NMR reaction monitoring in flow synthesis

• M. Victoria Gomez and
• Antonio de la Hoz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 285–300, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.31

• 10.3762/bjoc.13.31 Abstract Recent advances in the use of flow chemistry with in-line and on-line analysis by NMR are presented. The use of macro- and microreactors, coupled with standard and custom made NMR probes involving microcoils, incorporated into high resolution and benchtop NMR instruments is

• optimization is discussed. Keywords: expert systems; flow chemistry; microcoil; NMR probes; Introduction New enabling technologies have facilitated the transition from traditional chemistry to a more automated approach that will be the chemistry of the 21st century [1][2]. The objective is that the reaction

• planning, interpreting results and developing new projects. In this regard, flow chemistry is the central motif of this automated approach. In contrast to batch mode, in flow chemistry the starting materials are continuously introduced into the flow reactor (e.g., a microreactor or a column) and the

Continuous-flow synthesis of highly functionalized imidazo-oxadiazoles facilitated by microfluidic extraction

• Ananda Herath and
• Nicholas D. P. Cosford

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 239–246, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.26

• been used successfully in some cases [1][2][3][4][5][6]. However, this approach has a number of drawbacks, primarily because of mutual interference between various reactive components. Recently, continuous-flow chemistry has emerged as a powerful technique in organic synthesis. This is in part due to

• the potential for integrating individual reaction steps and subsequent separations into a single streamlined process [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. On the other hand, a significant challenge in flow chemistry is the formation of insoluble intermediates in the reactor. This can often be prevented by

• describe the utilization of liquid–liquid microextraction to facilitate a complex, multistep flow synthesis process. Our research in the field of flow synthesis has focused on developing continuous-flow chemistry methods to access complex, drug-like molecules from readily available precursors without

Self-optimisation and model-based design of experiments for developing a C–H activation flow process

• Alexander Echtermeyer,
• Yehia Amar,
• Jacek Zakrzewski and
• Alexei Lapkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 150–163, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.18

• ; flow chemistry; process modelling; self-optimisation; Introduction The development of manufacturing processes to produce functional molecules, such as pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, often relies on experience and trial-and-error, rather than on mechanistic process models [1]. The only reason for

Diels–Alder reactions of myrcene using intensified continuous-flow reactors

• Christian H. Hornung,
• Miguel Á. Álvarez-Diéguez,
• Thomas M. Kohl and
• John Tsanaktsidis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 120–126, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.15

• continuous-flow approach provides a facile alternative scale-up route to conventional batch processing, and it helps to intensify the synthesis protocol by applying higher reaction temperatures and shorter reaction times. Keywords: continuous processing; flow chemistry; renewable feedstock; surfactant

3D printed fluidics with embedded analytic functionality for automated reaction optimisation

• Andrew J. Capel,
• Andrew Wright,
• Matthew J. Harding,
• George W. Weaver,
• Yuqi Li,
• Russell A. Harris,
• Steve Edmondson,
• Ruth D. Goodridge and
• Steven D. R. Christie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 111–119, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.14

• systems destructive to the majority of devices manufactured via stereolithography, polymer jetting and fused deposition modelling processes previously utilised for this application. These devices were integrated with commercially available flow chemistry, chromatographic and spectroscopic analysis

• solvents and reagents, making it ideally suited to continuous flow chemistry. The part was again tested using the semicarbazide preparation previously outlined (Scheme 1), and automated through the Chemstation software. For this optimisation an 1100 series binary pump module was used to pump the two

Extrusion – back to the future: Using an established technique to reform automated chemical synthesis

• Deborah E. Crawford

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 65–75, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.9

• continuous flow chemistry is typically very narrow of several millimetres. Furthermore, the kneading segments can be positioned at angles of 30o, 60o and 90o relative to each other, with the latter angle providing the greatest kneading (and shear). The kneading section can be quite hostile as it involves not

Green chemistry

• Luigi Vaccaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2763–2765, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.273

• reactivity of a chemical process and may facilitate the recovery and reuse of the materials used, which contribute to minimizing the energy consumption and increasing the overall efficiency of a process. Flow chemistry, microwave or ultrasonic irradiation, and mechano-chemistry are just a few representative

