Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (10): 1806.

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Enzyme-catalyzed Regioselective Synthesis of Novel Raffinose Vinyl Esters

WU Qi, Lü De-Shui, CHEN Zhi-Chun, YU Guo-Hua, LIN Xian-Fu   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
  • Received:2002-09-02 Online:2003-10-24 Published:2003-10-24

Abstract: Sugar esters have recently received increased attention from the viewpoint of renewable resources.Specifically vinyl esters from carbohydrates by enzyme-catalyzed regioselective transformations offer a new family of functional water-soluble monomers for preparation of sugar-based polymers.Here we reported enzyme-catalyzed regioselective synthesis of novel polymerizable raffinose vinyl ester.Transesterification of raffinose with divinyl succinate, divinyl adipate and divinyl sebacate in anhydrous pyridine at 50℃ for6d was catalyzed by an alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis.Three raffinose vinyl esters with different acyl donor chain lengths were regioselectively synthesized at 55%, 48% and 30% yields, respectively.Characterization of the products by 1HNMR, 13CNMR, and 1H-1Hcorrelation spectroscopy and 1H-13C heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence NMR revealed that the ester was substituted at C-1 position of β-fructofuranose moiety in raffinose.Reaction conditions for the esterification were investigated.Activities of seven commercial enzymes from different sources catalyzing synthesis of raffinose ester were compared.Lipase from porcine pancreas(PPL) and alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis had high activities.We also studied the effect of temperature and incubation time on raffinose esters synthesis catalyzed by alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis and found the optimal temperature and reaction time were 50℃ and 6d respectively.

Key words: Raffinose, Vinyl ester, Enzyme catalyzed synthesis, Transesterification

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