Forbidden chemistries go flow in API synthesis

Chimica Oggi/Chemistry Today

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 18-24

  Gutmann, Bernhard ^a   Kappe, C Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Active pharmaceutical ingredients; Flow chemistry; Microreactor technology; Process intensification; Scale up

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933532758     PISSN: 0392839X     EISSN: 19738250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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