Biorreciclagem de hexano e estudo de reações de óxido-redução usando plantas comestíveis / Biorecycling of hexane and study of oxido-reduction reactions using edible plants

AUTOR(ES)

Roberto Susumu Utsunomiya

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The present work had as main goals the use of enzymatic reactions to degrade laboratory residues and to synthesize chiral alcohols. In the first part, it was carried out a screening of microorganisms and hydrolytic enzymes aiming the biorecycling of hexane from laboratory residues (a mixture of hexane-ethyl acetate). This misture is widely employed to purify chemicals by liquid chromatography. The biorecycling consists of enzymatic hydrolysis of ethyl acetate in a biphasic system. Due to the high solubility of the undesired products from this reaction in the aqueous phase, the hexane was easily recovered. To evaluate the possibility of treatment of effluents in a high amount, we carried out the biorecycling in a continuous system with tubular reactor using immobilized lipase (Novozyme 435). By the use of this system, the hydrolysis ratio was around 70% with no lost of enzyme stability along 6 hours work. In the second part of the work, we evaluated the catalytic potential of several edible plants in oxido-reduction reactions aiming the enantioselective synthesis of chiral alcohols. The chosen reactions were the reduction of prochiral ketones and the kinetic resolution by enantioselective oxidation. In several cases, depending of the plant employed as biocatalyst, the (R) or (S)- enantiomer were obtained in high enantiomeric purity (up to 99%). For example, the Arracacia xanthorrhiza B. (mandioquinha) performed an efficient enantioseletive reduction of 1-(4-bromophenyl)ethanone to the (S)-1-(4-bromophenyl)ethanol with 98% e.e. (enantiomeric excess), while the a Manihot esculenta (mandioca) gave the (R)-1-(4-bromophenyl)ethanol with 90% e.e. Some plants showed a good oxidative performance. For example, Coriandrum sativum L. (coentro) gave the quantitative oxidation of 1-(4-methyphenyl)ethanol to the 1-(4-metilphenyl)ethanona.

ASSUNTO(S)

edible plants biorecycling plantas comestíveis biorreciclagem hexano lipase hexane oxidation oxidação lipase

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