Abstract
A home-built microreactor system for light-mediated biphasic gas/liquid reactions was assembled from simple commercial components. This paper describes in full detail the nature and function of the required building elements, the assembly of parts, and the tuning and interdependencies of the most important reactor and reaction parameters. Unlike many commercial thin-film and microchannel reactors, the described set-up operates residence times of up to 30 min which cover the typical rates of many organic reactions. The tubular microreactor was successfully applied to the photooxygenation of hydrocarbons (Schenck ene reaction). Major emphasis was laid on the realization of a constant and highly reproducible gas/liquid slug flow and the effective illumination by an appropriate light source. The optimized set of conditions enabled the shortening of reaction times by more than 99% with equal chemoselectivities. The modular home-made flow reactor can serve as a prototype model for the continuous operation of various other reactions at light/liquid/gas interfaces in student, research, and industrial laboratories.
Highlights
The recent developments of microreactor technologies have significantly impacted the art of organic synthesis and manufacture [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]
Major emphasis was placed on maximum flexibility with regard to reaction parameters, and technical parameters
The basic technological and practical aspects of a home-made microreactor setup for applications to photochemical processes with gas/liquid mixtures have been described in full detail
Summary
The recent developments of microreactor technologies have significantly impacted the art of organic synthesis and manufacture [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. The technical parameters of the reaction and the reactor should be variable (temperature, pressure, flow rate, residence time, and size and type of tubing and reaction chamber).
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