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The Role of Continuous Flow Processing in the Development of Green Chemical Syntheses

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The importance of reducing the impact that chemical manufacturing has on the environment is growing with an increased appreciation of the need to reduce pollution. One approach that can be used to achieve this goal is to reduce waste at the source of manufacture by employing innovative techniques to effect change on both the method and the technology used throughout the production process. Continuous flow processing offers many fundamental and practical advantages of relevance to the chemical industry, which is constantly searching for controllable and environmentally friendly methods of producing products with a high degree of chemical selectivity, purity and high throughput. This chapter explores how continuous flow processing may revolutionize chemical synthesis, highlighting in particular the environmental benefits of this new technology, which include but not limited to solvent free synthesis, in situ reagent generation, integrated monitoring and separation techniques.

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Akwi, F.M., Watts, P. (2021). The Role of Continuous Flow Processing in the Development of Green Chemical Syntheses. In: Anilkumar, G., Saranya, S. (eds) Green Organic Reactions. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6897-2_15

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