Methodology for the synthesis of methacrylate monomers using designed single mode microwave applicators

Dundas, Adam A.; Hook, Andrew L.; Alexander, Morgan R.; Kingman, Samuel W.; Dimitrakis, Georgios; Irvine, Derek J.

Abstract

© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. A novel single-well prototype high throughput microwave reactor geometry has been produced and shown to be capable of synthesizing an array of non-commercially available methacrylate monomers. The reactor, which delivers the energy required via a dedicated coaxial line, has been shown experimentally to outperform other conventional/microwave formats. It is demonstrated to achieve significantly higher conversions than the alternative reactor types, whilst requiring (a) low levels of input power, (b) no additional energy for agitation/mass transfer, (c) no solvent and (d) no environmentally impacting thermos-fluids.

Citation

Dundas, A. A., Hook, A. L., Alexander, M. R., Kingman, S. W., Dimitrakis, G., & Irvine, D. J. (2019). Methodology for the synthesis of methacrylate monomers using designed single mode microwave applicators. Reaction Chemistry and Engineering, 4(8), 1472-1476. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9re00173e

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 21, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Jul 8, 2019
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2019
• Deposit Date: Jul 23, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 9, 2020
• Journal: Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
• Print ISSN: 2058-9883
• Electronic ISSN: 2058-9883
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 1472-1476
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c9re00173e
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2334503
• Publisher URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/RE/C9RE00173E#!divAbstract