Revolutionizing Hydrogenation: The H-Cube Reactor

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http://www.thalesnano.com/products/h-cube


Hopefully I can convince the boss to buy one of those puppies. They sound so friggin sweet

-mg to 100g scale hydrogenations
-premade cartridges w/ desired catalysts
-0-100 C temperature
-1-100 bar pressures can be used
-can monitor reaction progress of hydrogenation


I always hate disposing of things like raney nickel or other catalysts that turn pyrophoric after being exposed to hydrogen. This things sounds amazing.
 

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Very cool! Any idea of the replacement cartridge selection and cost?
 
chemisttree said:
Very cool! Any idea of the replacement cartridge selection and cost?

So far the selection of catalyst catridges that I know of are
-5% Rh/C
-10% Pd/C
-5% Rhenium/C
-Raney Ni
-Pearlman's
-Lindlar's
-PtO2


Pretty good selection. The apparatus, from what I hear, costs anywhere from $50K-$60k. I'm not sure how much catridges cost. Not cheap, but it sounds like it would be worth it. Apparently it won an award for being one of the top 100 R&D inventions in the world of 2005.
 
Looks like you could build you own with a used HPLC pump and a small hydrogen generator.