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Chemical reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide: from laboratory to commercial plant

Peter Licence,a  Jie Ke,a  Maia Sokolova,a  Stephen K. Rossb  and  Martyn Poliakoff*a 
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a The School of Chemistry, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

b Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd., Crookhall, Co. Durham, Consett, UK

Abstract

The application of supercritical carbon dioxide in continuous, fixed bed reactors has allowed the successful development of a variety of industrially viable synthetic transformations. The world’s first, multi-reaction, supercritical flow reactor was commissioned in 2002 as a direct result of the successful collaboration between the Clean Technology Group at the University of Nottingham and the fine chemicals manufacturer, Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. We highlight the development of this project from laboratory to plant scale, particularly in the context of the hydrogenation of isophorone. Phase data for the system; isophorone + H2 + CO2, are presented for the first time. Overall, we present a progress report about an on-going Green Chemistry initiative that has successfully forged strong links between Industry and Academia.

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The article was received on 12 Dec 2002 and first published on 03 Mar 2003


Article type: Perspective
DOI: 10.1039/B212220K
Citation: Green Chem., 2003,5, 99-104
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    Chemical reactions in supercritical carbon dioxide: from laboratory to commercial plant

    P. Licence, J. Ke, M. Sokolova, S. K. Ross and M. Poliakoff, Green Chem., 2003, 5, 99
    DOI: 10.1039/B212220K

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