Design of phase-vanishing reactions.

Phase-vanishing reactions utilize a perfluorinated solvent as a liquid membrane to separate a substrate and a reagent. Since their introduction less than ten years ago, phase-vanishing reactions have become a valuable alternative to reactions that require a slow addition of a reagent. A variety of experimental designs allow reactions to be carried out under anhydrous conditions, under photolytic conditions, under solvent-free conditions, with a gas as a reagent, and under reflux.