Improving chemical synthesis using flow reactors

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1487-1503

  Wiles, Charlotte ^a   Watts, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous flow; Flow reactor; Microreactor; Pharmaceuticals; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

2 ARYL 2,3 DIHYDRO 3 BENZOFURANCARBOXYAMIDE NEOLIGNAN; 2 METHYL 4 NITRO 5 PROPYL 2H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; 2 METHYL 5 PROPYL 2H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; AMIDE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AZIDE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEUTERIUM; FANETIZOLE; FERULIC ACID; LEUCINE; LEVO TERT LEUCINE; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; N METHOXYCARBONYL LEVO TERT LEUCINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT; OXOMARITIDINE; PHENACYL BROMIDE; PHENYLETHYLTHIOUREA; PHOSPHORAMIDIC ACID; POLYMER; SILDENAFIL; TRACE METAL; TYRAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BATCH REACTOR; CHEMICAL REACTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; METHODOLOGY; PATENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 36549014704     PISSN: 17460441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2.11.1487     Document Type: Review

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