The structured lipids are produced through sn-l,3-specific interesterification of soybean oil with medium-chain triacylglycerol （MCT） in continuous reactions catalyzed by Thermomyces lanuginose lipase （Lipozyme TL IM）. Cheap Lipozyme TL IM presents similar interesterification degree （ID）, sn-l,3-specificity and residual activity as expensive Rhizomucor miehei in batch reactions. In packed-bed interesterification of soybean oil with Mcr cat- alyzed by Lipozyme TL IM, the residence time has a significant effect on ID, while temperature has a small effect at 45-70 ℃. The sn-l,3-specificity of Lipozyme TI. IM is not satisfactory when reaction temperature is higher than 60 ℃. The optimal residence time and temperature are 30-40 min and 55 ℃, respectively. Among the solvents, including acetone, isopropanol, tert-butanol, and isobutanol, used to recover the activity of the used Lipozyme TL IM, acetone is the most suitable one than the other solvents.
