Grignard reagent intermediates will be commercialised by Chemium, whilst partners will cooperate in offering integrated solutions around Grignard chemistry. Download the press release
Grignard reagents, originally reported in the early 20th century, have become and still remain a useful tool for creating carbon-carbon bonds in the chemical industry. They found application in pharma, agrochemicals, perfumes, electronics, material science, energy storage, … Simultaneously, organomagnesium reagents remain a very active area in research. Yet, their synthesis mode hasn’t evolved much and most of large-scale Grignard production campaigns are carried out in batch mode. As a result, the chemical industry faces significant safety and quality issues when it comes to producing Grignard reagents. Chemium has designed the MgFlow ® Technology in order to by-pass these obstacles,…
Louvain-La-Neuve, September 29th 2022,Based on the Flow Chemistry concepts and advanced simulation techniques, CHEMIUM has developed a novel, safe, reliable and highly flexible continuous flow technology, to produce Grignard reagents at industrial scale.Discovered by Victor Grignard in 1900, this family of magnesium-based reagents is largely used in the industry for the key chemical transformation that leads to carbon-carbon bond formation, giving to chemists the ability to build or extend the carbon backbone of chemical structures. This amazing chemistry has proven to be a key element in the production of useful products in highly dynamic markets such as pharmaceutical, agrochemical or…