| Abstract: | Many chemical reactions are so fast relative to mixing that significant conversion takes place before homogenization down to the molecular scale is reached. In such cases, the bond‐breaking and bond‐forming events mainly occur in regions where concentrations gradients are still present. Consequently the rate of mixing can have a pronounced effect on the kinetics and the product distribution in competitive chemical reactions. This review gives an account of such mixing‐sensitive single‐phase liquid‐liquid chemical reactions where all reactants and products are soluble, because a better understanding of the coupling between mixing and chemical reaction is needed to optimize the product distribution by choosing the appropriate reactor geometry and mixing conditions. Additionally these reactions have the potential to be employed as an exploratory microprobe to investigate the local flow characteristics or the mixing process at the molecular level and to evaluate the mechanism of chemical reactions. |
