- Title
- Exploring acyl azides chemistry in continuous flow systems
- Creator
- Sagandira, Cloudius Ray
- Subject
- Organic compounds -- Synthesis Flow chemistry
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/12065
- Identifier
- vital:27028
- Description
- Organic azides are important in the synthesis of many target molecules of great use in fine chemical and pharmaceutical production. The use of this class of compounds is however limited due to their hazardous nature and many safety concerns, as they are highly exothermic. Micro reactors can handle exotherms extremely well, due to the inherent high surface area to volume ratio, unlike the conventional batch process. This dissertation therefore aims to investigate the safe application of micro reactors in acyl azide chemistry.With this in mind, Chapter 1 provides a comprehensive background on organic azides, reaction calorimetric studies, flow chemistry technology (micro reactors) and their theoretical advantages. This chapter also discusses the preparation of organic azides in continuous flow systems and scaling up in continuous flow systems. Chapter 2 illustrates and discusses multivariate optimisation of benzoyl azide synthesis as a model reaction, synthesis of other acyl azides using the model reaction optimised conditions and multistep synthesis of carbamates, amides and amines in continuous flow systems via the Curtius rearrangement of benzoyl azide formed in situ from benzoyl chloride and sodium azide. The chapter also discusses process hazards analysis and evaluation of benzoyl azide synthesis and decomposition using calorimetric studies. It also investigates and discusses the effects of different mixing regimes and channel sizes on scale up. Chapter 3 has comprehensive experimental details for the whole dissertation with Chapter 4 providing the concluding remarks and future work recommendations.
- Format
- xiii, 211 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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