Microwave assisted enzymatic esterification of lactic acid and ethanol in phosphonium type ionic liquids as co-solvents

Autor: L. Gubicza, Katalin Bélafi-Bakó, Ilona Kelemen-Horváth, Zsófia Csanádi, Brigitta Major
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Green Chemistry. 11:614
ISSN: 1463-9270
1463-9262
DOI: 10.1039/b820575b
Popis: Microwave heating was found to have a beneficial effect on the enzymatic esterification of lactic acid (LA) with ethanol in Cyphos 202 ionic liquid (IL) medium. Microwave irradiation caused hydrolysis of lactoyllactic acid (the linear dimer of LA) during the reaction, thus, as a result, more lactic acid was available as substrate and a higher ester yield was achieved in the esterification.
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