Stability improvement of immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B in an organic medium under microwave radiation

The influence of microwave heating on the stability of immobilized Candida antarctica lipase B was studied at 100 degrees in an organic medium. The microwave radiation was carried out before enzymatic reaction (storage conditions) or during the enzymatic catalysis (use conditions). In both cases, enzymatic stability was higher under microwave heating than under conventional thermal heating, in strictly identical operating conditions. Furthermore, the gain of enzymatic stability under microwave heating appears to be higher in a more polar solvent, which interacts strongly with the microwave field. Our results suggest that microwave radiation has an effect, not related to temperature, on the process of enzymatic inactivation.     

Structural and energetic properties of carbosils hydrothermally treated in the classical autoclave or the microwave reactor

Carbon/silica adsorbents (carbosils) prepared by pyrolysis of CH₂Cl₂ at 823 K and the reaction time from 0.5 to 6 h on the mesoporous silica gel surface (Si-60, Merck, granule size 0.2–0.5 mm) and then hydrothermally treated at 473 K with steam or liquid water by using the classical autoclave with traditional heating way or in the microwave reactor were studied by means of TG, adsorption and Q-TG methods. Changes in the structural characteristics of hybrid adsorbents before and after hydrothermal treatment were analyzed on the basis of nitrogen adsorption. Thermal properties of initial and modified samples as well as concentration of carbon deposit were studied using thermogravimetry (TG) in the range of 293–1273 K. The adsorbed water layers were investigated by means of thermodesorption of water under the quasi-isothermal conditions (Q-TG) in the range of 293–573 K. Concentration of weakly and strongly adsorbed water and the surface free energy on the interphase of adsorbent/water were calculated. It was stated that hydrothermal treatment in the microwave reactor, contrary to that in the classical autoclave, allows to obtain adsorbents with noticeably higher values of total pore volume in relation to the initial adsorbents and in majority with a higher specific surface area. Application of microwave energy allows to obtain adsorbents with lower values of surface free energy in relation to the initial adsorbents and those modified in the autoclave.     

微波场对固态氧离子导体上的甲烷氧化偶朕的影响

研究了微波场下甲烷在具有Bi2O3结构的固态氧离子导体上氧化偶联反应行为．与常规加热条件下的反应结果相比较,微波辐照下的反应有如下特点;（1）在达到相同甲烷转化率时,微波辐照下所需床层温度要远低于常规加热条件下所需床层温度;（2）微波辐照下,甲烷氧化偶联产物中C2烃的选择性普遍较高,在低温区尤为突出．微波场下甲烷偶联产物乙烷、乙烯的再氧化得到一定程度的抑制,致使微波场下的甲烷氧化偶联反应通常有较低的烯／烷比．     

Microwave-assisted synthesis and antitumor activity of the supramolecular complexes of betulin diacetate with arabinogalactan

In this work, a water-soluble supramolecular complex was synthesized in an aqueous suspension of betulin diacetate (BDA) and arabinogalactan (AG) upon microwave heating. Microwave heating allows reducing the time required for the complex formation, compared with conventional heating in a water bath. The specific effect of microwave irradiation on the initial reagents and preparation of a supramolecular complex was studied. In contrast to conventional heating, under microwave heating AG macromolecules may break into roughly equal fragments when the temperature increases up to 100 °C. A change in the surface morphology of BDA crystals under microwave heating of the suspension suggests that microwave irradiation facilitates the dissolution of BDA in water. It has been shown that the use of dimethylsulfoxide as a reaction medium for microwave heating led to a decrease in BDA content in the product due to the inclusion of DMSO into AG macromolecules. The BDA–AG complex was isolated from the microwave-heated aqueous solution, after water evaporation, as a thin amorphous film, which exhibited antitumor activity against Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells and can be a promising material for pharmacological applications.     

