Progress towards a more sustainable synthetic pathway to ibuprofen through the use of solar heating

Sustainable Chemical Processes

Table 2 Comparison of solar vs. electric technique for complete synthesis of ibuprofen

Compound	Technique	% Yield
Isobutyrophenone	In lab	55
Isobutyrophenone	Solar	83
Isobutylbenzene	In lab	67
Isobutylbenzene	Solar	62
4′-isobutylacetophenone	In lab	51
4′-isobutylacetophenone	Solar	60
1-chloro-1-(4-isobutyphenyl)ethane ibuprofen	In lab	88
	In lab	33
	Solar	27