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Enantioselective Transamination in Continuous Flow Mode with Transaminase Immobilized in a Macrocellular Silica Monolith

Version 1 : Received: 10 January 2017 / Approved: 11 January 2017 / Online: 11 January 2017 (04:48:02 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 10 February 2017 / Approved: 13 February 2017 / Online: 13 February 2017 (09:02:56 CET)

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Biggelaar, L.; Soumillion, P.; Debecker, D.P. Enantioselective Transamination in Continuous Flow Mode with Transaminase Immobilized in a Macrocellular Silica Monolith. Catalysts 2017, 7, 54. Biggelaar, L.; Soumillion, P.; Debecker, D.P. Enantioselective Transamination in Continuous Flow Mode with Transaminase Immobilized in a Macrocellular Silica Monolith. Catalysts 2017, 7, 54.

Abstract

ω-Transaminases have been immobilized on macrocellular silica monoliths and used as heterogeneous biocatalysts in a continuous flow mode enantioselective transamination reaction. The support was prepared by a sol-gel method based on emulsion-templating. The enzyme was immobilized on the structured silica monoliths both by adsorption, and by covalent grafting using amino-functionalized silica monoliths and glutaraldehyde as a coupling agent. A simple reactor set-up based on the use of a heat-shrinkable Teflon tube is presented and successfully used for the continuous flow kinetic resolution of a chiral amine, 4-bromo-α-methylbenzylamine. The porous structure of the supports ensures effective mass transfer and the reactor works in the plug flow regime without preferential flow paths. When immobilized in the monolith and used in the flow reactor, transaminases retain their activity and their enantioselectivity. The solid biocatalyst is also shown to be stable both on stream and during storage. These essential features pave the way to the successful development of an environmentally friendly process for chiral amines production.

Keywords

chiral amines; biocatalysis; silica monolith; enzyme immobilization; flow chemistry

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemical Engineering

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