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One‐Phase Ionic Liquid Reaction Medium for Biocatalytic Production of Biodiesel
Author(s) -
Lozano Pedro,
Bernal Juana María,
Piamtongkam Rungtiwa,
Fetzer Dirk,
Vaultier Michel
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.201000244
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , triolein , yield (engineering) , biodiesel production , methanol , homogeneous , biodiesel , chemistry , organic chemistry , chemical engineering , lipase , materials science , enzyme , catalysis , thermodynamics , physics , engineering , metallurgy
A highly efficient biocatalytic process for biodiesel synthesis in 1‐methyl‐3‐octadecylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide is shown. This ionic liquid (IL) is able to dissolve triolein/methanol mixtures in many proportions, providing an homogeneous monophasic media suitable for the enzymatic synthesis of biodiesel (up to 96 % yield in 6 h at 60 °C). The enzyme/IL system can be reused for seven operation cycles without any loss in IL phase or enzyme activity.