Unpolar reactant

The product mixture that leaves the reactor (1) is cooled down so that the 2 region is formed. After phase separation unreacted 1-bromoctane is separated from the product by rectification (3). The aqueous phase is mixed with fresh bromooctane (4) and heated to generate phase inversion into the 2 region. The aqueous phase containing the by-product NaBr is released from the process (5) while the unpolar phase is fed into the reactor, where the reactant sodium phenoxide is added sequentially at different inlets of this chamber reactor. 

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