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ArticleCommunications chemistry2024

Integrated preservation of water activity as key to intensified chemoenzymatic synthesis of bio-based styrene derivatives.

Philipp Petermeier, Jan Philipp Bittner, Tobias Jonsson, Pablo Domínguez de María, Emil Byström, Selin Kara

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Article in Communications chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Philipp PetermeierBiocatalysis and Bioprocessing Group, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5007-9808
Jan Philipp BittnerInstitute of Thermal Separation Processes, Hamburg University of Technology, 21073, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0933-3226
Tobias JonssonDiduco AB, Tvistevägen 48C, 90736, Umeå, Sweden.
Pablo Domínguez de MaríaSustainable Momentum SL, Av. Ansite 3, 4-6, 35011, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3117-7779
Emil ByströmSpinChem AB, Tvistevägen 48C, 90736, Umeå, Sweden.
Selin KaraBiocatalysis and Bioprocessing Group, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark. selin.kara@bce.au.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-2814
Aarhus University · DKLeibniz University Hannover · DEUmeå University · SEUniversität Hamburg · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) SM 82/25-2
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The valorization of lignin-derived feedstocks by catalytic means enables their defunctionalization and upgrading to valuable products. However, the development of productive, safe, and low-waste processes remains challenging. This paper explores the industrial potential of a chemoenzymatic reaction performing the decarboxylation of bio-based phenolic acids in wet cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME) by immobilized phenolic acid decarboxylase from Bacillus subtilis, followed by a base-catalyzed acylation. Key-to-success is the continuous control of water activity, which fluctuates along the reaction progress, particularly at high substrate loadings (triggered by different hydrophilicities of substrate and product). A combination of experimentation, thermodynamic equilibrium calculations, and MD simulations revealed the change in water activity which guided the integration of water reservoirs and allowed process intensification of the previously limiting enzymatic step. With this, the highly concentrated sequential two-step cascade (400 g·L

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PMID38485751
PMCPMC10940287
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