Continuous Photochemistry for Chemical Manufacture

该项目旨在改变工业将光化学应用于化学品制造的方式，因为光化学可以为某些分子提供替代的、更环保的途径。这是牛津大学和葛兰素史克的合作，符合双方对更可持续化学的渴望。新型光反应器将在有用的合成有机化学的背景下进行探索，与制药工业中常见的有机组成部分的反应，如光氧化，光卤化和交叉偶联。这样的研究处于化学/工程界面的前沿，应该允许更智能、更灵活地制造未来的光反应器。主要目标将是确定我们光化学方法的优势和局限性，以便工业界更充分地认识到光驱动化学的范围，以及如何在他们的公司中部署这种反应器。

This project is aimed at transforming the way in which industry applies photochemistry to the manufacture of chemicals, as photochemistry can offer alternative, greener routes to certain molecules. It is a collaboration between the University and GSK, aligning with both parties' desire for more sustainable chemistry. Novel photoreactors will be explored in the context of useful synthetic organic chemistry, with reactions of common organic building blocks within the pharmaceutical industry such as photo-oxidation, photo-halogenation and cross-coupling. Such research is at the cutting-edge of the chemistry/engineering interface and should allow for smarter, flexible manufacturing of future photo-reactors. The main objective will be to establish the strengths and limitations of our photochemical approach such that industry may more fully appreciate the scope of light-driven chemistry, and how such reactors might be deployed in their companies.