微波作用下的多肽固相缩合反应及动力学研究

分别在微波作用以及传统加热两种方式下, 研究了Fmoc-Val-OH与NH₂-Tyr(t-Bu)-Wang树脂的固相缩合反应及其动力学. 测定了温度变化对反应速率的影响, 并获得了两种方式下的缩合反应的宏观动力学参数: 300 W微波作用下表观缩合反应级数为2.3, 活化能为104.7 kJ/mol; 传统方法中表观反应级数为2.9, 活化能为142.4 kJ/mol. 微波作用将常规条件下的连接率由68%提高到95%, 而所需时间降为常规条件的1/14.     

Esterification activity and stability of Candida rugosa lipase immobilized into chitosan

Microbial lipase from Candida rugosa immobilized into porous chitosan beads was tested for esterification selectivity with butanol and different organic acids (C2–C12), and butyric acid and different aliphatic alcohols (C2–C10). After 24 h, the acids tested achieved conversions of about 40–45%. Acetic acid was the only exception, and in this case butanol was not consumed. Different alcohols led to butyric acid conversions >40%, except for ethanol, in which case butyric acid was converted only 26%. The system’s butanol and butyric acid were selected for a detailed study by employing an experimental design. The influence of temperature, initial catalyst concentration, and acid:alcohol molar ratio on the formation of butyl butyrate was simultaneously investigated, employing a 2³ full factorial design. The range studied was 37–50°C for temperature (X₁), 1.25–2.5% (w/v) for the catalyst concentration (X₂), and 1 and 2 for the acid:alcohol molar ratio (X₃). Catalyst concentration (X₂) was found to be the most significant factor and its influence was positive. Maximum ester yield (83%) could be obtained when working at the lowest level for temperature (37°C), highest level for lipase concentration (2.5% [w/v]), and center level of acid:alcohol molar ratio (1.5). The immobilized lipase was also used repeatedly in batch esterification reactions of butanol with butyric acid, revealing a half-life of 86 h.     

Lipase Immobilized on the Hydrophobic Polytetrafluoroethene Membrane with Nonwoven Fabric and Its Application in Intensifying Synthesis of Butyl Oleate

The synthesis of butyl oleate was studied in this paper with immobilized lipase. Five types of membrane were used as support to immobilize Rhizopus arrhizus lipase by following a procedure combining filtration and protein cross-linking. Results showed that hydrophobic polytetrafluoroethene membrane with nonwoven fabric (HO-PTFE-NF) was the favorite choice in terms of higher protein loading, activity, and specific activity of immobilized lipase. The factors including solvent polarity, lipase dosage, concentration, and molar ratio of substrate and temperature were found to have significant influence on conversion. Results showed that hexane (logP = 3.53) was a favorable solvent for the biosynthesis of butyl oleate in our studies. The optimal conditions were experimentally determined of 50 U immobilized lipase, molar ratio of oleic acid to butanol of 1.0, substrate concentration of 0.12 mol/L, temperature of 37 °C, and reaction time of 2 h. The conversion was beyond 91% and decreased slightly after 18 cycles. Lipase immobilization can improve the conversion and the repeated use of immobilized lipase relative to free lipase.     

微波场中甲烷部分氧化制合成气 Ⅱ.Co/ZrO_2催化剂在微波场中的升温行为及催化活性

近年来，甲烷部分氧化制合成气（ＰＯＭ）的研究一直十分活跃［１，２］．前文报道了用于甲烷部分氧化制合成气的镍基催化剂（Ｎｉ／Ｌａ２Ｏ３）在微波场中的升温行为和催化活性［３］，发现在达到相同的ＣＨ４转化率时，微波活化方式下的催化剂床层温度比常规加热低得多...     

