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The patented Cooled Reactor system, developed by Vapourtec (Suffolk, UK) and launched in 2010, is continuing to play a key role in major flow chemistry research breakthroughs. Recently cited in an important research paper "Continuous flow-processing of organometallic reagents ...

Suffolk (UK) based flow chemistry specialists Vapourtec has recently enhanced its popular R-series and E-series systems with an enlarged touch screen and the capability for remote networking. The new look touch screen has increased in size from 8.4" to 10.4", a 50% increase in...

Bury St Edmunds based Vapourtec has reached the twin milestones of 10 years in business and being featured in 100 peer reviewed publications. Vapourtec design and manufacture flow chemistry systems for a wide variety of sectors across the globe including education, pharmaceuti...

Suffolk (UK) based Vapourtec has partnered up with Dr Nicholas Leadbeater and the New Synthetic Methods Group at the University of Connecticut (USA) to produce a new guide entitled “An Introduction to Flow Chemistry – A Practical Laboratory Course”. Aimed principally at undergraduate teaching laboratories within colleges and universities, but also a great asset to the research lab, the 100 page manual details a set of ten continuous-flow processing experiments, each of which can be easily delivered in conjunction with Vapourtec’s E-series flow unit during a regular lab period.

A recent academic paper published in the journal Organic Process Research and Development by the Group of Professor Steven V. Ley, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge (UK) outlines a possible breakthrough for the manufacture of breast cancer drug Tamoxifen involving flow chemistry technology developed by UK specialist chemical engineering firm Vapourtec.

A major award from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to Professor André B. Charette allowed the Department of Chemistry at the Université de Montréal to take delivery of 5 Vapourtec R-Series systems, taking the total number installed to 6.

March 2011 The Vapourtec office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is now open for business. Contact details are as shown below. Email: Tel: Skype: Address: Vapourtec ltd Suite A-8-2, Block A Plaza Mont'Kiara No 2 Jalan Kiara 50480 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia...

July 2009 Vapourtec recently installed their 50th R-Series flow chemistry system. There are now Vapourtec systems in use or planned in UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, USA, Canada and Australia, both in academic and industrial labs. But Vapourtec are stil...

Starting Q2 of 2009, Vapourtec have been expanding into the USA. A major part of this move has been the appointment of Northeast Technical Services (NTS) as field service agents for the North East region. Duncan Guthrie, Managing Director of Vapourtec, explains "Until no...

What is Click Chemistry ? Click chemistry is a chemical philosophy introduced by K. Barry Sharpless in 2001 and describes chemistry tailored to generate substances quickly and reliably by joining small units together. One of the most popular reactions within the click chemist...