The South China University of Technology

Huayong Chen

Bo Yang

Yonghua Wang

Zhigang Li

Xuehui Li

Dongming Lan

Weifei Wang

Daoming Li

Dongqi Zhu

Jinfen Su

Zhengcheng Li

Fanghua Wang

The invention belongs to the field of bioengineering and food technology, and discloses a method for enzymatic resolution of chiral substances, including the following steps: (1) preparing an enzyme solution with a lipase concentration of 1-3000 U/mL, and adding a soluble salt, a hydrophilic solvent and a hydrophobic solvent to the enzyme solution to form a three-liquid phase system; the hydrophobic solvent contains esters or amide compounds composed of racemic chiral compounds; (2) subjecting the three-liquid phase system to enzyme-catalyzed reaction under stirring condition; after the reaction is completed, standing or centrifuging the three-liquid phase system to divide it into three layers, which are a upper liquid layer, a middle liquid layer and a lower liquid layer from top to bottom. The optically pure chiral product after hydrolysis is mainly rich in the middle liquid layer or the lower liquid layer, while the upper liquid layer product is another ester or amide product containing an optically pure chiral product. The method has the advantages of low energy consumption, high raw material utilization rate, and mild reaction conditions, and solves the problems of low chiral resolution efficiency, poor chiral selectivity, low recovery rate, and difficulty in industrialization in the existing enzymatic method.

Method for enzymatic resolution of chiral substances

An enzymatic method for preparing glyceryl butyrate, comprising: (1) carrying out an esterification reaction between n-butyric acid and glycerol using lipase as a catalyst, ethyl acetate and/or ethyl formate as an additive; (2) separating the reaction product, recovering the additive by distillation under reduced pressure to obtain glyceryl butyrate. The invention uses lipase as a catalyst to catalyze the esterification reaction of n-butyric acid and glycerin at normal temperature and normal pressure, reduces the energy consumption of the reaction. Also, the reaction condition is mild, no side reaction happens, and no water-carrying agent is used. In addition, the additive increases the catalytic efficiency of the lipase and the conversion rate of butyric acid.

Enzymatic method for preparing glyceryl butyrate

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