Chemistry in flow systems III

The third Thematic Series on flow chemistry published in the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry demonstrates the emerging importance of transforming chemical synthesis in the laboratory from a classical batch approach to continuous processes by using microand miniaturized flow reactors. In the past two decades this technology has seen a dramatic increase of visibility. Considering an analyses of the accompanied developments in flow synthesis one has to acknowledge that the topic has shifted among different disciplines with a variety of intensities and focus.