Fast, Reproducible Synthesis Reduces Research Costs: EasyMax 102

Oct. 20, 2010 - PRLog -- Schwerzenbach, Switzerland - April 1, 2010 - METTLER TOLEDO is pleased to introduce EasyMaxTM 102, an innovative, semi-automated chemical synthesis reactor system. EasyMax replaces traditional and more cumbersome chemical synthesis processes that rely on round-bottom flasks, oil and ice baths.

EasyMax's intuitive design improves productivity in synthetic chemical development. Requiring almost no set-up time and operated by a simple touchpad, EasyMax has a built-in, solid-state thermostat covering a wide temperature range without a cryostat. Less machinery, fewer measurement steps and a smaller bench footprint help researchers in pharmaceuticals, specialty chemical, fine chemicals and academia achieve a research win-win: reduced experiment costs coupled with shorter time-to-market.

"Enhanced productivity in synthetic chemistry is the key to successful product development going forward," says Urs Groth, Reaction Engineering Marketing Communication Manager, METTLER TOLEDO. Noting research decisions must often be made quickly, "EasyMax’s simplified system replaces traditional equipment with an alternative that provides more accurate, higher-quality data. The number of experiments required to substantiate outcomes is reduced, increasing a chemist’s productivity and substantially decreasing synthetic chemical development costs"

EasyMax's user-friendliness - centered around its easy-read touchpad - offers local control and displays experiment data as either trends or numbers. A new research assistant's learning curve is significantly reduced. Plus, the robust nature of EasyMax's electronic data capturing capabilities improves data traceability, further enhancing synthetic chemical experiment quality.

The iC Software Suite included with EasyMax integrates the entire experimental workflow, making it simple to visualize, interpret and report data, as well as compare different chemical synthesis experiments. Data can be collected or stored in-unit and easily transferred to PC via USB. Seamless integration of the synthesis reactor with online analytical programs such as mid-infrared-based ReactIRTM or the FBRM particle characterization system provides a wealth of useful information describing the reaction’s progress.

The powerful, proprietary heating and cooling system METTLER TOLEDO developed for EasyMax gives the chemical synthesis reactor the ability to achieve consistent temperatures ranging from 40 degrees C to +180 degrees C without a cryostat. Researchers in pharmaceuticals, specialty /fine chemical development and academia have long understood consistent temperatures improve the quality of data, make experiments reproducible and equate to more reliable synthetic chemistry results.

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