Development of a modular photoreactor for the upscaling of continuous flow photochemistry. Issue 11 (30th September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hermens, Johannes G. H.; Lepage, Mathieu L.; Kloekhorst, Arjan; Keller, Erik; Bloem, Robin; Meijer, Maurice; Feringa, Ben L.
• Is Part Of: Reaction chemistry & engineering. Volume 7:Issue 11(2022)
• Page Start: 2280
• Page End: 2284
• Publication Date: 2022-09-30
• Subjects: Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry) -- Periodicals; Chemical engineering -- Periodicals; Chemical engineering; Reaction mechanisms (Chemistry); Periodicals; 547.705
• DOI: 10.1039/d2re00310d
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2058-9883

Abstract

Abstract : An easily-built, user-friendly modular photoreactor enables optimization and upscaling of flow photooxidation. Abstract : The upscaling of biphasic photochemical reactions is challenging because of the inherent constraints of liquid–gas mixing and light penetration. Using semi-permeable coaxial flow chemistry within a modular photoreactor, the photooxidation of the platform chemical furfural was scaled up to produce routinely 29 gram per day of biobased building block hydroxybutenolide, a precursor to acrylate alternatives.