Enzymatic Synthesis of Isopropyl Acetate by Immobilized   Bacillus cereus Lipase in Organic Medium

Table 2

Effect of initial water activity of saturated salt solutions on synthesis of isopropyl acetate. The reaction mixture containing 100 mM isopropanol and 75 mM acetic acid and silica-bound biocatalyst in n-heptane was incubated at 55°C under shaking for 9 h.

Salt solutions	Ester synthesis (mM)
Control	66 ± 0.02
LiCl	72 ± 0.01
KI	63 ± 0.02
KCl	58 ± 0.01
KNO3	52 ± 0.01