title: Enzymatic epoxidation of soybean oil using ionic liquid as reaction media.
abstract: An ionic liquid (IL) system for the enzymatic epoxidation of soybean oil was studied. The effects of active oxygen carriers (different fatty acids) and ILs ([Bmim]PF6 and [Bmim]BF4) on the enzymatic epoxidation were investigated. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to study and optimize the effects of variables (reaction time, reaction temperature, molar ratio of H2O2/C=C-bonds, and molar ratio of fatty acid/C=C-bonds) on the epoxy oxygen group content (EOC) of epoxidized soybean oil (ESO). Results showed that the enzymatic epoxidation of soybean oil can be enhanced using tetradecanoic acid (C13H27COOH) as active oxygen carrier and [Bmim]PF6 as reaction medium. The optimum EOC of ESO was 5.9 ± 0.3% under the following conditions: reaction temperature 46°C, reaction time 11 h, enzyme load 3% (w/w, relative to the weight of soybean oil), molar ratio of H2O2/C=C-bonds 1.8:1, and molar ratio of C13H27COOH/C=C-bonds 0.5:1.
authors.affiliation: Lipid Technology and Engineering, School of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology.
authors.forename: Shangde
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yanlan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bi
authors.forename: Fugang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D019814:Myristic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D017601:Oxygen Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013024:Soybean Oil / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D017601:Oxygen Compounds; C554142:epoxidized soybean oil; D019814:Myristic Acid; D013024:Soybean Oil