Issue 2, 2017

From waste to value – direct utilization of limonene from orange peel in a biocatalytic cascade reaction towards chiral carvolactone

Abstract

In this proof of concept study we demonstrate direct utilization of limonene containing waste product orange peel as starting material for a biocatalytic cascade reaction. The product of this cascade is chiral carvolactone, a promising building block for thermoplastic polymers. Four different concepts were applied to augment limonene availability based on either water extraction solely, addition of extraction enhancers or biomass dissolution.

Graphical abstract: From waste to value – direct utilization of limonene from orange peel in a biocatalytic cascade reaction towards chiral carvolactone

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 4 2016
Accepted
02 6 2016
First published
06 6 2016

Green Chem., 2017,19, 367-371

Author version available

From waste to value – direct utilization of limonene from orange peel in a biocatalytic cascade reaction towards chiral carvolactone

N. Oberleitner, A. K. Ressmann, K. Bica, P. Gärtner, M. W. Fraaije, U. T. Bornscheuer, F. Rudroff and M. D. Mihovilovic, Green Chem., 2017, 19, 367 DOI: 10.1039/C6GC01138A

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