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MATERIALS
卷 14, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14061518
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levulinate esters; levulinic acid; lipase; carbon nanotubes
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- Silesian University of Technology (Poland) [04/050/BKM20/0110 BKM-553/RCH-5/2020]
- National Science Centre (Poland) [2019/33/B/ST5/01412]
An effective method for levulinic acid esters synthesis was developed, using CALB immobilized on MWCNTs/PTFE as a heterogeneous biocatalyst. By optimizing reaction parameters and catalyst structure, high yield and selectivity were achieved.
An effective method for levulinic acid esters synthesis by the enzymatic Fischer esterification of levulinic acid using a lipase B from Candida antarctica (CALB) immobilized on the advanced material consisting of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and a hydrophobic polymer-polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon, PTFE)-as a heterogeneous biocatalyst, was developed. An active phase of the biocatalyst was obtained by immobilization via interfacial activation on the surface of the hybrid material MWCNTs/PTFE (immobilization yield: 6%, activity of CALB: 5000 U center dot L center dot kg(-1), enzyme loading: 22.5 wt.%). The catalytic activity of the obtained biocatalyst and the effects of the selected reaction parameters, including the agitation speed, the amount of PTFE in the CALB/MWCNT-PTFE biocatalyst, the amount of CALB/MWCNT-PTFE, the type of organic solvent, n-butanol excess, were tested in the esterification of levulinic acid by n-butanol. The results showed that the use of a two-fold excess of levulinic acid to n-butanol, 22.5 wt.% of CALB on MWCNT-PTFE (0.10 wt.%) and cyclohexane as a solvent at 20 degrees C allowed one to obtain n-butyl levulinate with a high yield (99%) and selectivity (>99%) after 45 min. The catalyst retained its activity and stability after three cycles, and then started to lose activity until dropping to a 69% yield of ester in the sixth reaction run. The presented method has opened the new possibilities for environmentally friendly synthesis of levulinate esters.
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