Continuous-flow synthesis of primary amines: Metal-free reduction of aliphatic and aromatic nitro derivatives with trichlorosilane

• Riccardo Porta,
• Alessandra Puglisi,
• Giacomo Colombo,
• Sergio Rossi and
• Maurizio Benaglia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2614–2619, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.257

• . Flow chemistry has recently emerged as a powerful technology in synthetic chemistry [12] as it can reduce risks associated to the use of hazardous chemicals and favors reaction scale-up [13][14][15][16][17]. The possibility to efficiently perform nitro reduction in continuo would make the

Development of a continuous process for α-thio-β-chloroacrylamide synthesis with enhanced control of a cascade transformation

• Olga C. Dennehy,
• Valérie M. Y. Cacheux,
• Benjamin J. Deadman,
• Denis Lynch,
• Stuart G. Collins,
• Humphrey A. Moynihan and
• Anita R. Maguire

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2511–2522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.246

• -chloroacrylamides; cascade reactions; flow chemistry; Introduction Since the efficient and highly stereoselective transformation of α-thioamides to the corresponding α-thio-β-chloroacrylamides derivatives was first reported [1][2], the considerable synthetic utility of these heavily functionalized acrylamide

• facilitate significant ease of scale-up. The reaction control afforded by use of high surface-area-to-volume ratio tubular reactors, specifically with respect to dissipation of heat, offers a safety profile unique to flow chemistry. Continuous processing also provides the capacity to continuously generate

• ′-methylphenyl-(Z)-3-chloro-2-(phenylthio)propenamide (Z-3) as the target product. This optimized process would utilise flow chemistry as a key enabling technology to overcome the aforementioned challenges. Results and Discussion Preparation of α-chloroamide The synthesis of α-chloroamide 1 is highly exothermic

A flow reactor setup for photochemistry of biphasic gas/liquid reactions

• Josef Schachtner,
• Patrick Bayer and
• Axel Jacobi von Wangelin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1798–1811, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.170

• operation of various other reactions at light/liquid/gas interfaces in student, research, and industrial laboratories. Keywords: biphasic reactions; flow chemistry; gas phase; microreactor; oxygen; photochemistry; Introduction The recent developments of microreactor technologies have significantly

Catalytic Chan–Lam coupling using a ‘tube-in-tube’ reactor to deliver molecular oxygen as an oxidant

• Carl J. Mallia,
• Paul M. Burton,
• Alexander M. R. Smith,
• Gary C. Walter and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1598–1607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.156

• oxygen accelerating the optimisation phase and allowing easy access to elevated pressures. A small exemplification library of heteroaromatic products has been prepared and the process has been shown to be robust over extended reaction times. Keywords: Chan–Lam coupling; flow chemistry; gases in flow

• modification can reliably deliver 0.216 g h−1 of 19 at 81% isolated yield. Conclusion The use of flow chemistry for the C–N coupling through a catalytic Chan–Lam reaction has allowed for a safe and efficient introduction of oxygen through a reverse “tube-in-tube” reactor. Optimisation of the reaction

Flow carbonylation of sterically hindered ortho-substituted iodoarenes

• Carl J. Mallia,
• Gary C. Walter and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1503–1511, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.147

• via a reverse “tube-in-tube” flow reactor at elevated pressures to give yields of carboxylated products that are much higher than those obtained under normal batch conditions. Keywords: carbon monoxide; carbonylation of ortho-substituted substrates; flow chemistry; gases in flow; “tube-in-tube

• monoxide concentration and temperature is critical to obtaining a good yield of carbonylated ortho-substituted products. Results and Discussion The application of flow chemistry [19][20] has been shown to be beneficial for many reactions that involve gases [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. The

• h−1 of 20 in 85% isolated yield. Conclusion We have successfully demonstrated how flow chemistry can be used to enhance difficult transformations such as the palladium-catalysed hydroxy-carbonylation of ortho-substituted iodoarenes. The optimised conditions were also demonstrated to work on a number

Continuous formation of N-chloro-N,N-dialkylamine solutions in well-mixed meso-scale flow reactors

• A. John Blacker and
• Katherine E. Jolley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2408–2417, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.262

