Sunday, April 29, 2007
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Screening of organic solvents and lipases for enzymatic resolution of glycerol and methyl benzoate
The
antagonists of β-adrenergics receptors as propanolol and carvedilol are
important farmaceuticals in the treatment of several
diseases as hypertension, cardiopathy isquemic, some types of arrhythmia and glaucoma. In this
sense, the main objective of this work was to develop process of production of propanolol and carvedilol by
using immobilized lipases as catalysts. It was investigated the esterification activities of several different immobilized
commercial lipases. Based on the observed results it was selected the most
suitable enzymes for the use as reaction catalysts. The reaction was performed
by using glycerol and methyl benzoate as substrates. On the other step, it was
selected the most appropriate organic solvent for the supramentioned
reaction. The choice was based on the solubility of the substrates on the
solvents and the ebullition point of each one. Thermodinamics
equations were used so as to select the best solvent for the reaction. After
computational analysis, it was observed that 2-propanol solubilized
the substrates with more efficiency. The reactional
system containing the substrates (glycerol and methyl benzoate), the solvent
(2-propanol) and the enzyme (Novozym 435) were
tested. The preliminary results point out good perspectives for pharmaceuticals
synthesis in terms of process conversion and enantiomeric
excess.
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