On-demand Rapid Synthesis in Industry

For industrial production of chemical compounds, it is obvious that faster reactions are better than slower reactions as long as they are controllable. With faster reactions, a greater quantity of compounds can be produced per unit time. The productivity per unit volume of a reactor also increases with increase in the reaction rate. The use of extremely fast reactions in conjunction with flow systems may lead to a smaller size of reactor in chemical plants, which leads to lower cost for investment in plants and equipment. In addition, faster synthesis leads to lower cost of labor because the working hour per unit weight of products is shorter. 

Based on the arguments described above, it is reasonable to conclude that the demand for fast reactions for chemical synthesis is increasing from the viewpoints of both laboratory research and industrial production. Rapid chemical synthesis may lead to new possibilities not only for chemistry but also for other fields, such as pharmacy and medicine. In the following chapters, we will discuss how flash chemistry can be realized in laboratory and industrial synthesis. 

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