Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin: A Preliminary Investigation

Monolaurin (ML) is a monoacylglycerol (MAG) with important industrial and biomedical properties. It is commonly prepared in large quantities from the direct esterification of lauric acid (LA) and glycerol with chemical catalysts. However, this method also generates other glyceride by-products whose...

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Main Authors: Cayona, Ruel, Yu, Gilbert
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.chemistry-faculty-pubs-12002024-02-19T08:18:53Z Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin: A Preliminary Investigation Cayona, Ruel Yu, Gilbert Monolaurin (ML) is a monoacylglycerol (MAG) with important industrial and biomedical properties. It is commonly prepared in large quantities from the direct esterification of lauric acid (LA) and glycerol with chemical catalysts. However, this method also generates other glyceride by-products whose properties are inferior to ML. Enzymes have also been used to optimize selectivity, but enhancing scalability and throughput is always challenging. Successful selective convergent chemical synthesis of ML involving activated derivatives of LA and glycerol is demonstrated in this study. The present yield of 3.41% can be improved with careful process control. 2023-06-01T07:00:00Z text https://archium.ateneo.edu/chemistry-faculty-pubs/200 https://doi.org/10.56899/152.03.18 Chemistry Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo medium-chain fatty acid monoacylglyceride monolaurin selective synthesis sodium glyceroxide Chemistry Organic Chemistry Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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topic medium-chain fatty acid
monoacylglyceride
monolaurin
selective synthesis
sodium glyceroxide
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
spellingShingle medium-chain fatty acid
monoacylglyceride
monolaurin
selective synthesis
sodium glyceroxide
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Cayona, Ruel
Yu, Gilbert
Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin: A Preliminary Investigation
description Monolaurin (ML) is a monoacylglycerol (MAG) with important industrial and biomedical properties. It is commonly prepared in large quantities from the direct esterification of lauric acid (LA) and glycerol with chemical catalysts. However, this method also generates other glyceride by-products whose properties are inferior to ML. Enzymes have also been used to optimize selectivity, but enhancing scalability and throughput is always challenging. Successful selective convergent chemical synthesis of ML involving activated derivatives of LA and glycerol is demonstrated in this study. The present yield of 3.41% can be improved with careful process control.
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author Cayona, Ruel
Yu, Gilbert
author_facet Cayona, Ruel
Yu, Gilbert
author_sort Cayona, Ruel
title Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin: A Preliminary Investigation
title_short Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin: A Preliminary Investigation
title_full Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin: A Preliminary Investigation
title_fullStr Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin: A Preliminary Investigation
title_full_unstemmed Selective Synthesis of Monolaurin: A Preliminary Investigation
title_sort selective synthesis of monolaurin: a preliminary investigation
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2023
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/chemistry-faculty-pubs/200
https://doi.org/10.56899/152.03.18
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