The Background to Flash Chemistry

The main objective of this book is to provide, in a concise form, a current overall picture of flash chemistry background, principles, devices, and applications in organic and polymer synthesis. Because of space limitations our discussion in this book is not an exhaustive compilation of all known examples. Rather, it is a sampling of sufficient variety to illustrate the concept and the scope of flash chemistry. I usually focus on the works that have been done in my group as examples because I know them in more detail than other works reported in the literature. I hope that these examples and the accompanying discussions will serve as a guide to the potential of flash chemistry. 

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