Are Microreactors Useful for Organic Synthesis?

Microreactors in Organic Synthesis and Catalysis

Are Diatoms "Green" Aluminosilicate Synthesis Microreactors for Future Catalyst Production?

Diatom biosilica may offer an interesting perspective in the search for sustainable solutions meeting the high demand for heterogeneous catalysts. Diatomaceous earth (diatomite), i.e., fossilized diatoms, is already used as adsorbent and carrier material. While diatomite is abundant and inexpensive, freshly harvested and cleaned diatom cell walls have other advantages, with respect to purity an...

Potassium hydride in paraffin: a useful base for organic synthesis.

The preparation of potassium hydride as a 1:1 homogenate with paraffin, termed KH(P), is reported. KH(P), a solid at room temperature, is stable without special handling. On suspension in THF with a phosphonium salt, KH(P) rapidly generates the ylide. Wittig condensation with aromatic, aliphatic, and alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes proceeds with high Z selectivity. KH(P) should be a generally ...

Organic Electrochemistry , Microreactors , and Their Synergy

Fig. 1. An integrated microflow reactor system consisting of four micromixers and four microtube reactors. Driven by remarkable improvements in our understanding of factors governing organic reactions, the role of organic synthesis has been expanded to various fields of science and technology, such as new materials and new medicinal agents. Because of rapid progress in such fields, demands for ...

Novel Inoraganic Polymer Derived Microreactors for the Application of Organic Microchemical Synthesis

Microreactors fabricated with optically transparent inorganic polymers from two types of ceramic precursors using a UV-micro-imprinting process demonstrated reliable solvent resistance, biocompatible and capability for performing photo catalytic and organic synthetic reactions, which were compared with batch systems and glass based microreactors. It is for the first time that the polymer-based ...