• solutions of N,N-dialkyl-N-chloramines produced continuously will enable their use in tandem flow reactions with a range of nucleophilic substrates. Keywords: amine; biphasic; chloramine; chlorination; continuous flow chemistry; CSTR; static mixer; sodium hypochlorite; tube reactor; Introduction N

The synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) using continuous flow chemistry

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1194–1219, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.134

• synthetic capabilities. As a result many new preparative routes have been designed towards commercially relevant drug compounds achieving more efficient and reproducible manufacture. This review article aims to illustrate the holistic systems approach and diverse applications of flow chemistry to the

• selected syntheses using micro or meso-scaled flow reactors will be exemplified for key transformations and process control. It is hoped that the reader will gain an appreciation of the innovative technology and transformational nature that flow chemistry can leverage to an overall process. Keywords

• . Arguably one of the most widely amenable of the enabling technologies is flow chemistry, which accommodates small foot-print reactors in which streams of substrates and reagents can be united to react in a highly controlled and reproducible environment [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Importantly

Photocatalytic nucleophilic addition of alcohols to styrenes in Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov orientation

• Martin Weiser,
• Sergej Hermann,
• Alexander Penner and
• Hans-Achim Wagenknecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 568–575, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.62

• at 530 nm and 59% when irradiated at 470 nm. These irradiations were performed with the corresponding LEDs and yields were identical with conversions. Finally, the nucleophilic addition of methanol to 1 using PDI as photocatalyst was representatively executed in two mesoflow reactors, since flow

• chemistry has significant advantages over batch chemistry, such as easier temperature control, larger surface-to-volume ratio and more efficient photoirradiation. Two setups were used to transfer the reaction to continuous-flow systems. The first mesoflow reactor was equipped with four 250 mW high-power

Integration of enabling methods for the automated flow preparation of piperazine-2-carboxamide

• Richard J. Ingham,
• Claudio Battilocchio,
• Joel M. Hawkins and
• Steven V. Ley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 641–652, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.56

• Abstract Here we describe the use of a new open-source software package and a Raspberry Pi® computer for the simultaneous control of multiple flow chemistry devices and its application to a machine-assisted, multi-step flow preparation of pyrazine-2-carboxamide – a component of Rifater®, used in the

• treatment of tuberculosis – and its reduced derivative piperazine-2-carboxamide. Keywords: automation; flow chemistry; hydration; hydrogenation; sustainable processing; Introduction Enabling synthesis technologies such as flow chemistry are becoming commonplace in modern laboratories (for recent reviews

• of flow chemistry in synthesis see [1] and [2]). As more groups start to use this technology, there is an increasing demand to expand the capabilities of laboratory apparatus, in particular for the seamless integration of different types of apparatus from different manufacturers so that they can be

Continuous flow nitration in miniaturized devices

• Amol A. Kulkarni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 405–424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.38

• presented herein and discussed in view of their advantages, limitations and applicability of the information towards scale-up. Selected recent patents that disclose scale-up methodologies for continuous flow nitration are also briefly reviewed. Keywords: continuous flow; flow chemistry; nitration; nitric

Continuous-flow Heck synthesis of 4-methoxybiphenyl and methyl 4-methoxycinnamate in supercritical carbon dioxide expanded solvent solutions

• Phei Li Lau,
• Ray W. K. Allen and
• Peter Styring

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2886–2897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.325

• ; flow chemistry; Heck; palladium; supercritical carbon dioxide; Introduction The use of cross-coupling reactions between organometallic reagents and organic halides as a straightforward method of carbon–carbon bond formation has gained much popularity over the past three decades. The development of

• system over homogeneously catalysed reactions using complexes with elaborate ligand design, it would also make purification simpler. Results and Discussion Two reactions were studied using continuous flow chemistry as shown in Scheme 1. In both cases 4-iodoanisole was used as the aryl halide. The alkene

Flow microreactor synthesis in organo-fluorine chemistry

• Hideki Amii,
• Aiichiro Nagaki and
• Jun-ichi Yoshida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2793–2802, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.314

• inert plastic flow tubes provided flexibility, scale-up production, and improved safety of operation. Using flow chemistry, the conversion of alcohols to fluorides was achieved by Seeberger and Ley, independently (Scheme 2) [44][45][46][47]. Usually, gem-difluorination of ketones by DAST is known to be

