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Recycling hydrofluorocarbons by transfer fluorination

Authors: Niko A. Jenek, Sarah L. Brock, Jiahuang Mao, Amanda A. Fogh, Andreas Phanopoulos, and Mark R. Crimmin Professor Mark Crimmin and co-workers from Imperial College London have developed a novel approach for recycling fluorochemicals by exploiting transfer fluorination, ...

Date: 04 June 2026 | Category: Headline News, News
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Flow Chemistry on Tap: Vapourtec at Pint of Science

Vapourtec is pleased to be taking part in the 2026 Pint of Science festival, supporting an event focused on modern chemical synthesis and reaction design. The session, “Synthesising Reactions”, will take place on 19th May 2026 at The Station Tavern, Cambridge, from 7:00pm ...

Date: 05 May 2026 | Category: Headline News, News
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Library Synthesis of Dynamin GTPase Inhibitors

Authors: Andrew J. S. Lin, Nicholas S. O’Brien, Abigail Florence, Matthew Killen, Shelby L. Frailey, Jayne Gilbert, Jennette A. Sakoff, Mohammed K. Amin, Emily E. Castelloe, Ngoc Chau, Jing Xue, Phillip J. Robinson, and Adam McCluskey* The McClusky group at the University...

Date: 02 April 2026 | Category: News
Flow Process for Production of Crisaborole Using Organolithium Chemistry with Control over Impurity Formation abstract image

Flow lithiation for production of crisaborole

Authors: Chander Singh Bohara, Manjinder Singh Phull, and Srihari Pabbaraja* The Pabbaraja group at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India has used the Vapourtec R-Series to prepare crisaborole, a boron-containing phosphodiesterase inhib...

Date: 19 March 2026 | Category: News

Selective Synthesis of trans-A₂B₂ Porphyrins

Synthetic Pathway to trans-A2B2‑Porphyrins: From Oxime-Substituted Dipyrromethanes to Functionalized Macrocycles Authors: João C. S. Simões, Bruna D. P. Costa, Ana Clara B. Rodrigues, Susana M. M. Lopes, J. Sérgio Seixas de Melo, Marta Pineiro, and Teresa M. V. D. Pinho...

Date: 12 March 2026 | Category: News
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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
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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