Method and device for the synthesis of artemisinin

Inventors:, Peter H. Seeberger, Daniel Kopetzki, Francois Lévesque

• Assignee:
• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften

The present invention is directed to a method for producing artemisinin having the formula

from dihydroartemisinic acid in a continuous flow reactor using singlet oxygen as well as to the continuous flow reactor for producing artemisinin.

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