tert-Butanol → Glucose monocaprinate

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25 ml of tertiary butanol was added to a mixture of 5.00 g (27.64 mM) of glucose and 1.03 g (5.55 mM) of methyl caprinate, and 100 mg of thermostable lipase derived from Candida antarctica (sp-382, manufactured by NOVO Co.) immobilized into an acrylic resin was further added. Then, they were refluxed under heating while stirring for 24 hours with an addition of 10 g of molecular sieves 5A as a methanol remover, to obtain glucose monocaprinate (C10 glucose ester).

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