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Structure and properties of oil palm-based nanocellulose reinforced chitosan nanocomposite for efficient synthesis of butyl butyrate

Elias, N. and Chandren, S. and Attan, N. and Mahat, N. A. and Razak, F. I. A. and Jamalis, J. and Wahab, R.A. (2017) Structure and properties of oil palm-based nanocellulose reinforced chitosan nanocomposite for efficient synthesis of butyl butyrate. Carbohydrate Polymers, 176 . pp. 281-292. ISSN 0144-8617

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Abstract

In this study, nanocellulose (NC) was successfully extracted from oil palm frond leaves (OPFL) using a combination of bleaching, alkaline treatment and acid hydrolysis. X-ray diffractogram revealed the extracted NC was crystalline with a crystallinity index of 70.2%. This indicates its suitability as nano-fillers for preparing the chitosan/nanocellulose (CS-NC) supports to immobilize Candida rugosa lipase (CRL) to produce the CRL/CS-NC biocatalysts. FTIR, FESEM and TGA characterizations of the CRL/CS-NC confirm the CRLs were successfully conjugated to the CS-NC supports. The air-dried CS-NC supports gave satisfactory immobilization of the CRLs (5.2 mg/g) with the resultant CRL/CS-NCs catalysed conversions of ≥80% of butyl butyrate within 6 h. Time course reaction profile revealed that 76.3% butyl butyrate conversion was achieved at 4 h immobilization time using 3 mg/mL of CRL/CS-NCs. NMR analyses on the purified butyl butyrate confirmed that the ester was successfully synthesized.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Butyl butyrate, Candida rugosa lipase, Chitosan, Nanocellulose, Oil palm biomass
Subjects:Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions:Science
ID Code:75469
Deposited By: Widya Wahid
Deposited On:22 Mar 2018 11:12
Last Modified:22 Mar 2018 11:12

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