Print Email Facebook Twitter Light-Driven Enzymatic Decarboxylation of Fatty Acids Title Light-Driven Enzymatic Decarboxylation of Fatty Acids Author Huijbers, M.M.E. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis) Zhang, W. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis) Tonin, F. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis) Hollmann, F. (TU Delft BT/Biocatalysis) Date 2018 Abstract The photoenzymatic decarboxylation of fatty acids to alkanes is proposed as an alternative approach for the synthesis of biodiesel. By using a recently discovered photodecarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A (CvFAP) we demonstrate the irreversible preparation of alkanes from fatty acids and triglycerides. Several fatty acids and their triglycerides are converted by CvFAP in near-quantitative yield and exclusive selectivity upon illumination with blue light. Very promising turnover numbers of up to 8000 were achieved in this proof-of-concept study. Subject biocatalysisbiofuelsdecarboxylationfatty acidsphotocatalysis To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:61a07eda-dc4d-4984-bd01-5def7fee09c4 DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201807119 Embargo date 2019-02-14 ISSN 1433-7851 Source Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 57 (41), 13648-13651 Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2018 M.M.E. Huijbers, W. Zhang, F. Tonin, F. Hollmann Files PDF Huijbers_et_al_2018_Angew ... dition.pdf 1001.94 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:61a07eda-dc4d-4984-bd01-5def7fee09c4/datastream/OBJ/view