R & D CAPABILITIES

Elan Chemical R&D

WE CURRENTLY DO THE FOLLOWING

  • Literature research for background and precedents on desired chemical target or process
  • Creation and Development of chemical processes
  • Scale up from laboratory size to pilot scale (50 liters) to plant size
  • Monitor reactions with GC, HPLC, TLC
  • Purifications by distillation and crystallization
  • Characterizations of target compounds by IR, NMR, MS, melting point, boiling point, etc.
  • Catalyst-filled high-temperature metal tube reactors for continuous processes
  • Hydrogenations in Parr shaker, 1-liter autoclave and 1-gallon autoclave
  • Esterifications, Aldol condensations, Retro-aldol condensations, Grignard reactions, Alkylations
  • Extract active components from natural sources