Genevac has released the Rocket Evaporator, which can simultaneously dry or concentrate up to six large volume flasks.
Synthesising and separating enantiomers of organic compounds have attracted considerable interest in recent years.
Chromatographic methods are often used for the separating, or monitoring the progress of, an asymmetric synthesis.
In preparative syntheses, the chiral analytes of interest are typically separated in large volumes of solvent.
Concentrating or drying these samples with a rotary evaporator is time-consuming and may cause thermal degradation of separated chiral products.
The Rocket Evaporator contains a low temperature, low pressure steam-heating technology.
It quickly evaporates and precisely controls temperature, thereby speeding up the safe production of chiral separation samples.
A two-stage cold trap built into the Rocket Evaporator provides high levels of solvent recovery, even with volatile organic solvents.
It requires no peripherals for operation and fits neatly onto a laboratory bench or into a fume hood.
