Ester synthesis

US9416337B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Peter Kempers · Rheydt, DE
• Ulrich Schörken · Goldkronach, DE
• Rolf Kawa · Monheim, DE
• Jörg Schwarzer · Hilden, DE
• Thomas Wolf · Haan, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 16, 2016
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12P7/6436
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing esters from fatty alcohols, in which fatty alcohols and fatty acids are reacted in the presence of an enzyme at a temperature in the range of 30 to 50° C., the water which forms is removed and the reaction is completed under reduced pressure at a temperature of 50 to 80° C.