Chemoenzymatic synthesis of structured triacylglycerols by highly regioselective acylation
摘要:
A highly efficient two-step chemoenzymatic synthesis of structured triacylglycerols comprising a pure n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid at the mid-position and a pure saturated fatty acid located at the end-positions is described. In the first step an immobilized Candida antarctica lipase was observed to display an excellent regioselectivity toward the end-positions of glycerol at 0-4degreesC using vinyl esters as acylating agents. The n-3 fatty acids were introduced into the remaining mid-position highly efficient and in excellent yields using EDCI coupling agent. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of structured triacylglycerols
作者:Arnar Halldorsson、Carlos D Magnusson、Gudmundur G Haraldsson
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4039(01)01598-2
日期:2001.10
Six regioisomerically pure structuredtriacylglycerols possessing a medium-chain fatty acid (C8, C10 or C12) at the primary positions and pure eicosapentaenoicacid or docosahexaenoicacid at the secondary position of the glycerol moiety were prepared in two steps by a chemoenzymatic approach using lipase.
The chemical synthesis of pure triacylglycerol (TAG) regioisomers, that contain long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as arachidonic acid (AA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and saturated fatty acids, Such as lauric acid (La) or palmitic acid (P), at defined positions, is described. A single step methodology using (benzotriazol-1-yloxy)-tripyrrolidinophosphonium hexafluorophosphate (PyBOP), an activator of carboxyl group commonly used in peptide synthesis and occasionally used in carboxylic acid esterification, has been developed for structured TAG synthesis. Identification of the fatty acyl chains for each TAG species was confirmed by atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation mass spectrometry (APCI-MS) and fatty acid positional distribution was determined by H-1 and C-13 NMR spectra. The generic described procedures can be applied to a large variety Of Substrates and was used for the production of specific triacylglycerols of defined molecular structures, with high regioisomeric purity. Combination of MS and NMR was shown to be an efficient tool for structural analysis of TAG. In particular. some NMR signals were demonstrated to be regioisomer specific, allowing rapid positional analysis of LC-PUFA containing TAG. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.