Application
Do you know the exact endpoint of your batch?
Or are you running to a fixed time and hoping for the best? Real-time monitoring gives immediate feedback on concentration changes, reaction rates and conversion, so decisions are made during the run.
By implementing real-time reaction monitoring, you can
- Optimise reaction conditions with precision.
- Detect deviations and side reactions early.
- Accelerate development and troubleshooting.
- Ensure consistent product quality and performance.
How it works
What the setup looks like
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0.1 mL void
A flow cell on a recirculation loop or side stream. No grab sample, no lab trip.
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No sampling delay
The answer arrives while the reaction is still running.
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Non-invasive
Sample integrity is preserved for further testing or downstream analysis.
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Simple setup
No specialised training and no complex instrumentation required.
Calibrated to your chemistry
We offer a personalised service to build and integrate calibration models directly into our software platform, so you can monitor reactant and product concentrations in real time — tailored to your specific chemistry. With this service you eliminate manual calibration steps, streamline data collection and interpretation, and enable real-time decisions in complex reactions.
An example measurement: the aldol reaction of acetone at room temperature, followed continuously.
Measured, not asserted
We monitored the aldol condensation of acetone over a strongly basic ion-exchange resin, following reactant consumption and product formation continuously as the reaction ran — including the further condensation of the diacetone alcohol that forms first. Because the instrument is small enough to sit in the setup rather than beside it, the experiment needed 3–5 mL of sample rather than a series of grab samples.
That matters most where the reagents are expensive or the chemistry is only available at small scale, which is where a conventional analyser is hardest to justify.
Bring us a reaction
We will tell you what mid-IR would show you about it, and where it makes sense we will test the technology on your own process samples first.