Green Chemistry

Bridging racemic lactate esters with stereoselective polylactic acid using commercial lipase catalysis

P Van Wouwe, M Dusselier, A Basiç, BF Sels

Index: Van Wouwe, Pieter; Dusselier, Michiel; Basic, Aurelie; Sels, Bert F. Green Chemistry, 2013 , vol. 15, # 10 p. 2817 - 2824

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Abstract

A productive and enantioselective hydrolysis of racemic mixtures of lactate esters with commercial Candida rugosa lipase was performed. This step contributes to a novel envisioned route for stereoselective PLA production by combining recent chemocatalytic developments with this biocatalytic contribution, foreseeing two separate L-and D-lactate enantiomer streams. A study of the hydrolysis kinetics identified an unexpected rate ...