UV Photoreactor 254 nm and 310 nm

Our UV Photoreactor Lucent360™ is available with LED light sources at 254 nm, 300 nm, 310 nm, 340 nm, 365 nm as well as visible light (see here).

This UV photoreactor Lucent360™ is capable to perform experiments with several wavelengths simultaneously and a temperature controlled from 0°C to 80°C. The glassware is available in quartz material.

Lucent360

 

Lucent UV Side Lights


Lucent UV Bottom Lights

We tested the Lucent360 UV capability using 2 different reactions; an actinometric reaction using the photoisomerization of a azobenzene (Fig. 1) and a [2+2] photocycloaddition of maleimide and 1-hexyne (Fig. 2).

Figure 1

 

Figure 2

 

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Catching up with the Lucent360™

At midyear 2024: we feature 3 papers, highlighting key uses for the Lucent360™: Reaction method development, Scale up in batch, and Photochemistry in flow.

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Photocatalytic Radiolabeling with 18F in Flow

Flow photochemistry in the PhotoRedOx Box™ is Hot as F! This month, we feature novel photoredox induced fluorination for radiolabeling a wide range of pharmaceutically relevant small molecules.

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Metal-free “metal-catalyzed” reactions: Serendipitous Impurities in Photocatalysis

A metal-free, metal-catalyzed reaction? Confused? Sounds like a contradiction? Chemistry is rife with examples of trace metal impurities playing an unwelcome (or occasionally key) role in transition metal catalysis.

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Photochemistry Tutorials

From time to time, it’s useful to take a step back and look at some of the basics of photochemistry. This month we thought we would share a few of our favorite short quick reads, on fundamental photochemistry topics.

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2023 Photochemistry Year in Review

Here is our list of the 23 photochemistry papers that we thought were the best funniest oddest most interesting or downright unexpected of 2023.

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Photocatalytic Antimicrobials

No one wants to think about all the nasty microorganisms floating around out there. Learn how researchers are getting rid of them with Photocatalytic Antimicrobials.

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Searching for the origin of life with a 365nm LED (with Photoredox Organocatalysis)

Mmm… What’s in the Soup? How did life begin? Were the first catalysts, photocatalysts? Read about the recent account by Oliver Trapp and coworkers on their work at prebiotic photoredox organocatalysis.

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Hot for HAT and HAT for HOT (labels): Photochemical methods for isotopic labeling

Photochemical methods for isotopic labeling connect two favorite interests: drug metabolism and photochemistry. Isotope labeled drugs are critical in ADME studies, imaging, and radiolabeled ligand binding studies…

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Summer Beach Reads

Here is a midyear recap of photochemistry papers that we thought were the best, funniest, oddest, most interesting, or downright unexpected so far this year.

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Shining a Light on DNA Sequencing

This month we highlight recent work of several students from the Balasubramanian Lab at the University of Cambridge using EvoluChem Photoredox Boxes in their graduate studies.

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Fenton Boat Photocatalysis: An Adventure with Iron and Wood

Photocatalysis with iron and wood? Fenton Boats? Stick around and we’ll explain—And show you a video of a photocatalyst boat!