Recent progress on photoreactions in microreactors

A microreaction system for organic photoreactions was developed, and the processes of diastereo-differentiating photosensitized reaction, photocatalytic oxidation and reduction of organic compounds, and amine N-alkylation were examined in microspace. These model reactions proceeded very rapidly with...

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Published inPure and applied chemistry Vol. 79; no. 11; pp. 1959 - 1968
Main Authors Matsushita, Yoshihisa, Ichimura, Teijiro, Ohba, Nobuko, Kumada, Shinji, Sakeda, Kosaku, Suzuki, Tadashi, Tanibata, Hideki, Murata, Toshiaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin De Gruyter 01.11.2007
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subjects
Alkylation
asymmetric reaction
endocrine disrupters
Light
Microreactors
Organic compounds
Oxidation
photocatalyst
photochemistry
Photonics
spectroscopy
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Summary:A microreaction system for organic photoreactions was developed, and the processes of diastereo-differentiating photosensitized reaction, photocatalytic oxidation and reduction of organic compounds, and amine N-alkylation were examined in microspace. These model reactions proceeded very rapidly with considerably large photonic efficiencies because of some distinct properties of microreactors for photoreactions, such as higher spatial illumination homogeneity and better light penetration through the entire reactor depth, and large surface-to-volume ratio in comparison with large-scale batch reactors. These results suggest feasibility of microreaction systems on organic photoreactions.
ISSN:0033-4545
1365-3075
DOI:10.1351/pac200779111959