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Autumn 2022 Newsletter from Vapourtec

The latest issue of our FullFlow newsletter, the flow chemistry newsletter from Vapourtec, was sent out to our newsletter subscribers this week. Four times a year, you can get a quarterly newsletter from Vapourtec delivered right to your mailbox. Signing up means you can access ...

Date: 16 November 2022 | Category: News

Vapourtec at the Lorentz Center Workshop on Photocatalysis

Vapourtec is proud to be participating and sponsoring the forthcoming Lorentz Center Workshop on Photocatalysis that starts on the 17th of October 2022. A great occasion to engage once again with the community and highlight key developments within the field. Our Chief Scientif...

Date: 14 October 2022 | Category: News

Scaled Up Synthesis of N-Hetereo Spirocycles using the Vapourtec HP UV-150 photoreactor

In the recent paper entitled “Multicomponent Direct Assembly of N-Heterospirocycles Facilitated by Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis” (1), the Ley group demonstrates the use of the Vapourtec UV-150 photochemical reactor.

Date: 26 September 2022 | Category: News

Meet the Vapourtec team – Rachel

Rachel, Product Support Specialist Rachel is the Product Support Specialist at Vapourtec, which means she is the friendly voice at the end of the phone, supporting our customers from the moment of the despatch of their goods, dealing with customs and couriers alike. She is also ...

Date: 23 September 2022 | Category: Meet The Team, News

The Vapourtec team head to the 13th edition CFRT

Vapourtec is looking forward to attending the 13th Edition CFRT – Continuous Flow Reactor Technology for Industrial Applications symposium which will be held later this month on September 27th-29th in Graz, Austria this year.

Date: 15 September 2022 | Category: News

Vapourtec quantifies unexpected reactions in peptide synthesis using the Variable Bed Flow Reactor

The team at Vapourtec have published the article entitled “Evaluation of unexpected protecting group removal in solid phase peptide synthesis – quantified using continuous flow methods” [1] in the Journal of Peptide Science, which evaluates the Fmoc deprotections caused by ...

Date: 12 September 2022 | Category: News

Vapourtec to attend Flow Chemistry India 2022

The Vapourtec team are looking forward to attending the forthcoming Flow Chemistry India 2022 conference on the 15th-16th September, in Mumbai, India. Vapourtec’s Chief Scientific Officer Manuel will be present at the conference, and is showcasing a range of reactors, alongs...

Date: 08 September 2022 | Category: News

Vapourtec joins panel discussion on the future of flow in Chemistry Today

Dr Manuel Nuño, Vapourtec’s Chief Scientific Officer, was recently featured in Chemistry Today, as part of a panel discussing flow chemistry.

Date: 01 September 2022 | Category: News

Meet the Vapourtec team – Joseph

Meet Joseph! Joseph is the Sales and Marketing Assistant at Vapourtec, and has been with the Vapourtec team for just over 4 months now.

Date: 25 August 2022 | Category: Meet The Team, News

Vapourtec partners with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science

Vapourtec is delighted to have partnered with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science (CIPPS) to provide technology and expertise for the synthesis of peptides and proteins in continuous flow.

Date: 22 August 2022 | Category: News

Vapourtec to showcase the future of peptide synthesis at the 36th EPS European Peptide Symposium

Vapourtec is looking forward to showcasing the latest flow chemistry technologies from Vapourtec at the forthcoming 36th EPS European Peptide Symposium and 12th IPS International Peptide Symposium (28th August – 2nd September 2022) in Sitges, Spain.

Date: 19 August 2022 | Category: News

Headline News

Exciting launch of the innovative Stage 3 R-Series software with OPC-UA

The Vapourtec team are delighted to announce the release of stage 3 of the R-Series application programming interface software package, a revolutionary new product launch that is at the forefront of technological advancements in the flow chemistry industry.

Date: 11 August 2022 | Category: Headline News, News

The Vapourtec team head to ACHEMA 2022

Mark your calendars! The Vapourtec team are heading to ACHEMA 2022 in Frankfurt, Germany between the 22nd - 26th August, which is a unique exhibition showcasing the world’s most successful and innovative companies in the process industry. It is the place to be if you want to f...

