A process for producing wax ester comprising of esterifying dihydroxy fatty acid preferably dihydroxystearic acid with at least one alcohol in the presence of lipase as a catalyst which is then remove by filtration. The filtered catalyst could be reuse and provides a number of cost advantages. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the dihydroxystearic acid is derived from palm based oleic acid and the alcohol contains 8 to 18 carbon atoms per molecules.
一种生产蜡酯的方法,包括在
脂肪酶的催化下,将二羟基
脂肪酸(最好是二羟基
硬脂酸)与至少一种醇酯化,然后通过过滤去除催化剂。过滤后的催化剂可以重复使用,提供了多种成本优势。在本发明的首选实施例中,二羟基
硬脂酸来自基于棕榈油的
油酸,而醇含有每个分子8至18个碳原子。