Continuous‐Flow Reactor‐Based Enzymatic Synthesis of Phosphorylated Compounds on a Large Scale

Abstract Acid phosphatase, an enzyme that is able to catalyze the transfer of a phosphate group from cheap pyrophosphate to alcoholic substrates, was covalently immobilized on polymethacrylate beads with an epoxy linker (Immobeads‐150 or Sepabeads EC‐EP). After immobilization 70 % of the activity was retained and the immobilized enzyme was stable for many months. With the immobilized enzyme we were able to produce and prepare D ‐glucose‐6‐phosphate, N ‐acetyl‐ D ‐glucosamine‐6‐phosphate, allyl phosphate, dihydroxyacetone phosphate, glycerol‐1‐phosphate, and inosine‐5′‐monophosphate from the corresponding primary alcohol on gram scale using either a fed‐batch reactor or a continuous‐flow packed‐bed reactor.