Utilization of Microflow Reactors to Carry Out Synthetically Useful Organic Photochemical Reactions

Publication date: Available online 6 November 2016 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews Author(s): Kazuhiko Mizuno, Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Takuya Ogaki, Kimitada Terao, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kiyomi Kakiuchi This review focuses on recent advances that have been made in conducting synthetically useful organic photochemical reactions by using microflow reactors. Attention is given to the utilization of this technique in the “scale-up” of a variety of photochemical processes including intermolecular photocycloadditions, intramolecular photocycloadditions and photocyclizations, photoadditions, photoreductions, photoisomerizations, photosubstitutions, photooxidations, photorearrangements, and heterogeneous photocatalytic reactions. In many examples, the use of the microflow method is compared to those carried out in batch systems. Finally, advantages and disadvantages of microflow photoreactions along with the possible employment of this approach to scale-up industrial photochemical processes are discussed. Graphical abstract

Source: Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C: Photochemistry Reviews - November 6, 2016 Category: Chemistry Source Type: research