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Vapourtec installation team expanded

At Vapourtec we strive to offer the best possible standards of installation, training and customer support.  A significant step towards this objective has been the appointment of Sek Choong Tan in January 2018 as Installation Engineer.

Date: 28 March 2018 | Category: News
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Electrochemical reactor collaboration with Thomas Wirth

Flow chemistry engineering firm Vapourtec has linked up with Professor Thomas Wirth, one of the leading experts in continuous flow electrochemical reactors, for their latest project; to develop a Versatile Continuous Flow Laboratory Scale Electrochemical Reactor.

Date: 23 March 2018 | Category: News

SP3 rich library synthesis via Photoredox

A group at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. led by Dr Michael Boyd have shown in a recent publication that flow chemistry can vastly improve the yields of sp3-sp2 cross-coupled compounds, during a library photoredox synthesis using the Vapourtec E-Series, and UV-150 photochemical reactor.

Date: 13 March 2018 | Category: News

Vapourtec seminar in Seoul, South Korea

Vapourtec are excited to announce that eminent scientist Dr Marcus Baumann, Assistant Professor of the School of Chemistry at the University of Dublin will be presenting at an upcoming seminar in Seoul, South Korea on 23rd March.

Date: 26 February 2018 | Category: News

Singlet-oxygen new application note presented

Singlet-oxygen is a highly energetic electronic state of oxygen. Singlet oxygen has a wide range of synthetic, biological and environmental applications. This application note describes: • Production of singlet oxygen in continuous flow • The use of the UV-150 photochemical reactor for heterogeneous dispersions • Use of heterogeneous photocatalysts as slurries and packed beds in continuous flow • Easy handling of a complex flow stream of solid, liquid and gas

Date: 30 January 2018 | Category: News
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Vapourtec on show at Flow Chem India

Continuous flow chemistry specialists Vapourtec and Pi Process Intensification will be showcasing their entry level easy-Medchem E-Series flow chemistry system together with their recently launched SF-10 lab reagent pump at the forthcoming Flow Chemistry India conference in Mumbai (17-18 January).

Date: 11 January 2018 | Category: News

Vapourtec flow chemistry delivers in Barcelona

The recent 9th Symposium on Continuous Flow Reactor Technology for Industrial Applications, held in Barcelona, Spain, proved a great success for Vapourtec with significant levels of interest in the R-Series system and UV-150 photochemical reactor.

Date: 18 December 2017 | Category: News
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Vapourtec Reaction Video Series

Vapourtec are launching an 8-part series of videos that show a broad range of reactions being performed using our products in our own laboratory.

Date: 02 November 2017 | Category: News

Vapourtec MD delivers China talk

Vapourtec MD Duncan Guthrie delivered a talk about the company’s involvement in pioneering flow chemistry research at the UK-China Life Sciences business reception in Beijing.

Date: 24 October 2017 | Category: News

Taming the highly unstable reagent MSH

Brocklehurst et al., from the Synthesis and Technologies group at Novartis, demonstrate how Vapourtec R-Series can be used to generate and react highly unstable reagent MSH.

Date: 27 September 2017 | Category: News

Selective hydrogenation with Stoli catalytic reactors

As part of our continuing focus to develop efficient yet straightforward methods for selective hydrogenation in flow, Vapourtec have teamed up with Innovate UK award winners Stoli Catalysts Ltd to demonstrate their recently developed range of catalyst coated reactors for flow chemistry applications.

Date: 17 August 2017 | Category: News

Vapourtec on show at ACS in US capital

Vapourtec’s presence at this year’s 254th ACS National Meeting and Exposition will reflect the event’s theme of ‘chemistry’s impact on the global economy’

Date: 15 August 2017 | Category: News

In-situ production of Grignard reagents in continuous flow

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.

Date: 06 July 2017 | Category: News