Specialist flow chemistry firm Vapourtec, based in Cambridge, UK, has added a reactor housing for micromixer reactors to its portfolio, which complements its standard, cooled, heated and photochemical family of reactors.
Vapourtec’s new micromixer plugs easily into ports within the firm's current flow chemistry systems and features chip reactors housed within a glass and PTFE manifold that offers clear visibility of the reactants.
Seven glass micromixer reactor chips have been developed for use with the new reactor housing covering volumes from 0.2ml to 1.7ml and providing options for one, two or three reagent inputs.
Cooled gas is circulated around the micromixer chips, using Vapourtec’s cooling module, to deliver temperatures down to –40ºC. Heated air, reaching temperatures up to 150ºC, can also be circulated around the reactor.
Two chip reactors can be inserted into the micromixer reactor housing allowing one chip to be used for mixing and the other, for example, as a residence time chip. In addition, multiple reactor housings can be used on either the Vapourtec R-Series or E-Series systems allowing up to eight chips to be heated or cooled simultaneously facilitating the telescoping of flow reactions.
Vapourtec designs and manufactures flow chemistry systems for sectors including education, pharmaceutical and industry. The company says its technology is used by all the major pharmaceutical brands.
