title: The Henry reaction in [Bmim][PF₆]-based microemulsions promoted by acylase.
abstract: An environmentally-friendly, enzyme-promoted procedure for the Henry reaction was first studied using water-in-[Bmim][PF6] microemulsions as reaction medium. The Amano acylase from Aspergillus oryzae showed better catalytic activity for the addition reactions of nitromethane with a series of aromatic aldehydes, and a highest yield of 90% was obtained.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China. zbxie@ecit.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Wen-Jian
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Zong-Bo
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Guo-Fang
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zhang-Gao
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Le
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001236:Aspergillus oryzae / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C019665:amidase