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20 January 2012

2012 Course Schedule

Posted in Process Chemistry, Latest News

Now available

Our training courses schedule is now available for download - this covers most of the events we have planned for this year. If you are interested in booking some places on some of these popular courses please call or use the registration forms on each event.

18 January 2012

Grignards in Process R&D

Posted in Process Chemistry

Optional Short Course at OPR&D San Francisco

If you want to keep up to date on the practical considerations on the formation of Grignard Reagents, then you may be interested in our optional half day course to be held on day two of our popular conference - Organic Process Research & Development.  You can register for the short course only or attend the entire event - you are sure to learn helpful and key information from leading experts at this leading international event.

20 July 2011

The Scale Up of Chemical Processes

Written by Dr Claire Francis, Posted in Process Chemistry

Conference Report

The 12th International Conference on The Scale Up of Chemical Processes was held in Boston last week and was attended by 85 organic chemists and chemical engineers from all over the world.

There were 16 speakers, from a variety of global companies talking about process efficiency, yield and throughput, safety and environmental issues and other problems faced when scaling up.

'I enjoyed the mix of various perspectives within this unified topic'

10 June 2011

Why Should Development Chemists be interested in Mixing?

Written by Dr Trevor Laird, Posted in Process Chemistry

When chemists are developing processes in the laboratory on small scale the reactions will often be selective for the desired product, partly as a result of the reaction conditions chosen by the chemist and partly because the reactions are usually well mixed.  During development, it is important that work is carried out that is relevant to the likely operational conditions at scale so issues such as rate of reagent addition, point of addition and impact of agitation are evaluated to guide the development of the process and not just the chemistry

14 April 2011

Why Exhibit at Scientific Update Conferences?

Posted in Process Chemistry

Reach your target customers

Our conferences feature the latest case studies presented by leading international experts in their specialist fields and exhibitors can present their products or services directly to delegates during our informal networking events and coffee breaks. We have added  some videos featuring just some of the exhibitors at our recent OPR&D Florida.

If you have a product or service which you would like to exhibit or sponsor a future event please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

14 April 2011

Organic Process R&D Florida

Posted in Process Chemistry

Florida USA, 28 Feb - 2 March 2011

15 February 2011

Chemistry Year Reflections

Written by Dr John Knight, Posted in Process Chemistry

Moving into another year, and indeed another decade, I have been in a reflective frame of mind, looking back at what has been as we step forward again into another new era.  Amongst my thoughts are the chemistries and technologies that have caught my attention and which continue to enthuse me!

09 February 2011

What are the Top 10 Organic Reactions?

Written by Dr Will Watson, Posted in Process Chemistry

2011 is International Year of Chemistry and we were discussing what we can do at Scientific Update to honour this. That's when we started talking about what would be our 'Top 10' Organic Reactions - so here are my thoughts...