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Published on: November 15, 2017
Synthesis of Deuterated Compounds by Flow Chemistry
Shintaro Kamio1, Kazuhiro Okamoto2, Takehiro Yamagishi1
1Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University of Science, 006-8585, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract:
Development of the efficient and practical method for the synthesis of deuterated compounds which occupies the broadest area among stable isotopes is one of the most essential issues toward the industrial advance and building a sustainable society. This review describes recent advances in deuteration reactions, where the continuous flow chemistry plays pivotal roles for the successful installation of deuterium atom into diverse organic frameworks, opening new fields of isotope-based synthetic chemistry.
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