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Immobilized lipase from Rhizomucor miehei (Lipozyme IM-20) was employed in the esterification of isovaleric acid and isoamyl alcohol to synthesize isoamyl isovalerate in n-heptane. Response surface methodology (RSM) based on a five-level, five-variable central composite rotatable design (CCRD) was used to evaluate the effects of important variables: enzyme concentration (20–40% w/w of acid), acid concentration (0.2–1.0 M), incubation period (24–120 h), alcohol concentration (0.25–1.25 M) and temperature (30–70 °C) on the esterification yield of isoamyl isovalerate. Extent of conversion was found to be excellent at all acid and alcohol concentrations employed in the range of 0.2–1.25 M, even at low enzyme concentration (20% w/w). The optimum conditions arrived at are as follows: 35% (w/w) enzyme concentration, 1.0 M acid concentration, 1.25 M alcohol concentration and 120 h incubation period, at 35 °C. Under these conditions, the predicted value was 680 mM ester matched very well with an experimental value of 678 mM.
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Chowdary, G., Divakar, S. & Prapulla, S. Modelling on isoamyl isovalerate synthesis from Rhizomucor miehei lipasein organic media: optimization studies. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 18, 179–185 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014914911918
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