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Synthesis of phenylboronic acids in continuous flow by means of a multijet oscillating disc reactor system operating at cryogenic temperatures
Sleveland, Dagfinn,Bjorsvik, Hans-Rene
, p. 1121 - 1130 (2012)
A multijet oscillating disk (MJOD) millireactor system suitable for operating at cryogenic temperatures has been developed, assembled, and investigated. This new reactor system (cryoMJOD) was realized with the purpose to prepare various phenylboronic acids in a continuous two (three)-step telescoped synthetic process at temperatures in the interval -50 to -75 °C. In this process, n-butyllithium was reacted with a phenylbromide to provide the corresponding phenyllithium derivative, whereupon a borate was added under the formation of target product phenylboronic acid in good selectivity and medium-to-good yield (50-75%). These results were competitive with results previously revealed in the literature. The residence times of the telescoped two-step process were considerably shorter compared to those of batch mode operations for the identical syntheses. The flow process was optimized by means of statistical experimental design and multivariate regression, upon which the process was utilized for the production of a series of phenylboronic acid derivatives, all in medium-to-good yield. One of the substrates, 4-methoxyphenylboronic acid, was submitted for throughput improvements, resulting in a process with capability to produce the product phenylboronic acid in a quantity of 2.0 kg × day-1.
