Vapourtec all set for new chapter
Date: 20 July 2017 | Category: News
Flow chemistry technology firm Vapourtec will be moving their operations to a purpose-built, enlarged headquarters in mid-August
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In-situ production of Grignard reagents in continuous flow
Date: 06 July 2017 | Category: News
Grignard reagents are powerful tools for forming C-C bonds, but require careful handling. A collaboration between the Janssen Research Group and Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha has used a Vapourtec R-series to overcome the challenges of their formation and use. By developing a continuous flow protocol for the in-situ production of Grignard reagents in continuous flow, reagents are produced as needed and under the safety and control of the Vapourtec system.
Key landmark for flow chemistry specialists
Date: 16 June 2017 | Category: News
Flow chemistry engineering specialists Vapourtec have hit the notable landmark, having been cited in 250 peer reviewed publications.
Selective Hydrogenation by Pd-C Slurry
Date: 09 June 2017 | Category: News
The powerful combination of the Vapourtec E-series and SF-10 has made it possible to quickly achieve the selective hydrogenation.
Flow reactor technology in metastable materials synthesis
Date: 26 May 2017 | Category: News
Crystallisations using flow chemistry. Vapourtec share the latest results from their collaboration with Chick Wilson’s Group Bath University, UK.
Vapourtec showcase flow chemistry innovations at Chemspec
Date: 18 May 2017 | Category: News
Vapourtec’s booth (N100) at the forthcoming Chemspec Europe event in Munich will be a hive of activity with new flow chemistry innovations showcased.
Flow chemistry benefits from inline Raman
Date: 21 April 2017 | Category: News
At Vapourtec we have seen the growing need for real time continuous reaction analysis and monitoring in flow chemistry. This was a key theme at the 8th Symposium on Continuous Flow Reactor Technology for Industrial Applications held in Delft in 2016, and many of our customers have asked what techniques are available to use with the Vapourtec flow reactor platform.
New Vapourtec base on the horizon
Date: 12 April 2017 | Category: News
Specialist flow chemistry engineering firm Vapourtec is gearing up for continued growth with a new, enlarged headquarters due to open in the summer.
A flow chemistry masterclass in Nice
Date: 04 April 2017 | Category: News
Vapourtec’s Dr Ryan Skilton will be one of four flow chemistry experts scheduled to present a seminar at the forthcoming 1st Masterclass NiceFlow (7th April, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis Faculty of Sciences).
Huge flow success at ACS San Francisco
Date: 30 March 2017 | Category: News
Vapourtec presented its latest flow chemistry innovations at the recent 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Expo in San Francisco.
The event proved a great success for Vapourtec with significant levels of interest in continuous flow photochemistry, in particular the variety of light sources available for the innovative UV-150 photochemical reactor.
New application note released – sodium hydride as a slurry in continuous flow
Date: 17 March 2017 | Category: News
As part of our ongoing series of application notes on pumping slurries of reagents we have turned our attention to sodium hydride, one of the most versatile heterogeneous strong bases.
Vapourtec service team expanded
Date: 03 March 2017 | Category: News
At Vapourtec we strive to offer the best possible customer support. A significant step towards this objective has been a reorganisation of the service team and the appointment of Wilna Gray in December 2016 as Service Manager.
Showcasing flow chemistry at Pittcon 2017
Date: 01 March 2017 | Category: News
Vapourtec will be showcasing their E-Series flow chemistry system together with the UV-150 photochemical reactor and recently launched SF-10 lab pump at the forthcoming PITTCON Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Conference and Expo (Chicago, March 5-9). Please visit the full article for more information.
Vapourtec strikes Hungary distribution deal
Date: 21 February 2017 | Category: News
Vapourtec has recently secured its latest distribution agreement with Budapest-based chemistry specialists Lab-Comp opening up new markets across central and eastern Europe. Founded in 1989, Lab-Comp focuses on supplying general and specialist laboratory equipment to commercial and academic institutions across Hungary and the region.
Vapourtec highlights inline analysis at Cambridge conference
Date: 27 January 2017 | Category: News
Vapourtec will be exhibiting their R-Series system with a fully acid resistant high flow rate pump module with inline IR and multiple wavelength UV detector at the 7th annual Flow Chemistry Society’s European Conference in Cambridge on 7-9 February 2017
New application note released – rapid mixing reactor for amide formation under Schotten-Baumann biphasic flow reaction conditions
Date: 24 January 2017 | Category: News
In this application, Dr Claudio Battilocchio of the Ley group, University of Cambridge, has used Vapourtec’s 20 ml rapid mixing reactors to perform an amide synthesis under biphasic flow reaction conditions.
New application note released – palladium on charcoal slurries in continuous flow hydrogenation
Date: 17 January 2017 | Category: News
At Vapourtec we have made use of our patented V-3 peristaltic pumps, and new pressure regulation mode to perform a hydrogenation with a heterogeneous catalyst pumping continuously as a slurry.
PI and Vapourtec at flow chemistry India
Date: 16 January 2017 | Category: News
Vapourtec will be represented at the forthcoming 2017 Flow Chemistry India event (Mumbai, January 18 & 19) by distributor Pi-Process Intensification.
2016… an excellent year for Vapourtec
Date: 12 January 2017 | Category: News
With business turnover increasing by 15%, growing trade with Asia and the opening up of new markets, 2016 proved to be an excellent year for UK-based flow chemistry engineering specialists Vapourtec.
New application note released: biphasic oxidation reaction scale-up
Date: 10 January 2017 | Category: News
This application note describes using the Vapourtec High Flow rate pump module and Vapourtec Reactor for Rapid Mixing to scale up a liquid/liquid biphasic ester synthesis to over 200 g per hour.
Brexit, pros and cons for an exporting SME
Date: 06 December 2016 | Category: News
The impact of the ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the European Union on June 23rd is having far reaching consequences for SME businesses engaged in export.
Handling highly reactive lithium intermediates
Date: 21 November 2016 | Category: News
Professor Wirth and his team at Cardiff have used a Vapourtec E-series to safely generate and handle a highly reactive diazolithium species that reacts highly exothermally. The Vapourtec E-Series allows Professor Wirth to access this highly energetic chemistry, which would be very challenging in batch.
Delft delivers for Vapourtec
Date: 15 November 2016 | Category: News
The recent 8th Symposium on Continuous Flow Reactor Technology for Industrial Applications, held in Delft, Netherlands, proved a great success for Vapourtec with significant levels of interest in the R-Series system and UV-150 photochemical reactor.
R-Series on show at automated synthesis forum
Date: 04 November 2016 | Category: News
Flow chemistry will be a key theme at this year’s 20th UK Automated Synthesis Forum (Duxford, November 7th-8th) with Vapourtec showcasing the R-Series, the world’s most published flow chemistry system.
Vapourtec exhibit at London catalysis event
Date: 27 October 2016 | Category: News
Vapourtec will be demonstrating their easy-MedChem flow chemistry system and UV-150 photochemical reactor at the Challenges in Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals V event (London, November 2nd) organized by the RSC Applied Catalysis Group.
R-Series
The Vapourtec R-Series is, quite simply, unrivalled for flow chemistry
- Flexible
- Precise
- Automatable
The R-Series is undoubtedly the most versatile, modular flow chemistry system available today.
E-Series
The Vapourtec E-Series is the perfect introductory system for flow chemistry
- Robust :
- Easy to use :
- Affordable
The E-Series is a robust and affordable, entry level flow chemistry system designed for reliability and ease of use.
Laboratory teaching manual available
Teaching the principals and benefits of continuous flow chemistry is now commonplace in University and Industrial settings alike.
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