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Royal Society of Chemistry, Green Chemistry, 6(19), p. 1449-1453

DOI: 10.1039/c6gc03066a

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A scalable and safe continuous flow procedure for in-line generation of Diazomethane and its precursor MNU

Journal article published in 2016 by Hansjoerg Lehmann ORCID
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Abstract

Diazomethane is a valuable C1-building block for organic synthesis but very difficult to handle and its use for scale-up is still a challenge with regard to safety. Herein we present a simple and robust continuous flow setup, that allows a safe on-demand generation of diazomethane with a productivity of 110 mmol/h. The developed two-step process starts from non-hazardous N-methylurea, generates and consumes N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) and diazomethane in-line, thus enabling a safe and convenient scale-up to multi-gram scale in a conventional synthesis laboratory.