Scale-up investigation of the continuous phase-transfer-catalyzed hypochlorite oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1476-1481

  Zhang, Yanjie ^a   Born, Stephen C ^a   Jensen, Klavs F ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; OXIDATION;

CONTINUOUS-FLOW REACTORS; MASS AND HEAT TRANSPORT; MASS TRANSPORT LIMITATION; MILD REACTION CONDITIONS; OXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS; PHASE-TRANSFER CATALYSTS; SPIRAL MICROREACTOR; TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE;

REACTION RATES;

EID: 84913585998     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: 1520586X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/op500158h     Document Type: Article

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