The enzyme activity stayed unchanged even after extending the incubation time to 15 days. Finally, the used DESs were assayed for cytotoxicity in fish (CCO) and human (MCF-7) cell lines, where they exhibited low cytotoxicity (EC50 >5 mM) for both cell lines. Obtained results suggest that DESs are promising candidates for green biocatalysis. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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