A Simple and Versatile Reactor for Photochemistry

Charlotte A. Clark; Darren S. Lee; Stephen J. Pickering; Martyn Poliakoff; Michael W. George

doi:10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00257

A Simple and Versatile Reactor for Photochemistry

Charlotte A. Clark
, Darren S. Lee
, Stephen J. Pickering
, Martyn Poliakoff^*
, Michael W. George

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

A photoreactor that generates a thin film upon rotation for efficient irradiation of solutions is described. The reactor is based around a standard piece of equipment found in most synthetic laboratories, namely, a rotary evaporator. Three different photo-oxidation reactions have been used to examine the effects of several parameters such as irradiated volume, flask size, rotation speed, and light intensity. The reactor can be operated in a semicontinuous manner, and two possible configurations are described. The thickness of the generated film and the rate of mixing under different conditions have been examined using in situ electronic absorption spectroscopy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1792-1798
Number of pages	7
Journal	Organic Process Research and Development
Volume	20
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.oprd.6b00257
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2016

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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry

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