Covalent immobilization of Candida antarctica lipase B on nanopolystyrene and its application to microwave-assisted esterification

Nanopolystyrene was used as a solid support for the covalent immobilization of Candida antarctica lipase B (CalB) using the photoreactive reagent 1-fluoro-2-nitro-4-azido benzene (FNAB) as a coupling reagent. The obtained derivative was then used as a biocatalyst in a microwave assisted esterification experiment. Factors such as contact time, pH, and enzyme concentration were investigated during immobilization. The hydrolytic activity, thermal, and operational stability of immobilized-CalB were determined. The maximum immobilized yield (218 μg/mg support) obtained at pH 6.8 exhibited optimum hydrolytic activity (4.42 × 10³ mU p-nitrophenol/min). The thermal stability of CalB improved significantly when it was immobilized at pH 10, however, the immobilized yield was very low (93.6 μg/mg support). The immobilized-CalB prepared at pH 6.8 and pH 10 retained 50% of its initial activity after incubation periods of 14 and 16 h, respectively, at 60 ℃. The operational stability was investigated for the microwave assisted esterification of oleic acid with methanol. Immobilized-CalB retained 50% of its initial activity after 15 batch cycles in the microwave-assisted esterification. The esterification time was notably reduced under microwave irradiation. The combined use of a biocatalyst and microwave heating is thus an alternative total green synthesis process.     

不同条件对硫酸钙结晶影响的实验研究

近年来由于微波化学的快速发展使人们认识到微波作为一种手段对化学反应的过程有着深刻的影响,在材料领域更是得到了日益广泛的应用,因此把微波应用于结晶过程也成为人们关注的热点。早在1966年磁场就被应用于晶体的生长。近年来,已有很多文献报道电场、磁场对晶体生长的影响。     

微波辐射对TiO2制备及其光催化氧化乙醛性能的影响

采用微波辐射与常规加热法由TiO₂溶胶制备出TiO₂催化剂，采用高频低功率微波-光催化装置考察了微波对两种催化剂上CH₃CHO光催化氧化转化率和产物分布的影响。结果表明，微波干燥制备的TiO₂晶体比普通加热制备的TiO₂晶体对乙醛有更高的光催化活性和更强的氧化能力，且它们对乙醛光催化氧化的途径不同，前者的初始中间体为甲醛和甲酸，后者的初始中间体却为乙酸。还发现，微波辐射对两种样品上乙醛的光催化转化率有不同的影响，对微波辐射法所制样品的影响比对常规加热法所制样品的影响显著。微波辐射通过场效应可加速光催化初始中间体的转化，但它不改变光催化反应的途径，反应途径取决于光催化剂的特性。     

Influence of microwave irradiation on enzyme kinetics

The in vitro effect of 2.45 GHz microwave irradiation on porcine pepsin activity under controlled temperature and absorbed microwave power via kinetic parameters was evaluated. Kinetic study with respect of time of irradiation demonstrated the existence of an inactivation effect of microwaves at pH 2 on pepsin molecule. Bovine serum albumin (BSA)-bromphenol blue (BPB) complex was used as substrate for the assay of pepsin by kinetic method. Depending on absorbed microwave dose, the degree of caused inactivation varies from 39.11 to 45.91% for 5 and 20 min of pepsin MW irradiation, respectively. The V _maxapp and K _mapp were calculated for low (5 min of MW irradiation) and higher specific absorbed dose (20 min of MW irradiation), as well as for untreated enzyme, from double reciprocal Lineweaver-Burk plot. The effect of microwaves on substrate (BSA-BPB complex) was also investigated. For reaction performed with MW irradiated substrate for 5 min the reaction rate was decreased for 15.15%, while for 20 min of substrate irradiation reaction rate was decreased for 25.52% compared to the control reaction. The article is published in the original.     

Immobilization of Yarrowia lipolytica Lipase—a Comparison of Stability of Physical Adsorption and Covalent Attachment Techniques

