Development of a modular photoreactor for the upscaling of continuous flow photochemistry

Johannes G.H. Hermens (First author), Mathieu Lepage, Arjan Kloekhorst, Erik Keller, Ben L. Feringa, Robin Bloem, Maurice Meijer

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2280-2284
Number of pages5
JournalReaction Chemistry & Engineering
Volume7
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Sept 2022

Keywords

  • modular photoreactor
  • continuous flow photochemistry
  • upscaling

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