Green Chemistry

Lipase dissolution and stabilization in ether-functionalized ionic liquids

H Zhao, CL Jones, JV Cowins

Index: Zhao, Hua; Jones, Cecil L.; Cowins, Janet V. Green Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 11, # 8 p. 1128 - 1138

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Abstract

Ionic liquids (ILs) with various structures and properties have been extensively investigated in many biocatalytic reactions and processes. However, although hydrophobic ILs tend to stabilize the insoluble (suspended) enzymes, they usually have low hydrogen-bonding basicity with solutes, which limits the solubility of many substrates (such as D-glucose, ascorbic acid, and cellulose). In contrast, hydrophilic ILs (such as those based on chloride, ...