TY - JOUR
T1 - Synthesis and Characterization of Four Diastereomers of Monorhamnolipids
AU - Palos Pacheco, Ricardo
AU - Eismin, Ryan J.
AU - Coss, Clifford S.
AU - Wang, Hui
AU - Maier, Raina M.
AU - Polt, Robin
AU - Pemberton, Jeanne E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2017/4/12
Y1 - 2017/4/12
N2 - Rhamnolipids are amphiphilic glycolipids biosynthesized by bacteria that, due to their low toxicity and biodegradability, are potential replacements for synthetic surfactants. The previously limited access to pure materials at the gram scale has hindered extensive characterization of rhamnolipid structure-performance behavior. Here, we present an efficient and versatile synthetic methodology from which four diastereomers of the most common monorhamnolipid, α-rhamnopyranosyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl-β-hydroxydecanoate, are prepared and subsequently characterized. Exploration of their behavior at the air-water interface is reported and analyzed in terms of the absolute configuration of the lipid tail carbinols at pH 4.0 and 8.0. All diastereomers exhibit a minimum surface tension of about 28 mN/m without a significant difference between the protonated (nonionic) or deprotonated (anionic) states. At pH 4.0 (nonionic), all diastereomers have a critical micelle concentration (CMC) in the micromolar range. At pH 8.0 (anionic), CMC values for the (R,R), (S,S), and (S,R) diastereomers are approximately an order of magnitude higher than in their nonionic states, whereas the (R,S) diastereomer exhibits a CMC about five times larger.
AB - Rhamnolipids are amphiphilic glycolipids biosynthesized by bacteria that, due to their low toxicity and biodegradability, are potential replacements for synthetic surfactants. The previously limited access to pure materials at the gram scale has hindered extensive characterization of rhamnolipid structure-performance behavior. Here, we present an efficient and versatile synthetic methodology from which four diastereomers of the most common monorhamnolipid, α-rhamnopyranosyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl-β-hydroxydecanoate, are prepared and subsequently characterized. Exploration of their behavior at the air-water interface is reported and analyzed in terms of the absolute configuration of the lipid tail carbinols at pH 4.0 and 8.0. All diastereomers exhibit a minimum surface tension of about 28 mN/m without a significant difference between the protonated (nonionic) or deprotonated (anionic) states. At pH 4.0 (nonionic), all diastereomers have a critical micelle concentration (CMC) in the micromolar range. At pH 8.0 (anionic), CMC values for the (R,R), (S,S), and (S,R) diastereomers are approximately an order of magnitude higher than in their nonionic states, whereas the (R,S) diastereomer exhibits a CMC about five times larger.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.7b00427
DO - 10.1021/jacs.7b00427
M3 - Article
C2 - 28301722
AN - SCOPUS:85018337648
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 139
SP - 5125
EP - 5132
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 14
ER -