title: Enzymatically prepared n-alkyl esters of glucuronic acid: the effect of freeze-drying conditions and hydrophobic chain length on thermal behavior.
abstract: In this work, some of the physicochemical properties of enzymatically prepared n-alkyl esters of glucuronic acid are presented. Two questions are addressed. The first concerns the influence of post-purification freeze-drying conditions on octyl glucuronate thermotropic behavior. Depending on the amount of water added before freeze-drying, the alpha/beta anomeric ratio determined by (1)H NMR is affected and differences are observed in DSC thermograms probably due to polymorphism. The second question concerns the effect of hydrophobic chain length on the thermal behavior. An increase of both transition temperature and transition enthalpy is observed by increasing the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain (C8<C10<C12<C14). This kind of results can provide relevant information for the processing and the practical use of these nonionic surfactants.
authors.affiliation: Gembloux Agricultural University, Department of Food Technology, Passage des Déportés, 2, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium. blecker.c@fsagx.ac.be
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blecker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Danthine
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pétré
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lognay
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moreau
authors.forename: L Vander
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Elst
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paquot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deroanne
mesh_terms: D004952:Esters / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005612:Freeze Drying; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D020723:Glucuronic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008049:Lipase / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004952:Esters; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D008049:Lipase; C431349:lipase B, Candida antarctica