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Ion electrochemical reactor

Electrolyte-controlled regiodivergent electroselenocyclisations

Sagar Arepally, Hanaa Gieman, and Thomas Wirth The Wirth group at Cardiff University have successfully used the Vapourtec Ion electrochemical reactor to effect electroselenocyclisations under continuous flow conditions.[1] Key to reaction success was the identity of the electr...

Date: 26 February 2026 | Category: News

Optimization of an Amination Reaction – Albuterol Sulfate

Authors: Kimberly E. Penzer, Daniel G. Gregory, Samantha G. Kohn, Kaitlin E. Kay, Justin T. Turnage, James K. Ferri James Ferri and co-workers from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, have devised a method using continuous flow chemistry to synthesize a key inter...

Date: 19 February 2026 | Category: News
evaluating enzyme immobilization and performance for continuous flow manufacturing

Evaluating enzyme immobilization in continuous flow

Authors: Emily M. Luteran,* Marc R. Aloisi, Wendi L. Akerley, Robert D. Gilbertson   Researchers from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the USA have assessed various strategies for immobilization of enzymes on solid supports, focussing on immobilization...

Date: 12 February 2026 | Category: News
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Direct preparation of organosodium from alkyl chloride

Authors: Paula Knupe-Wolfgang, B. Mahn, Gerhard Hilt The Hilt group from the University of Oldenburg have recently disclosed the in-situ generation and use of a highly reactive primary organosodium species [2]. In this case, the use of a continuous flow approach meant that sta...

Date: 05 February 2026 | Category: News
Season's Greetings from Vapourtec

Season’s Greetings from all the team at Vapourtec

Dear all, As 2025 comes to a close, we want to express our sincere thanks for your continued trust and support. This year saw important developments across our technology portfolio, including the launch of the eBPR-GL and the first full installation of the Peptide-Builder at t...

Date: 18 December 2025 | Category: News
R-Series for Generation of Lithium Ethenolate by Lithiation of Tetrahydrofuran in Flow Mode

Generation of lithium ethenolate by lithiation of tetrahydrofuran

Authors: Parth Naik, Patrick O’Neill, Julia Bruno-Colmenarez, and Marcus Baumann The Baumann Group at University College Dublin, in collaboration with Pfizer, have disclosed the development of a continuous flow process that facilitates lithiation of THF, with the lithiated s...

Date: 06 October 2025 | Category: News
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Suzuki-Miyaura coupling using cascade of CSTRs

A Suzuki–Miyaura coupling previously optimised for a packed bed reactor (PBR) was shown to provide identical results in both static catalyst and dynamic, recirculating catalyst modes using a cascade of four linked continuous stirred-tank reactors (CSTRs) and the Vapourtec RS-30...

Date: 22 September 2025 | Category: News
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Ring-Opening Polymerization of Propylene Oxide

Authors: Arjun Raghuraman, Heather A. Spinney, David R. Wilson, Carlos Villa, Sukaran Arora, Ankita Majumder, Julibeth M. Martinez De La Hoz, Manjiri Paradkar, Anthony P. Gies, Masayuki Suzuki, An Keaton, Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, Varinia Bernales, Jean-Paul Masy, and Robert D. Kenned...

Date: 12 September 2025 | Category: News
photochemical reactor

Indazole to Benzimidazole Phototransposition in Continuous Flow

Authors: G. Logan Bartholomew, Sojung F. Kim, Yusuke Oyamada, Federica Sbordone, Joshua A. Carroll, Justin E. Jurczyk, Charles S. Yeung*, Christopher Barner-Kowollik*, Richmond Sarpong* The Sarpong group at UC Berkeley, in conjunction with the Barner-Kowollik group at Queensla...

Date: 15 August 2025 | Category: News
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Novel photocatalysed Suzuki–Miyaura reaction

Authors: Monica Oliva, Serena Pillitteri, Johannes Schörgenhumer, Riku Saito, Erik V. Van der Eycken and Upendra K. Sharma*       The uksresearchgroup.com at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in collaboration with researchers from the KU Leuven, Uni...

Date: 01 August 2025 | Category: News

Liquid phase peptide synthesis (LPPS) in flow

Straightforward, scalable, solution-phase synthesis of peptide bonds in flow. Authors: Zoe E. Wilson, Enol Lopez, Nils J. Flodén, Charis Watkins, Giulia Bianchini, Steven V. Ley     Dr Zoe Wilson (University of Auckland) and Ley group (University of Cambridge...

Date: 21 July 2025 | Category: News
Ion electrochemical reactor

Electrochemical Arylation in Flow

Authors: Jennifer Morvan, Koen P. L. Kuijpers, Dayne Fanfair, Bingqing Tang, Karolina Bartkowiak, Lars van Eynde, Evelien Renders, Jesus Alcazar, Peter J. J. A. Buijnsters, Mary-Ambre Carvalho,* and Alexander X. Jones Scientists at Janssen in Belgium and Spain have used the Va...

Date: 14 July 2025 | Category: News
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Zageno distribute Vapourtec Tools for Chemistry Range

Zageno to Distribute Vapourtec Tools For Chemistry

Vapourtec is pleased to announce that Zageno has been appointed as a non-exclusive distributor of Vapourtec’s Tools for Chemistry range. This includes the SF-10 and SF-10+ reagent pumps, the electronic back pressure regulator (eBPR), and the FMOC UV detector. Zageno will suppor...

Date: 03 July 2025 | Category: Headline News, News
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Electrochemical Fluorination of Proline Derivatives

Authors: Patrick Ryan, Dhananjay Bhattacherjee, Thomas Wirth, Luke Hunter and Giancarlo Pascali* The Pascali group at the University of New South Wales, and the Wirth group, from Cardiff University, have successfully used the Vapourtec Ion Electrochemical Reactor to achieve el...

Date: 19 June 2025 | Category: News
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Heterogeneous Biocatalysts Maximizes Cell-Free Biosynthesis

Authors: Javier Santiago-Arcos, Susana Velasco-Lozano, Eleftheria Diamanti, Ana I. Benítez-Mateos, Daniel Grajales-Hernández, Francesca Paradisi, and Fernando López-Gallego Researchers at the Heterogeneous Biocatalysis Laboratory at CIC biomaGUNE, led by Drs. Fernando Lópe...

Date: 13 June 2025 | Category: News
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Synthesis & purification of block copolymer nanoparticles in flow

Authors: Gayathri Dev Ammini, Lakshani J. Weerarathna, and Tanja Junkers* The Junkers group from Monash University in Australia have successfully used the Vapourtec SF-10 peristaltic laboratory pumps to formulate block copolymers (BCPs) into nanoparticles as well as furt...

Date: 30 May 2025 | Category: News