Progress in membrane liquid-liquid reactor-a review

摘要

Liquid-liquid reactions are crucial in chemical synthesis and industries, such as hydrolysis, oxidation, reduction, nitration, and sulfonation of organic compounds. In recent years, membrane liquid-liquid reactors have drawn great attentions due to the elevated conversion, selectivity, yield, and efficiency. Membrane liquid-liquid reactors can be divided into membrane dispersive reactor and membrane non-dispersive reactor. The membrane dispersive reactor has been employed in the preparation of polymer microspheres and microcapsules. The non-dispersive membrane reactors are widely used in chemical reactions (e.g. consecutive, reversible, and irreversible reactions) and biochemical reactions (e.g. resolution of racemic compounds, and reaction of non-chiral substrate). The feature, applications, advantages, and limits of the membrane liquid-liquid reactors are briefly reviewed.