Fresh chemistry technologies

Based near Cambridge, UK, Asynt specialises in providing innovative technologies for the chemical synthesis sector. The company has grown rapidly over the last year and has an international customer base in both the research and biopharmaceutical sectors.

This has already resulted in a wide range of products for medicinal chemistry and parallel synthesis (DrySyn reaction block, J-KEM personal synthesiser, Omni reaction station, Africa flow reactors), custom synthesis and building blocks (PharmaCore), and chromatography (Analogix/Interchim columns).

According to Asynt's product director, Martyn Fordham, chemical synthesis is an area receptive to innovation. 'While there has been massive investment in recent years in chemical modelling software and systems, the fact remains that compounds still have to be made. Indeed due to the rapid introduction of HTS technologies, the pressure on synthetic chemistry labs has never been greater. It is precisely these people we set out to help.

After listening to them and understanding the challenges they are facing we develop both our own solutions as well as sourcing interesting complimentary products.

Our DrySyn range is a direct result of this approach - based on feedback we were getting on problems with oil baths we believe we have developed a solution that matches and surpasses the performance of traditional oil baths but also is safer, practical and environmentally friendly.'

Asynt's product pipeline currently contains several other exciting new products for chemistry applications which are due to be launched throughout 2004/5.