Patent ID: 7829315

Claim:
A process for producing a peroxycarboxylic acid comprising: a) providing a set of reaction components, said components comprising: A) at least one substrate selected from the group consisting of: i) esters having the structure [X] m R 5 wherein X=an ester group of the formula R 6 C(O)O; R 6 =a C1 to C7 linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl moiety, optionally substituted with hydroxyl groups or C1 to C4 alkoxy groups, wherein R 6 optionally comprises one or more ether linkages for R 6 =C2 to C7; R 5 =a C1 to C6 linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbyl moiety optionally substituted with hydroxyl groups, wherein each carbon atom in R 5 individually comprises no more than one hydroxyl group or no more than one ester group; wherein R 5 optionally comprises one or more ether linkages; m=1 to the number of carbon atoms in R 5 ; and wherein said esters have a solubility in water of at least 5 ppm at 25° C.; ii) glycerides having the structure wherein R 1 =C1 to C7 straight chain or branched chain alkyl; said C1 to C7 straight chain or branched chain alkyl being optionally substituted with an hydroxyl or a C1 to C4 alkoxy group and R 3 and R 4 are individually H or R 1 C(O); and iii) acetylated saccharides selected from the group consisting of acetylated monosaccharides, acetylated disaccharides, and acetylated polysaccharides; B) a source of peroxygen; and C) an enzyme catalyst comprising an enzyme, wherein said enzyme has perhydrolase activity and comprises a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth SEQ ID NO: 98; and b) combining said reaction components under suitable reaction conditions whereby a peroxycarboxylic acid is produced.