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Microreactors for chemical synthesis.

S H DeWitt
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The advances of the past few years in microreactors have demonstrated that the miniaturization of chemistry has significant advantages with respect to cost, safety, throughput, kinetics and scale-up. The use of chemical microreactors for catalytic oxidations, heterocyclic syntheses and photochemical reactions has illustrated the utility and benefits for both chemical discovery and chemical development applications.

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S H DeWitt. 1999. Microreactors for chemical synthesis.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1367-5931(99)80052-0

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