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Enzymatic synthesis of a galactopyranose sophorolipid fatty acid-ester**

Biotechnology Letters volume 25, pages 1291–1297 (2003)Cite this article

Abstract

Sophorolipid lactones produced by Candida bombicola were deacetylated and ring opened with sodium methoxide to their corresponding methyl esters. The methyl esters, after re-acetylation with vinyl acetate using an immobilized lipase, were transesterified with 1,2-3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-d-galactopyranose in tetrahydrofuran using the same lipase catalyst. The di-O-isopropylidene sophorolipid sugar esters were hydrolyzed to give the galactopyranose sophorolipid esters as the final products.

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  1. Fats, Oils and Animal Coproducts Research Unit, US Department of Agriculture, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA, 19038, USA

    Alberto Nuñez, Thomas A. Foglia & Richard Ashby

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Nuñez, A., Foglia, T.A. & Ashby, R. Enzymatic synthesis of a galactopyranose sophorolipid fatty acid-ester** . Biotechnology Letters 25, 1291–1297 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024914404300

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