• that can be well-controlled and accelerated using flow microreactor systems The success of continuous flow chemistry in organic synthesis has enlarged rapidly last decade. There have been numerous examples using flow microreactors with improvement of chemical conversions and selectivities compared to

Investigating the continuous synthesis of a nicotinonitrile precursor to nevirapine

• Ashley R. Longstreet,
• Suzanne M. Opalka,
• Brian S. Campbell,
• B. Frank Gupton and
• D. Tyler McQuade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2570–2578, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.292

• other value added structures that contain complex pyridines. The route terminates in a batch crystallization yielding high purity CAPIC. This outcome is expected to facilitate regulatory implementation of the overall process. Keywords: continuous; flow chemistry; HIV; Knoevenagel; nevirapine

• , flow chemistry allows chemists to expand their window of process operability by working at elevated temperatures and pressures to increase reaction rates and decrease catalyst loadings [30][31][32][33]. Unlike scaling-up batch reactions, which requires additional optimization, scaling-up flow processes

A combined continuous microflow photochemistry and asymmetric organocatalysis approach for the enantioselective synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines

• Erli Sugiono and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2457–2462, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.284

• dihydropyridine as hydrogen source providing the desired products in good yields and with excellent enantioselectivities. Keywords: asymmetric transfer hydrogenation; binolphosphate; continuous-flow reactors; flow chemistry; microreactors; organocatalysis; photochemistry; Introduction Tetrahydroquinolines [1][2

• ][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. In the past years, continuous-flow chemistry has received considerable attention and microstructured continuous-flow devices have emerged as useful devices for different chemical reactions [18][19][20][21][22]. Microreactor technology offers numerous practical advantages

Synthesis of homo- and heteromultivalent carbohydrate-functionalized oligo(amidoamines) using novel glyco-building blocks

• Felix Wojcik,
• Sinaida Lel,
• Alexander G. O’Brien,
• Peter H. Seeberger and
• Laura Hartmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2395–2403, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.276

• heteromultivalent glycosylation patterns by combining building blocks presenting different mono- and disaccharides. Keywords: continuous flow; flow chemistry: flow synthesis; glycoligands; multivalency; photochemistry; solid-phase synthesis; thiol–ene; thioglycosides; Introduction Multivalent carbohydrate ligand

Micro-flow synthesis and structural analysis of sterically crowded diimine ligands with five aryl rings

• Shinichiro Fuse,
• Nobutake Tanabe,
• Akio Tannna,
• Yohei Konishi and
• Takashi Takahashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2336–2343, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.268

• ligands exerted high polymerization activity in the ethylene homopolymerization and copolymerization of ethylene with polar monomers. Keywords: amidine formation; diimine; flow chemistry; polymerization; Introduction The design of a ligand is a key step in the development of new catalysts because the

Flow synthesis of phenylserine using threonine aldolase immobilized on Eupergit support

• Jagdish D. Tibhe,
• Hui Fu,
• Timothy Noël,
• Qi Wang,
• Jan Meuldijk and
• Volker Hessel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2168–2179, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.254

• Jagdish D. Tibhe Hui Fu Timothy Noel Qi Wang Jan Meuldijk Volker Hessel Micro Flow Chemistry and Process Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, the Netherlands 10.3762/bjoc.9.254 Abstract Threonine

• was achieved at 20 minute residence time. Finally, the productivity of the reactor was calculated, extrapolated to parallel run units, and compared with data collected previously. Keywords: Eupergit; flow chemistry; immobilized enzyme; threonine aldolase; Introduction Enzymes are bio-based catalysts

Temperature measurements with two different IR sensors in a continuous-flow microwave heated system

• Jonas Rydfjord,
• Fredrik Svensson,
• Magnus Fagrell,
• Jonas Sävmarker,
• Måns Thulin and
• Mats Larhed

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2079–2087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.244

• chemistry applications. Keywords: continuous-flow; flow chemistry; heating; microwave; organic synthesis; temperature; Introduction In organic synthesis, being able to accurately determine the reaction temperature is often of utmost importance [1][2][3]. When using conventional heating the reaction