Towards dial-a-molecule by integrating continuous flow, analytics and self-optimisation

Chem Soc Rev. 2016 Apr 21;45(8):2032-43. doi: 10.1039/c5cs00793c. Epub 2016 Jan 27.

Abstract

The employment of continuous-flow platforms for synthetic chemistry is becoming increasingly popular in research and industrial environments. Integrating analytics in-line enables obtaining a large amount of information in real-time about the reaction progress, catalytic activity and stability, etc. Furthermore, it is possible to influence the reaction progress and selectivity via manual or automated feedback optimisation, thus constituting a dial-a-molecule approach employing digital synthesis. This contribution gives an overview of the most significant contributions in the field to date.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't