Study of the Effect of Electrodeless Radiofrequency Discharge Treatment on Oxygen-Containing Aliphatic Compounds

Liquid-phase processing of oxygen-containing organic compounds in a chemical microfluidic plasma reactor has been implemented. Excitation of a microdischarge in vapor–gas bubbles in a treated liquid stream by an external electric field makes it possible to intensify redox processes in order to obtain valuable components and intermediate products of organic synthesis without the introduction of complex and unstable oxidizing agents. By controlling the parameters of the microreactor, it is possible to create conditions for the preferential occurrence of a desired chemical reaction: partial or deep liquid-phase oxidation of alcohols, oxidative rearrangement of ketones, and cracking or oxidative degradation of the carbon skeleton.