Accelerating photocatalysis in continuous-flow reactors

Introduction

Visible light photoredox catalysis has received much attention in recent years as a mild and sustainable activation mode for organic molecules. In particular, when coupled with microreactor technology, an efficient irradiation of the reaction medium is achieved. Interestingly, this offers new synthetic opportunities to organic chemists by bringing often avoided reagents into play. In his presentation, Timothy Noël will give an overview of the synthetic methodology development of his research group, exemplified by photoredox catalysis, and he will show how these synthetic methods were impacted by continuous-flow microreactor technology.