The flow's the thing.or is it? assessing the merits of homogeneous reactions in flask and flow

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2478-2485

  Valera, Fernando E ^a   Quaranta, Michela ^a   Moran, Antonio ^a   Blacker, John ^b   Armstrong, Alan ^a   Cabral, João T ^a   Blackmond, Donna G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Microreactors; Organocatalysis; Reaction mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC REACTIONS; DETECTION DEVICE; HOMOGENEOUS REACTION; IN-SITU; INTRINSIC KINETICS; MICRO REACTOR; MICRO-FLOW REACTOR; ORGANOCATALYSIS; REACTION FLASK; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION MECHANISMS; REACTION PROTOCOLS;

BATCH REACTORS; BOTTLES; CATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

REACTION KINETICS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; REVIEW;

DRUG DESIGN; MICROCHEMISTRY; MICROFLUIDICS; MINIATURIZATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PROCESSES;

EID: 77950274370     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200906095     Document Type: Review

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