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Synthesis of novel d-glucuronic acid fatty esters using Candida antarctica lipase in tert-butanol

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Glucuronic acid n-alkyl esters, a novel class of promising biosurfactants and their corresponding glucose esters with the same side-chain length, were synthesized by direct esterification in a non-aqueous phase (tert-butanol) using an immobilized lipase.

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  1. Units of General and Organic Chemistry, University of Orléans, BP 6759, F-45067, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    Benoît Moreau, Georges C. Lognay, Jean-Christophe Brohée & Michel Marlier

  2. Food Technology, University of Orléans, BP 6759, F-45067, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    Christophe Blecker

  3. ICOA-UMR 6005, University of Orléans, BP 6759, F-45067, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    Florence Chéry & Patrick Rollin

  4. Industrial Biological Chemistry and 4ICOA-UMR 6005, University of Orléans, BP 6759, F-45067, Orléans Cedex 2, France

    Michel Paquot

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Moreau, B., Lognay, G.C., Blecker, C. et al. Synthesis of novel d-glucuronic acid fatty esters using Candida antarctica lipase in tert-butanol. Biotechnology Letters 26, 419–424 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BILE.0000018262.57902.68

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