Biodiesel is an alternative source of energy in diesel engines in its neat form or as a blend with conventional diesel fuel. The raw feedstock costs represent a lot of the overall biodiesel production cost. Therefore, the employment of waste oils or non-edible oils (which do not compete with edible oils) as feedstock for biodiesel production are presented as the best alternative. However, the p...

The reaction of recombinant chlorophyll synthase from Avena sativa, expressed in Escherichia coli, was investigated. To verify the identity of the recombinant and native enzymes, reaction rates were determined for both enzyme preparations with several chlorophyllide analogs. The rates of esterification of these modified substrates ranged from 0 to 100% of the rate with the natural substrate, an...

An attempt of synthesis 2-monolaurin from lauric acid through trilaurin as an intermediate compound has been successfully conducted. Trilaurin afforded via esterification reaction and glycerol with yield purity 78 84% respectively. Ethanolysis using Lipozyme TL IM enzyme resulted in the formation a 60 % 97%.

Barium salts of dibenzylidene cystines 8a-c were obtained from the reaction of Lcystine with benzaldehyde or its derivatives in the presence of barium hydroxide. Their reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid in methanol yielded the Narylmethylcysteines ?9a-c?. These can, in turn, be converted by esterification into the methyl esters ?10 a-c. ?Reaction of N, N'-carbonyl diimidazole (Im C...

Pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproduct (6-4PP), a common DNA photolesion formed under solar irradiation, was indicated to hydrolyze under strong basic conditions, breaking the N3-C4 bond at the 5'-thymine. The reanalysis of this reaction revealed that the resulting water adduct may not be stable as previously proposed; it readily undergoes an esterification reaction induced by the 5-OH group ...

Biodiesel is produced by esterification-transesterification, using alcohol as a reactant and acid base catalysts. Electrocatalyst method to increase production yield utilizing H+ OH– ions catalyst. This study aims investigate the biodiesel process through esterification-transesterification reaction analyze physicochemistry of from CPO electrolysis platinum electrodes. was esterified-transesteri...

A. Introduction B. Acid-Catalysed Esterification and Transesterification 1. General mechanism 2. Methanolic hydrogen chloride 3. Methanolic sulfuric acid 4. Boron trifluoride-methanol 5. Other acidic catalysts C. Base-Catalysed Transesterification 1. General mechanism 2. Sodium and potassium methoxide catalysts 3. Organic base catalysis D. Diazomethane and Related Reagents 1. Diazomethane and m...

The bulk chemicals esters contribute to commodity chemicals in nearly unlimited variety. Common fields of application include their use as solvents, plasticizers, surfactants, flavours, inter mediates in preparative organic chemistry, and many more.1 Though well investigated, the technology of ester production offers some challenging characteristics regarding catalysis, operation conditions and...

The aim of this paper is to screen suitable reaction systems for the modification of antioxidants through enzymatic synthesis. Enzymatic esterification of ascorbic acid with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) was investigated as a model. Four organic solvents and five different enzymes were evaluated. Results show that only Novozym 435 turned out to be a useful enzymatic preparation for the product...

In order to determine whether sphingomyelin (SPH) affects the rate of cholesterol esterification by plasma lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT), we studied the effects of its incorporation in to defined proteoliposome substrates containing phosphatidyl choline (PC), unesterified cholesterol, and apoprotein A-I, on the activity of purified LCAT. Cholesterol esterification was inhibited by...