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Efficient continuous synthesis of 2-hydroxycarbazole and 4-hydroxycarbazole in a millimeter scale photoreactor

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2-Hydroxycarbazole and 4-hydroxycarbazole are important chemicals with extensive applications in op-toelectronic materials and pharmaceutical field.State of the art yield of 2-hydroxycarbazole is~30%and the reaction time is typically in hours or days.Herein,we developed a green route for the continuous and high-throughput synthesis of 2-hydroxycarbazole and 4-hydroxycarbazole via photochemical intramolecu-lar cyclization of 3-hydroxy-2'-chloro-diphenylamine using a self-designed millimeter scale photoreactor,which was designed based on sizing-up and numbering-up strategies for a decent liquid holdup(6.8 mL)and fabricated via femtosecond laser engraving technique.The photochemical synthesis was carried out continuously under the illumination of 365 nm UV-LED with dimethyl sulfoxide as solvent and potassium t-butoxide as catalyst.It was found that under optimized conditions a 2-hydroxycarbazole yield of 31.6%and a 4-hydroxycarbazole yield of 11.1%were obtained with a residence time of 1 min.Compared to semi-batch operations,the reaction time was shortened by 1-2 orders of magnitude.As a result,a throughput of 11.3g/day 2-hydroxycarbazole and 4.0g/day 4-hydroxycarbazole can be achieved from the photoreac-tor.It was proposed that the short reaction time and high product yield are resulted from higher photon transfer rates and more uniform photon distribution provided by the millimeter scale photoreactor,which enhances the reaction rates and mitigates overreaction.

Millimeter scale reactor2-HydroxycarbazolePhotochemistryUV-LEDProcess intensification

Zhixiang Li、Zhirong Yang、Chang Yao、Bin Wu、Gang Qian、Xuezhi Duan、Xinggui Zhou、Jing Zhang

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State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering,East China University of Science and Technology,Shanghai 200237,China

School of Chemical Engineering,Zhengzhou University,Zhengzhou 450001,China

国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金国家自然科学基金上海市自然科学基金中国博士后科学基金中国博士后科学基金

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2024

中国化学快报(英文版)
中国化学会

中国化学快报(英文版)

CSTPCD
影响因子:0.771
ISSN:1001-8417
年,卷(期):2024.35(4)
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