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Thursday 1 September 2016

ChromSoc nitrilase flow chemistry project 5

We have looked at the conversion of 4-cyanopyridine to isonicotinic acid using our mesoscale flow chemistry apparatus containing a nitrilase enzyme immobilized in alginate. Here is an example of our results.


Rob flowed the reaction medium through the device, and took a measurement of the amount of ammonia (using our colorimetric nitrilase assay) available after each cycle. Each cycle took about 20 minutes. It has not reached completion but seems to be a fairly robust system as far as it goes.

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