Materials handled

  • Hydrazine
  • Complex hydrides (NaBH4, NaH)
  • Metals (Na, Li, Mg, Zn)
  • Metal catalysts for hydrogenations
  • Br2, Cl2, SOCl2,SO2Cl2 , PCl3, PCl5, POCl3,
  • Sulphur based reagents (dimethylsulfate, mercaptans,)
  • Sodium methoxide
  • Sodium cyanide
  • Silane derivatives
  • Amines (Pyridine, TEA)
  • Methane sulfonic acids
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Sulphonamide derivatives
  • Chloroformates
  • Carbamates
  • Sulfonyl urea

Key technical capabilities

  • Friedel-Crafts reactions
  • Organometallic chemistry
  • Heterocyclic chemistry
  • C-C bond formation reactions
  • Catalytic Hydrogenation
  • Prince reaction
  • Diels-Alder reaction
  • Corey-Chaykovsky Reaction
  • Epoxidations
  • Chlorination
  • Bromination
  • Alkylation and Acylations
  • Oxidations
  • Reductions
  • Cyanation
  • Thermal rearrangements
  • Optical resolution

Specialised technologies

  • Grignard reactions
  • Cross-coupling technologies (Heck, Suzuki, etc.)
  • Buchwald CN coupling
  • Asymmetric synthesis
  • Vapour phase chemistry