• Simultaneously performs up to twelve heated and stirred reactions for guaranteed reproducibility
• Individual glass reaction tubes have a volume of 3 to 25ml per tube
• Fits on a standard Carousel or IKA hotplate stirrer, utilising existing and readily available technology
• Water cooled aluminum reflux head provides proven efficient refluxing within individual glass reaction tubes
• A radial gas distribution system & gas-tight PTFE caps, allow air sensitive reactions under an inert atmosphere
• Increased maximum operating temperature range from ambient to +180°C (220°C for short periods)
• Low profile base reduces heat-up time
• Quick release water coupling with shut-off value for drip free connection/removal of cooling water supply
• Stainless Steel radial gas distribution barbs for improved chemical resistance
• No electrical or moving parts ensure maintenance free operation

November 2006

"As a Process Chemist I have to deliver compounds for toxicological testing, for this I need to generate information on reactions: what works, what doesn't work, what factors influence the reaction, what the most important factors are, and how they influence a useful, scaleable workup. For this to be done efficiently, then it can't be done one experiment at a time, as this would take too long, and runs the risk of having to make comparisons between reactions run on different sets of equipment. In short using Radleys Reaction Carousels, combined with autosamplers on HPLCs, have changed the way I do chemistry for the better."

Since I first got my hands on a Radleys Reaction Carousel, I don't think it left my hands for at least 6 months, and that was only because one of my colleagues was so impressed with it that he wanted to borrow it for a short while. Our small group now has a variety of Carousels (12 and 6 place, reflux and cold), and I can honestly say that over the last 5-6 years, I don't think there has a day gone by without myself or one of my colleagues using one. It has come to the point now that when we talk about doing a set of experiments for route scouting or optimisation, we refer to it as 'doing a Carousel'. That is a reflection of how much it has positively changed our ways of working."