Lipase immobilization offers unique advantages in terms of better process control, enhanced stability, predictable decay rates and improved economics. This work evaluated the immobilization of a highly active Yarrowia lipolytica lipase (YLL) by physical adsorption and covalent attachment. The enzyme was adsorbed on octyl–agarose and octadecyl–sepabeads supports by hydrophobic adsorption at low ionic strength and on MANAE–agarose support by ionic adsorption. CNBr–agarose was used as support for the covalent attachment immobilization. Immobilization yields of 71, 90 and 97% were obtained when Y. lipolytica lipase was immobilized into octyl–agarose, octadecyl–sepabeads and MANAE–agarose, respectively. However, the activity retention was lower (34% for octyl–agarose, 50% for octadecyl–sepabeads and 61% for MANAE–agarose), indicating that the immobilized lipase lost activity during immobilization procedures. Furthermore, immobilization by covalent attachment led to complete enzyme inactivation. Thermal deactivation was studied at a temperature range from 25 to 45°C and pH varying from 5.0 to 9.0 and revealed that the hydrophobic adsorption on octadecyl–sepabeads produced an appreciable stabilization of the biocatalyst. The octadecyl–sepabeads biocatalyst was almost tenfold more stable than free lipase, and its thermal deactivation profile was also modified. On the other hand, the Y. lipolytica lipase immobilized on octyl–agarose and MANAE–agarose supports presented low stability, even less than the free enzyme.     

微波加热与常规加热方式下甲苯的裂解实验研究

为了减少生物质焦油含量,探索达到最优焦油脱除效果的操作条件,在固定床反应器上,考察了微波加热(MH)与常规加热(EH)方式下温度、反应气氛、停留时间对焦油模型化合物甲苯裂解的影响及气固产物特性。实验结果表明,甲苯转化率随裂解温度升高而升高;700℃下N2、水蒸气、CO2气氛下微波加热甲苯转化率为92.7%、97.8%、93.9%,常规加热条件下为59.2%、59.7%、59.4%;停留时间对甲苯裂解影响较小。甲苯裂解主要气体产物为H2,两种加热方式下H2选择性有较大差异,600℃~800℃微波加热比常规加热均高出约15%。甲苯裂解的主要固体产物为碳,常规加热下均为无定型裂解碳,微波加热下有少数特殊碳形态生成,电镜扫描发现为碳纳米管。另外,生物质焦的XRD分析表明,微波加热裂解甲苯的过程中存在"热点效应"。     

Capillary gas chromatography of tert-butyldimethlysilylamino acids with PTV injection

The programmable temperature vaporizing injector (PTV) has been used to study the effects of injection temperature and initial heating period on the FID response factors of TBDMS derivatives of 17 protein amino acids. The relative response factors were calculated for injection temperatures of 50°C, 90°C, 160°C, 220°C, and 260°C with different initial heating periods (1 s, 5 s, and 10 s) and the results compared with the values obtained for the calculated response factors obtained under classical split injection conditions (300°C, continuous). Except for expected peak broadening effects, the initial heating period does not seem to have significative effects on relative peak areas. The response to the derivatives of alanine, glycine, α-aminobutyric acid, valine, proline, methionine, cysteine, phenylalanine, asparagine, and arginine was only slightly affected by increasing the injection temperature whereas the response factors for the derivatives of serine, threonine, glutamic acid, lysine, histidine, tyrosine, and tryptophan were strongly dependent upon initial injection temperatures, decreasing rapidly at temperatures above 160°C. The cold split-splitless injection is clearly advantageous over the classical hot injection techniques for the analysis of this type of aminoacid derivative.     

Microwave-assisted asymmetric organocatalysis. A probe for nonthermal microwave effects and the concept of simultaneous cooling

A series of five known asymmetric organocatalytic reactions was re-evaluated at elevated temperatures applying both microwave dielectric heating and conventional thermal heating in order to probe the existence of specific or nonthermal microwave effects. All transformations were conducted in a dedicated reactor setup that allowed accurate internal reaction temperature measurements using fiber-optic probes. In addition, the concept of simultaneous external cooling while irradiating with microwave power was also applied in all of the studied cases. This method allows a higher level of microwave power to be administered to the reaction mixture and, therefore, enhances any potential microwave effects while continuously removing heat. For all of the five studied (S)-proline-catalyzed asymmetric Mannich- and aldol-type reactions, the observed rate enhancements were a consequence of the increased temperatures attained by microwave dielectric heating and were not related to the presence of the microwave field. In all cases, in contrast to previous literature reports, the results obtained either with microwave irradiation or with microwave irradiation with simultaneous cooling could be reproduced by conventional heating at the same reaction temperature and time in an oil bath. No evidence for specific or nonthermal microwave effects was obtained.     

