Highly efficient preparation of lipophilic hydroxycinnamates by solvent-free lipase-catalyzed transesterification

P Weitkamp, K Vosmann, N Weber

Index: Weitkamp, Petra; Vosmann, Klaus; Weber, Nikolaus Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2006 , vol. 54, # 19 p. 7062 - 7068

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Abstract

Various medium-or long-chain alkyl cinnamates and hydroxycinnamates, including oleyl p- coumarate as well as palmityl and oleyl ferulates, were prepared in high yield by lipase- catalyzed transesterification of an equimolar mixture of a short-chain alkyl cinnamate and a fatty alcohol such as lauryl, palmityl, and oleyl alcohol under partial vacuum at moderate temperature in the absence of solvents and drying agents in direct contact with the ...