Special Issue "Flow Chemistry"
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2012) | Viewed by 65625
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Dear Colleagues,
Traditionally chemical reactions are performed by mixing reagents and catalysts in a solvent contained in a flask or a reactor. The mixture is the stirred and eventually heated or cooled until complete disappearance, as far as possible, of the starting materials. Alternatively the reaction medium can be flowed into a tube, which is eventually heated or cooled. In that case, the progress of the reaction will be dependent on the rate of displacement of the mixture in the tube and on its dimensions (diameter and length). The purpose of this special issue of Molecules is to draw attention on recent developments in the area of flow chemistry at the laboratory scale as well as at the industrial scale.
Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde
Guest Editor
Keywords
- flow chemistry
- microreactors
- continuous flow
- stop-flow
- purification