The effect of temperature, pressure, exposure time, and depressurization rate on lipase activity in SCCO2

We investigated the influence of temperature, pressure, exposure time, and decompression rate on lipase activity in high-pressure CO₂ medium. A high-pressure, variable-volume view cell was employed in the experiments, varying the temperature from 30 to 70°C in the pressure range of 70–250 bar at various high-pressure exposure times (60–360 min) and adopting several decompression rates (10–200 kg/[m³·min]). The results obtained show that an increase in temperature and density led to an enhancement of enzyme activity losses while the decompression rates had a weak influence on enzyme inactivation.     

Nonthermal Effect of Microwave Irradiation in Nonaqueous Enzymatic Esterification

Microwave has nonthermal effects on enzymatic reactions, mainly caused by the polarities of the solvents and substrates. In this experiment, a model reaction with caprylic acid and butanol that was catalyzed by lipase from Mucor miehei in alkanes or arenes was employed to investigate the nonthermal effect in nonaqueous enzymatic esterification. With the comparison of the esterification carried by conventional heating and consecutive microwave irradiation, the positive nonthermal effect on the initial reaction rates was found substrate concentration-dependent and could be vanished ostensibly when the substrate concentration was over 2.0 mol L⁻¹. The polar parameter log P well correlates the solvent polarity with the microwave effect, comparing to dielectric constant and assayed solvatochromic solvent polarity parameters. The log P rule presented in conventional heating-enzymatic esterification still fits in the microwaved enzymatic esterification. Alkanes or arenes with higher log P provided positive nonthermal effect in the range of 2 ≤ log P ≤ 4, but yielded a dramatic decrement after log P = 4. Isomers of same log P with higher dielectric constant received stronger positive nonthermal effect. With lower substrate concentration, the total log P of the reaction mixture has no obvious functional relation with the microwave effect.     

Microwave-assisted organic synthesis versus conventional heating. A comparative study for Fisher glycosidation of monosaccharides

The Fisher glycosidation of monosaccharides (d-glucose and d-mannose) with fatty alcohols was studied under microwave irradiation and conventional heating with strict internal temperature control using a fiber optic sensor. Surfactants were obtained in only 3 minutes under microwave at maximum power of 5 W to avoid overshoot and products decomposition. In contrast with the typical reported glycosidation methods, the reaction under conventional heating can be carried out at the same time and temperature with high conversion.     

Investigation of the formation of CuInS2 nanoparticles by the oleylamine route: comparison of microwave-assisted and conventional syntheses

The formation of copper indium disulfide nanoparticles via the oleylamine route using copper iodide, indium chloride, and elemental sulfur has been investigated by applying conventional thermal heating as well as microwave irradiation. Oleylamine thereby acts as a capping ligand as well as a solvent. In an initial set of experiments, the onset of the reaction was determined to be around 115 °C by an in situ X-ray study using Synchrotron radiation. Using comparatively low synthesis temperatures of 120 °C, it is already possible to obtain nanoparticles of 2-4 nm with both heating methods but with irregular shape and size distribution. By applying higher temperatures of 220 °C, more crystalline and larger nanoparticles were obtained with slight differences in crystallite size and size distribution depending on the synthesis route. The size of the nanoparticles is in the range of 3-10 nm depending on the heating time. Using microwave irradiation, it is possible to obtain nanoparticles in only 90 s of total synthesis time. Control experiments to probe a nonthermal microwave effect were carried out ensuring an identical experimental setup, including the heating profile, the stirring rate, and the volume and concentration of the solutions. These experiments clearly demonstrate that for the preparation of CuInS(2) nanoparticles described herein no differences between conventional and microwave heating could be observed when performed at the same temperature. The nanoparticles obtained by microwave and thermal methods have the same crystal phase, primary crystallite size, shape, and size distribution. In addition, they show no significant differences concerning their optical properties.