High-yield synthesis of wax esters catalysed by modified Candida rugosa lipase

• DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9554-8
• Publication Date: 2007-10-23T07:33:14Z
• Authors: M. H. Guncheva; D. Zhiryakova
• Keywords: Candida rugosa

Candida rugosa lipase (CRL) was applied in a non-solvent esterification reaction to yield twelve wax esters. All products were obtained in nearly 100% yield for 10 h at 50 degrees C when immobilized PEG(2000)-activated C. rugosa lipase was added to the reaction mixture. The surfactant had also a beneficial effect on the stability of the biocatalytic preparation with 83% of its activity conserved after the seventh run of repeated batch reactions.