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Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of new non ionic surfactants from unprotected carbohydrates
C Boyat1, V Rolland-Fulcrand, Roumestant M-L
1Laboratoire des Aminoacides, Peptides et Proteines, UMR CNRS 5810, Universite Montpellier 1, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier, France.
Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology
|November 7, 2000
Abstract:
The synthesis of new non ionic surfactants is reported. They were prepared from unprotected carbohydrates, amino acids, and fatty alcohols. These modules were linked by enzymatic esterification and transesterification reactions catalysed by lipases and proteases in organic media.