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Dry Media Reaction Procedure for Synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated Acids, α-Cyanoacrylonitriles and α-Cyanoacrylates via Knoevenagel Condensation Using NaHSO4·SiO2 Catalyst (NaHSO4·SiO2 촉매를 이용한 Knoevenagel 축합을 거친α,β의 불포화산, α-Cyanoacrylonitriles와 α-Cyanoacrylates의 합성을 위한 무수조건하의 반응 절차)

  • Gopalakrishnan, M.;Sureshkumar, P.;Kanagarajan, V.;Thanusu, J.;Thirunavukkarasu, S.
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.51 no.4
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    • pp.346-351
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    • 2007
  • Efficient stereoselective synthesis of α,β-Unsaturated acids, α-Cyanoacrylonitriles and α-Cyanoacrylates has been carried out in the presence of NaHSO4·SiO2 under solvent?free conditions with an E-geometry.

On-line Conversion Estimation for Solvent-free Enzymatic Esterification System with Water Activity Control

  • Lee, Sun-Bok;Keehoon Won
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.76-84
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    • 2002
  • On-line conversion estimation of enzymatic esterification reactions in solvent-free media was investigated. In principle, conversion to ester can be determined from the amount of water produced by the reaction, because water is formed as a by-product in a stoichiometric manner. In this study, we estimated the water production rate only from some measurements of relative humidity and water balances without using any analytical methods. In order to test the performance of the on-line conversion estimation, the lipase-catalyzed esterification of n-capric acid and n-decal alcohol in solvent-free media was performed whilst controlling water activity at various values. The reaction conversions estimated on-line were similar to those determined by offline gas chromatographic analysis. However, when the water activity was controlled at higher values, discrepancies between the estimated conversion values and the measured values became significant. The deviation was found to be due to the inaccurate measurement of the water content in the reaction medium during the initial stages of the reaction. Using a digital filter, we were able to improve the accuracy of the on-line conversion estimation method considerably. Despite the simplicity of this method, the on-line estimated conversions were in good agreement with the off-line measured values.