Sustainable Chemical Processes

Table 2 Esterification reaction between FK and RePO (0.3 M) catalyzed by Rhizomucor miehei IM under continuous flow conditions

From: Enhanced production of fructose ester by biocatalyzed continuous flow process

Residence time (min)	Conversion (%) ^a
Residence time (min)	Toluene	MTBE	p -Cymene
24	99.91 ± 0.08	93.89 ± 3.84	57.7 ± 5.1
8	99.69 ± 0.12	21.55 ± 2.50	30.8 ± 3.7
5.4	93.03 ± 2.60	11.33 ± 3.66	33.3 ± 2.5

^abased on Lowry-Tinsley analysis.

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