Efficient chemo-enzymatic epoxidation using silCoat-Novozym-435: Characterising the multiphase system
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Abstract
Silicone composites of Novozym®435 (silcoat-NZ435) demonstrate improved leaching and mechanical stability compared to native Novozym®435 (NZ435). Here, the application scope of this novel enzyme preparation has been broadened significantly by the transfer from single-phase esterification to a complex chemoenzymatic epoxidation reaction in a three-phase system. The reaction gave up to 80% yields with almost 100% selectivity in 50 h when operated in the absence of mass transfer limitations. Characterization of the system revealed that octanoic acid inhibited the reaction at concentrations around 6M. The silcoat-NZ435 catalyst could be reused over five days with less than 50% loss in activity when 5M H2O2 was present. H2O2 was also identified as the component which deactivates the enzyme at high concentration (17.5 M) demanding spatial separation of the silcoat-NZ435 for optimal operation.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1448–1455 |
Journal | Chemical Engineering and Technology |
Volume | 2012 |
Issue number | 35 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Externally published | Yes |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0002-2912-546X/work/171551884 |
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Scopus | 84864297738 |
Keywords
Keywords
- Biokatalyse, Epoxidierung, CalB, silcoat, Modellierung