Kim, Heejin; Kim, Taehoon; Choi, Nakyung; Kim, Byung Hee; Oh, Se-Wook; Kim, In-Hwan published the artcile< Synthesis of diethylhexyl adipate by Candida antarctica lipase-catalyzed esterification>, Electric Literature of 104-76-7, the main research area is diethylhexyl adipate esterification immobilization Candida antarctica lipase.
Diethylhexyl adipate (DEHA) has been used for various applications in the chem. industry. In particular, DEHA is used as a plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride and its polymers. In this study, DEHA was successfully synthesized via lipase-catalyzed esterification from adipic acid with ethylhexanol in a solvent-free system. An immobilized lipase from Candida antarctica (Novozym 435) was used as a biocatalyst in this reaction. The optimal reaction conditions for the synthesis of DEHA were temperature of 50°C, an enzyme loading of 5% (based on the total weight of substrate), a vacuum of 6.7 kPa, and a molar ratio 1:2.5 (adipic acid to ethylhexanol). When vacuum was applied, the conversion to DEHA was improved significantly and 100 mol% conversion was obtained within only 3 h under optimal condition.
Process Biochemistry (Oxford, United Kingdom) published new progress about Optimization. 104-76-7 belongs to class alcohols-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C8H18O, Electric Literature of 104-76-7.
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