Date: 05 August 2022 | Category: News

Cobalt electrocatalytic HAT enables selective functionalisation of unsaturated C–C bonds using electrochemistry with tunable reactivity.

Cobalt-electrocatalytic HAT for functionalization of unsaturated C-C bonds

Gnaim et al. In their recent Nature paper, Samer Gnaim, postdoctoral associate at the Baran Lab, and collaborators demonstrate the use of Vapourtec’s Ion electrochemical reactor in the scalability of a Cobalt-electrocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) isomerisation reacti...

Date: 28 July 2022 | Category: News

Summer 2022 Newsletter release from Vapourtec

The latest issue of our FullFlow newsletter, the flow chemistry newsletter from Vapourtec, was sent out to our newsletter subscribers this week! The Vapourtec newsletter is a quarterly bulletin, sent directly to your inbox four times a year. Signing up will give you access to ...

Date: 21 July 2022 | Category: News

Continuous flow mediated amide to nitrile conversion towards the production of nirmatrelvir – Quest for a scalable solution to the global pandemic

Veeramani et al. Nirmatrelvir is the active main protease inhibitor of PAXLOVID, an oral antiviral candidate manufactured by Pfizer. Oral administration of Nirmatrelvir tablets, in combination with Ritonavir tablets, has been shown to irreversibly inhibit SARS-CoV-2 viral prot...

Date: 14 July 2022 | Category: News

Continuous processing of concentrated organolithiums in flow using static and dynamic spinning disc reactor technologies

Organometallic chemistry is a tool widely used in organic synthesis. However, due to their high reactivity and potential pyrophoricity in air, organolithium compounds are considered dangerous and often require expensive cryogenic process conditions.

Date: 29 June 2022 | Category: News

Vapourtec at University of Cambridge Machine Learning and AI conference

Vapourtec will be showcasing their flow chemistry technologies at the forthcoming 5th Machine Learning and AI in Bio(Chemical) Engineering Conference (27-29 June, University of Cambridge).

Date: 20 June 2022 | Category: News

Vapourtec showcased at Swiss flow chemistry seminar

Vapourtec’s Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Manuel Nuño will be delivering a presentation at the forthcoming SCS Seminar on Flow Chemistry (27-29 June, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland). The three-day seminar, rescheduled from February 2022 due to Covid-19, will focus on topics...

Date: 20 June 2022 | Category: News

Application Note 73 – Use of CSTR for biphasic reaction scale up

Produced by Stoli Chem and Vapourtec Vapourtec has teamed up with UK-based reactor manufacturer Stoli Chem to demonstrate a new range of continuous stirred tank reactors with Vapourtec. The capabilities of this reactor setup are demonstrated by the results obtained in a scaled...

Date: 16 June 2022 | Category: News

Vapourtec to present at Milan peptides conference

Vapourtec will be attending and presenting at the 3rd edition of the International OligonucIeotides and Peptides Conference (IOPC 2022) due to be held in Milan later this month (27-29 June). Vapourtec chemist, Victoire Laude, will be delivering a talk titled “Modern peptide...

Date: 16 June 2022 | Category: News

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Vapourtec on show at Flow chemistry and continuous processing conference in Boston this May

Vapourtec will be showcasing their flow chemistry systems and reactors at the forthcoming Flow chemistry and continuous processing conference (9-10 May 2022, Boston, US).

Date: 27 April 2022 | Category: News

Synthesis of energetic materials in continuous flow

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has issued a technical report entitled “Flow chemistry and the synthesis of energetic materials” [1]. In this report, the JRC focuses on the synthesis of explosive materials using hazardous reagents. One of the JRC’...

Date: 04 April 2022 | Category: News

Headline News

Manuel Nuño talks of the future of peptide synthesis

Vapourtec’s CSO Manuel Nuño explains why the future of peptide synthesis is linked to continuous flow in the latest issue of Speciality Chemicals Magazine. In the article entitled “Continuous flow brings solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) to a new level”

Date: 23 February 2022 | Category: Headline News, News

Headline News

Focusing on the evolution of lab automation

The current state of lab automation and its future direction has been brought into focus in a preprint article by the Cambridge Centre for Computational Chemical Engineering (University of Cambridge) entitled “From Platform to Knowledge Graph: Evolution of Laboratory Automation”

Date: 08 December 2021 | Category: Headline News, News

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