Improving enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw using ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium diethyl phosphate pretreatment

• Published in: Bioresource technology Vol. 100; no. 14; pp. 3570 - 3575
• Main Authors: Li, Qiang, He, Yu-Cai, Xian, Mo, Jun, Gao, Xu, Xin, Yang, Jian-Ming, Li, Liang-Zhi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2009; [New York, NY]: Elsevier Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: 1-Ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium diethyl phosphate; alcoholic fermentation; biofuels; Biological and medical sciences; Biotechnology; Biotechnology - methods; cellulases; cellulose; chemistry; Enzymatic hydrolysis; ethanol production; Fermentation; Food industries; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hydrolysis; imidazoles; Imidazoles - chemistry; Ionic liquids; metabolism; methods; Organophosphates; Organophosphates - chemistry; Plant Stems; Plant Stems - metabolism; Pretreatment; reducing sugars; renewable energy sources; saccharification; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Saccharomyces cerevisiae - metabolism; solvents; Solvents - chemistry; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Temperature; Time Factors; Triticum; Triticum - chemistry; Triticum - metabolism; Use and upgrading of agricultural and food by-products. Biotechnology; Water; Water - chemistry; Wheat straw; Ionic liquids; 1-Ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium diethyl phosphate; Pretreatment; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Wheat straw; Hydrolysis; Phosphates; 1-Ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium diethyl; Cereal by product; Enzymatic digestion; phosphate

This study aims to establish a cellulose pretreatment process using ionic liquids (ILs) for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis. The IL 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium diethyl phosphate ([EMIM]DEP) was selected in view of its low viscous and the potential of accelerating enzymatic hydrolysis, and it could b...