Lab-scale flow chemistry? Just do it yourself!

IF 2 4区化学 Q3 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Flow Chemistry Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI:10.1007/s41981-024-00312-5

Laura Y. Vázquez-Amaya, Guglielmo A. Coppola, Erik V. Van der Eycken, Upendra K. Sharma

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In the realm of flow chemistry, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) flow setups represent a versatile and cost-effective alternative to expensive commercially available reactors. Not only they are budget friendly, but also unlock a world of possibilities for researchers to explore and create customized setups tailored to their specific needs. This minireview serves as a short compendium of DIY flow systems to assist flow researchers in the challenging task of finding a suitable setup for their experiments and facilitate the transition from batch to flow chemistry. Our goal is to demonstrate that flow chemistry can be affordable, easy-to-build, and reproducible at the same time. Therefore, herein we review and describe selected illustrative examples of easily assembled/constructed DIY flow setups, with a particular emphasis on how to select the most suitable one based on the specific chemistry of interest, ranging from simple homogeneous monophasic reactions to more complex systems for photo-, electrochemistry, and so on. In addition, we briefly comment on the significance of DIY approach on education, particularly its integration into the standard undergraduate curriculum as a key educational tool for young chemists. Ultimately, we hope this mini review will help and encourage the reader to go with the flow and get started with the fine art of flow chemistry.

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实验室规模的流动化学？自己动手

在流动化学领域，DIY（Do-It-Yourself）流动装置是替代昂贵的商用反应器的多功能、高性价比的选择。它们不仅经济实惠，而且为研究人员探索和创建符合其特定需求的定制装置提供了无限可能。本微型综述是 DIY 流动系统的简短汇编，旨在帮助流动研究人员完成为其实验寻找合适装置的艰巨任务，并促进从批次化学到流动化学的过渡。我们的目标是证明流动化学可以同时实现经济实惠、易于构建和可重现性。因此，我们在本文中回顾并介绍了一些易于组装/构建的 DIY 流动装置实例，特别强调了如何根据特定的化学兴趣选择最合适的装置，从简单的均相单相反应到光化学、电化学等更复杂的系统，不一而足。此外，我们还简要评论了 DIY 方法对教育的意义，特别是将其纳入标准本科课程，作为年轻化学家的重要教育工具。最后，我们希望这篇小型评论能够帮助和鼓励读者顺其自然，开始接触流动化学这门高雅艺术。

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Journal of Flow Chemistry CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

3.70%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The main focus of the journal is flow chemistry in inorganic, organic, analytical and process chemistry in the academic research as well as in applied research and development in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, fine-chemical, petro- chemical, fragrance industry.