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Vapourtec pump key to organometallic process at Professor Steven Ley group (Cambridge, UK)

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.

Date: 06 September 2013 | Category: News

Ionic liquid synthesis

Synthesis of some Ionic Liquids (ILs) is challenging and costly because of the extremely exothermic nature of the synthesis and the change in viscosuity during the synthesis.

Date: 28 March 2012 | Category: News

Vapourtec Asia office now open

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...

Date: 30 March 2011 | Category: News

Vapourtec to move to new premises

March 2010 - Vapourtec Announce Relocation After three consecutive years of doubling output, Vapourtec can no longer fit in the current location, and will shortly be moving to larger, more suitable premises on the award winning Park Farm Business Centre near Bury St Edmunds.The ...

Date: 24 March 2010 | Category: News

Vapourtec installs 50th system

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...

Date: 22 July 2009 | Category: News

Vapourtec launches R-Series in USA

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...

Date: 22 June 2009 | Category: News

Copper tube reactors for catalysed click chemistry

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...

Date: 20 May 2009 | Category: News

Using an autosampler

Integration with an autosampler (a.k.a. liquid handler) enables the R-Series system to run a series of automated reactions where potentially every reaction uses a different reagent. This enables the system to be used for library production, or for evaluation of reagents or cataly...

Date: 03 February 2009 | Category: News

Equipment rental

New for 2009, Vapourtec are offering the facility to rent a fully integrated flow chemistry system. This allows users to see in practice how the system can work for them before committing to a full investment.

Date: 16 January 2009 | Category: News