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Fuel cell type reactor and method for producing a chemical compound by using the same

  • US 6,569,309 B2
  • Filed: 10/09/2001
  • Issued: 05/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for producing a chemical compound by an oxidation reaction, which comprises:

  • providing a fuel cell reactor comprising;

    a casing, an anode which comprises an anode active material and which is ion-conductive or active species-conductive, and a cathode which comprises a cathode active material and which is ion-conductive or active species-conductive, wherein said anode and said cathode are disposed in spaced relationship in said casing to partition the inside of said casing into an intermediate compartment between said anode and said cathode, an anode compartment on the outside of said anode and a cathode compartment on the outside of said cathode, said intermediate compartment having an inlet for an electrolyte solution and a substrate, said anode compartment having an inlet for a reductant, said cathode compartment having an inlet for an oxidant, and said anode and said cathode being connected to each other through an electron-conductive material in the outside of said casing; and

    performing the following steps (1) to (4) in either order, or simultaneously with respect to at least two steps thereof, (1) introducing an electrolyte solution to said intermediate compartment, (2) introducing a substrate to said intermediate compartment, (3) introducing a reductant to said anode compartment, and (4) introducing an oxidant to said cathode compartment, thereby performing an oxidation reaction of a system comprising said substrate, said reductant and said oxidant to produce a chemical compound in said intermediate compartment, wherein said oxidation reaction is selected from the group consisting of a selective oxidation reaction and an oxidative addition reaction, wherein said selective oxidation reaction is defined as an oxidation reaction which proceeds in the presence of an electrophilic oxygen species, and said oxidative addition reaction is defined as a condensation reaction of at least one chemical compound in the presence of oxygen.

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