title: Liquid poly(ethylene glycol) and supercritical carbon dioxide as a biphasic solvent system for lipase-catalyzed esterification.
abstract: The biphasic solvent system composed of poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG) and supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is ideally suited for the lipase-catalyzed acylation of alcohols; batch or continuous flow acylations are possible, scCO2 being used to extract the products.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut fur Kohlenforschung, D-45470 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany. reetz@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de
authors.forename: Manfred T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Reetz
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wiesenhöfer
mesh_terms: D000215:Acylation; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D004951:Esterification; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008049:Lipase; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol / Q000737:chemistry; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D012997:Solvents; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012997:Solvents; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D008049:Lipase; C431349:lipase B, Candida antarctica; C011566:vinyl acetate; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol