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Recent Progress in Continuous-Flow Hydrogenation
Tao Yu1, Jiao Jiao2,3, Peidong Song1
1Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P.R. China.
Abstract:
To achieve a safe, efficient, and sustainable (even fully automated) production for the continuous-flow hydrogenation reactions, which is among the most often used reactions in chemical synthesis, new catalyst types and immobilization methods as well as flow reactors and technologies have been developed over the last years; in addition, these approaches have been combined with new and transformational technologies in other fields such as artificial intelligence. Thus, attention from academic and industry practitioners has increasingly focused on improving the performance of hydrogenation in flow mode by reducing the reaction times, increasing selectivities, and achieve safe operation. This Minireview aims to summarize the most recent research results on this topic with focus on the advantages, current limitations, and future directions of flow chemistry.
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