Organic electrosynthesis in flow microreactor

Abstract

Recently, microreactor technology has received significant research interest from both academia and industry. Fundamental advantages and potential benefits of microreactor technology are an extremely large surface-to-volume ratio, precise temperature control, precise residence time control, strict laminar flow control, extremely fast molecular diffusion, and improvement of reaction process safety. These advantages and benefits can be applied to a wide range of organic synthesis and organic mass production processes. Electron transfer is one of the most common driving factors for organic reactions, and organic electrosynthesis serves as a straightforward and powerful method of organic electron-transfer processes. The integrated use of microreactor technology with organic electrosynthesis is one of the most sophisticated processes in organic chemistry. In addition, novel systems that are realized only by using electrochemical microflow reactors have been developed recently. This review summarizes recent advances in organic electrosynthesis using flow microreactors.