A new technique for the preparation of a highly clear and transparent emulsified aqueous solution containing immiscible monomer droplets with diameters of a few tens of nanometres under surfactant-free conditions using tandem acoustic emulsification is described. Highly conductive transparent polymer films were successfully prepared from such an emulsified solution.

We have developed a paired electrosynthetic system using a microflow reactor. This system enables paired electrochemical reactions composed of chloride reduction/alcohol oxidation combination to progress without intentionally added electrolyte. In addition, the use of parallel laminar flow in the microflow reactor resulted in a further improvement of the desired product yields in the paired electrosynthesis.

[reaction: see text] A 2-(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)iminomethylpyridine (1a)/CoCl(2).6H(2)O/Zn reagent has been developed as an effective instant catalyst for the intra- and intermolecular cyclotrimerization of alkynes to substituted benzenes, making the method extremely practical since the reagent, 1a/CoCl(2).6H(2)O/Zn, is inexpensive and easy to handle and the reaction is less sensitive to moisture and is reasonably general.

A new strategy for chemoselective reaction using a two inlet micro-flow reactor is described. In this system, the combined use of suitable flow mode and corresponding cathode material enables chemoselective cathodic reduction to control the product regioselectivity in carbonyl allylation.

We have developed a novel electrosynthetic system for anodic substitution reactions by using parallel laminar flow in a microflow reactor. This system enables nucleophilic reactions to overcome the restraint, such as the oxidation potential of nucleophiles and the stability of cationic intermediates, by the combined use of ionic liquids as reaction media and the parallel laminar flow in the microflow reactor. By using this novel electrosynthetic system, the anodic substitution reaction of carbamates, especially of cyclic carbamates, with allyltrimethylsilane were carried out to provide the corresponding products in moderate to good conversion yields in a single flow-through operation at ambient temperature (without the need for low-temperature conditions).