Driven by the societal wish to increase the safety of chemical manufacturing and continuous technological developments, micro-reactor technology was introduced to the toolbox of synthetic organic chemists some ten years ago. This technology enables organic chemists to perform organic reactions in a safe and continuous way on microliter scale, thereby creating opportunities to conduct reactions in a conceptually different way. Since then, the scope and limitations of flow chemistry have been explored and new developments have been made. The advantages of flow chemistry have become clear: rapid mixing and heat exchange, high control over reaction conditions and the ease of scaling up and numbering up micro-reactor modules. Furthermore, continuous monitoring methods have been developed, including inline analysis with highly sensitive (GC and LC) or non-destructive (IR and NMR) methods.This course gives you an introduction to the basic aspects and current developments in flow chemistry. The hands-on module will give you the opportunity to perform your own flow experiments. Approximately one half of the time will be spent on theory, the other half will be spent on experiments in the chemistry laboratory.

Course leader
Prof. Dr. F.P.J.T. (Floris) Rutjes, Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Director Educational Institute for Molecular SciencesRadboud University

Target group
Flow chemistry is becoming increasingly important in the chemical industry and could be extremely useful in an academic research setting. Courses on flow chemistry are not offered by most bachelor's and master's programmes however. This course strives to train BSc, MSc, PhD students and post-docs on this topic and help them apply this knowledge in research projects.Entry levelBachelor Advanced Bachelor Master's PhD Post-doc

Course aim
After this course you will be able to:Understand the scope and limitations of flow chemistry as a tool for organic synthesis Translate a batchwise synthesis procedure into a continuous flow process Provide an overview of new developments in the field of flow chemistry Design and execute straightforward continuous flow reactions

Credits info
2 ECTS European Credits

Fee info
EUR 500: The course fee includes the registration fee, course materials, access to library and IT facilities, coffee/tea, lunch, and a number of social activities.Possible discounts10% discount for early bird applicants. The early bird deadline is 1 April 2015. 15% discount for students and PhD candidates from Radboud University and partner universities

Radboud University
Address: P.O Box 9102 Nijmegen
Postal code: 6500 HC
City: Nijmegen
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://www.ru.nl/radboudsummerschool/
E-mail: radboudsummerschool@ru.nl
Phone: +31 (0)24 8187706