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Vapourtec all set for Flow Chemistry Europe

Vapourtec will be showcasing their continuous flow technology at this year’s Flow Chemistry Europe conference, to be held at the Welcome Genome Conference Centre in Hinxton near Cambridge (26th & 27th February). At the event, the pioneering Vapourtec R-Series flow chemis...

Date: 22 February 2019 | Category: News
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Spotlight on Peptide Synthesis in Miami talk

Vapourtec MD and founder Duncan Guthrie will be taking to the stage to deliver a presentation about continuous flow Peptide Synthesis at the forthcoming 7th Flow Chemistry Congress in Miami, Florida (12-13 November). Vapourtec will also be using the event to showcase and demonstrate their E-Series flow chemistry system, UV-150 photochemical reactor and the recently launched and well received Ion, a pioneering electrochemical reactor that will lead to more efficient, precise, consistent, and scalable electrochemical synthesis

Date: 08 November 2018 | Category: News

Milan date for Alfatech and Vapourtec

Vapourtec will be joining forces with Italian distributor Alfatech Spa to demonstrate the latest flow chemistry technologies at the forthcoming Continuous Flow Reactor Technology symposium in Milan (Nov 13th – 15th).

Date: 06 November 2018 | Category: News

E-Series and SF-10 on show at Analytica China

Vapourtec and Chinese distributors Tegent will be joining forces to showcase the pioneering E-Series flow chemistry system and SF-10 lab reagent pump at the upcoming Analytica China expo in Shanghai on 31 Oct-2 Nov.

Date: 30 October 2018 | Category: News

Vapourtec in full flow at IMRET 2018

Vapourtec will be exhibiting at the upcoming 2018 International Conference on Micro Reaction Technology (IMRET) in Karlsruhe, Germany on the 21st – 24th October.

Date: 15 October 2018 | Category: News
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Generating non-stabilised diazo compounds photochemically

Here we present our latest application note: Synthesis of a pharmaceutical intermediate by cross-coupling with non-stabilised diazo compounds. Aryl-alkyl cross-couplings represent one of the most important strategies available in synthesis. The use of continuous flow for aryl-alkyl cross-coupling has previously been mostly restricted to metal-catalysed methods; the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, for example. This application note is based on a method published by Prof. Steven Ley and his group at the University of Cambridge, which uses a UV-150 continuous flow photochemical reactor, equipped with a 9 Watt,  310 nm low pressure mercury lamp to safely access highly reactive diazo compounds.

Date: 10 October 2018 | Category: News
Current control Electrochemistry Vapourtec Ion

Read Vapourtec’s flow chemistry blog, “A Tube with a View”

Current blog, "Controlling the electrons" discusses how the power of the Ion electrochemical reactor is controlled and what information it can give us. Next blog, "What’s brown, and highly corrosive?" available from Wednesday 26th September, describes using elemental bromine in continuous flow. The blog is updated every other Wednesday morning

Date: 13 September 2018 | Category: News

Native chemical ligation – Photodesulfurization in flow

In a recent publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Professor Richard Payne and his group at the University of Sydney have demonstrated a powerful flow technique for building long chain peptides, using the Vapourtec R-Series and a photochemical reactor.

Date: 21 August 2018 | Category: News
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Read Vapourtec’s flow chemistry blog, “A Tube with a View”

Current blog: “YouTube You Learn” explains how Vapourtec’s YouTube channel and reaction video series was started as a helpful resource for our customers worldwide. Next blog available from Wednesday 29th of August describes temperature control in the Ion electrochemical reactor. The blog is updated every other Wednesday morning.

Date: 16 August 2018 | Category: News
Carbon electrode Vapourtec

Read Vapourtec’s flow chemistry blog, “A Tube with a View”

Current blog, "Carbon is carbon, right?" discusses the importance of electrode material choice for electrochemical reactions. Next blog, "YouTube" available from Wednesday 15th August, describes how videos are now a powerful communication aid for flow chemistry applications. The blog is updated every other Wednesday morning.

Date: 15 August 2018 | Category: News

Vapourtec on show in India

Vapourtec's agent in India, Vijay Kirpalani, CEO of Pi-Process Intensification Experts LLP, will present at the upcoming PharmaLytica 2018 conference in Hyderabad on the 10th – 11th August

Date: 09 August 2018 | Category: News
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The next generation of electrochemical reactors

After months in development flow chemistry engineering specialists Vapourtec have provided a prototype electrochemical reactor to Dr Thomas Wirth, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cardiff University for, evaluation.

Date: 27 July 2018 | Category: News

Vapourtec strikes Brazil distribution deal

Vapourtec has recently secured a distribution partnership with Brazilian firm AuTeC  (Automation Technologies for Chemistry) that could open up new markets for its flow chemistry technologies across the South American continent.

Date: 23 July 2018 | Category: News

Towards Scaling Gas-Liquid Photocycloadditions

In a recent publication to ChemPhotoChem, a team from Merck in New Jersey, USA, fronted by Dr Emily Corcoran and Dr Francois Levesque, discuss challenges that can be encountered during a photochemical synthesis.

Date: 19 July 2018 | Category: News

Multienzyme conversion of amines to alcohols

Associate professor Francesca Paradisi and her group at the University of Nottingham have recently described in Nature Catalysis how they have used column reactors on the Vapourtec R-Series to perform a cascade of enzyme reactions that demonstrate remarkable ability in converting amines to primary or secondary alcohols, while exerting significant control over the stereochemistry.

Date: 16 July 2018 | Category: News