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  • A modular flow reactor for performing Curtius rearrangements as a continuous flow process.

A modular flow reactor for performing Curtius rearrangements as a continuous flow process.

Organic & biomolecular chemistry (2008-04-19)
Marcus Baumann, Ian R Baxendale, Steven V Ley, Nikzad Nikbin, Christopher D Smith, Jason P Tierney
ABSTRACT

The use of a mesofluidic flow reactor is described for performing Curtius rearrangement reactions of carboxylic acids in the presence of diphenylphosphoryl azide and trapping of the intermediate isocyanates with various nucleophiles.

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Diphenyl phosphoryl azide, 97%