화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chemical Engineering Science, Vol.158, 196-207, 2017
HLADH-catalyzed synthesis of beta-amino acids, assisted by continuous electrochemical regeneration of NAD(+) in a filter press microreactor
This work focuses on the use of electrochemical microreactors, applied to the direct electroregeneration of nicotinamide dinucleotide (NAD(+)) used in-situ for the enzymatically-assisted oxidation of the beta-alanine. Mechanistic and chemical/electrochemical reactor approaches were investigated, to achieve satisfactory conversions (> 80%) of the substrate in reasonable (1-2 days) reaction times; no fouling observed of the gold anode. An original method was proposed to limit the complexation effect of the produced beta-alanine to the enzyme. Simulations of the overall system were achieved and an estimation of the required kinetic and Michaelis constants was proposed.