Efficient chemo-enzymatic epoxidation using silCoat-Novozym-435: Characterising the multiphase system

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Contributors

  • Subhamoy Bhattacharya - (First author)
  • Anja Drews - (Author)
  • Evgenij Lyagin - (Author)
  • Matthias Kraume - (Author)
  • Marion Ansorge-Schumacher - , Technical University of Berlin (Author)

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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1448–1455
JournalChemical Engineering and Technology
Volume2012
Issue number35
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2912-546X/work/171551884
Scopus 84864297738

Keywords

Keywords

  • Biokatalyse, Epoxidierung, CalB, silcoat, Modellierung