Enzymatic Syntheses of Esters - Green Chemistry for Valuable Food, Fuel and Fine Chemicals

Abstract

The esterification is well-established type of reaction in organic synthesis used for manufacturing various valuable esters used prevalently as ingredients of food, skincare products, pharmaceuticals and fuels. In recent decades biocatalytic synthetic routes based on using enzymes as catalysts have received a lot of attention in scientific researches and industry. Main advantages of enzymatic esterifications are high selectivity (regioselectivity and enantioselectivity), performing reaction at milder conditions (moderate temperature and atmospheric pressure) and the fact that enzymatically synthesized product gain label of natural product, which increases its market appeal. Keywords: Aroma, biodiesel, carbohydrate, ester, flavonoid, immobilization, ionic liquid, lipase.