Research Article

Effect of Alcohol Structure on the Optimum Condition for Novozym 435-Catalyzed Synthesis of Adipate Esters

Table 1

Range of variables for the central composite design.

VariableLevels
−1.682−1.0000.000+1.000+1.682

Temperature, A (°C)35.041.150.058.965.0
Reaction time, B (min)30.0109.0225.0340.9420.0
Enzyme amount, C (mg)20.097.0210.0323.0400.0
Substrate molar ratio, D1.02.44.56.68.0