Abstract
We report the use of commercial laundry powder as a biocatalyst for a range of lipase-catalysed reactions including (trans)esterification, ester hydrolysis and chemoenzymatic epoxidation reactions. The enzymatic laundry powder exhibited excellent stability and recyclability, making it a readily available and cheap biocatalyst for chemical transformations.
Highlights
Jie Zhang,a Fabio Tonin, b Wuyuan Zhang, b Peter-Leon Hagedoorn, b Lloyd Malleeb and Frank Hollmann *b
Enzymes increase the washing performance by degrading poorly water soluble polymeric carbohydrates, proteins and triglycerides. Hydrolytic enzymes such as cellulases, amylases, proteases and lipases are found in socalled enzymatic laundry powders (ELPs).[2]
Lipases are established catalysts for the synthesis of a broad range of compounds ranging from chiral alcohols and amines through kinetic resolution of racemic starting materials[7] to cosmetic esters (Scheme 1).[8]
Summary
We report the use of commercial laundry powder as a biocatalyst for a range of lipase-catalysed reactions including (trans)esterification, ester hydrolysis and chemoenzymatic epoxidation reactions. Enzymes increase the washing performance by degrading poorly water soluble polymeric carbohydrates, proteins and triglycerides Hydrolytic enzymes such as cellulases, amylases, proteases and lipases are found in socalled enzymatic laundry powders (ELPs).[2] Having this in mind, ELP may be considered as a cheap and readily available source of biocatalysts. They may be considered as affordable catalysts e.g. for education purposes or for research groups with limited nancial possibilities. Ever since the rst report by 24040 | RSC Adv., 2019, 9, 24039–24042
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