Materials research: Biocatalytic foams with enormous durability and activity

KIT Researchers Develop a New Class of Materials for Biocatalysis Processes from Enzymes

01-Aug-2023 - Industrial biocatalysis with enzymes is considered a "gamechanger" in the development of a sustainable chemical industry. With the help of enzymes, an impressive range of complex molecules such as active pharmaceutical ingredients can be synthesized under environmentally friendly conditions. ...

Green chemistry: BAM investigates pharmaceutical production without solvents and CO₂ emissions

Pharmaceutical production with mechanochemistry

28-Nov-2022 - The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is developing a more sustainable process to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients in a major EU project: The pilot project is intended to demonstrate the advantages of mechanochemistry for more environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral ...

More Sustainability with Mechanochemistry

Research project will develop new environmentally friendly methods for manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients using mechanochemistry as a disruptive technology

29-Sep-2022 - Flour, coffee or spices: Many people know the principle of a mill from the kitchen. But special mills are also used for research purposes in the laboratories of the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung. The scientists are convinced that mechanochemistry can make the chemical industry more ...

On our way to the bio-economy: High-performance biocatalyst discovered

Future applications primarily in the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients, but also in the synthesis of fine chemicals expected

22-May-2020 - In the bioeconomy, biotechnological processes are replacing processes that rely on fossil resources. Microorganisms and enzymes are being used in targeted fashion as biocatalysts for industrial production. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have now discovered an enzyme that offers great ...

How to brew high-value fatty acids with brewer's yeast

15-Mar-2017 - Short-chain fatty acids are high-value constituents of cosmetics, active pharmaceutical ingredients, antimicrobial substances, aromas or soap. To date, it has only been possible to extract them from crude oil by chemical means or from certain plants, such as coconut, using a complex process. ...

An assembly line for medications

Efavirenz can now be produced more cost efficiently and sustainable utilizing continuous flow chemistry.

25-Feb-2015 - Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI) and the Freie Universität Berlin have succeeded in developing better methods of producing APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients). As a result, Efavirenz, one of the preferred agents for treating HIV in combination ...

Saltigo focuses on palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

Nobel Prize-winning chemistry in industrial use

28-Oct-2010 - Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have become an important cornerstone of modern organic synthesis chemistry. They have made a wide variety of active pharmaceutical ingredients, natural substances and other complex organic molecules economically accessible. The award of this year's ...

Joint separation: Cooperation will extend service offerings of LANXESS subsidiary

04-Oct-2010 - Saltigo GmbH, the specialist in custom synthesis based in Langenfeld, Germany, and Reuter Chemische Apparatebau KG (RCA) of Freiburg, Germany, concluded a cooperation agreement on October 1. The companies will jointly develop processes for the synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients and ...