• Simultaneously performs up to six heated and stirred reactions for guaranteed reproducibility
• Choose from six 5ml, 10ml, 25ml, 50ml, 100ml, 170ml or 250ml glass reaction flasks, or a combination of flask sizes in the same system for complete flexibility
• Fits on a standard Carousel or IKA hotplate stirrer or similar, utilising existing and readily available technology
• Water cooled aluminum reflux head provides proven efficient refluxing within individual glass reflux necks
• A radial gas distribution system & gas-tight PTFE caps, allows air sensitive reactions under an inert atmosphere
• Heated directly by the stirrer’s hotplate; providing an operating temperature range from ambient to +180°C, with temperature accuracy of +/-0.5°C
• The carousel 6 Place flasks are compatible with Genevac Centrifugal Evaporators and IKA Rotary Evaporators

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."