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Flow-through microreactors are described, constructed of fused silica capillaries with an internal diameter of 100μm and glass microchips with a channel dimension of 150μm and involving the in situ UV-initiated synthesis of a poly(glycidyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate) porous polymer monolith. The monolith is a continuous material covalently bonded to the capillary or chip walls, with good flow-through properties. Epoxide ring-opening through amine attack by 5-amino-1,10-phenanthroline and coordination to dichloropalladium(ii) allows use of the microreactors for Suzuki–Miyaura catalysis. The long-term stability and reliability of the robust lab on a chip microreactor is demonstrated by operation for 96 h, exhibiting undiminished reactivity, and very low leaching of palladium.

Item Type:	Refereed Article
Research Division:	Chemical Sciences
Research Group:	Inorganic chemistry
Research Field:	Transition metal chemistry
Objective Division:	Expanding Knowledge
Objective Group:	Expanding knowledge
Objective Field:	Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
UTAS Author:	Canty, AJ (Professor Allan Canty)
UTAS Author:	Deverell, JA (Dr Jeremy Deverell)
UTAS Author:	Goemann, A (Dr Anissa Goemann)
UTAS Author:	Guijt, RM (Dr Rosanne Guijt)
UTAS Author:	Rodemann, T (Dr Thomas Rodemann)
UTAS Author:	Smith, Jason (Associate Professor Jason Smith)
ID Code:	55156
Year Published:	2008
Web of Science® Times Cited:	13
Deposited By:	Chemistry
Deposited On:	2009-03-05
Last Modified:	2015-01-20
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