Understanding the mechanism of a chemical reaction is an important step away from trial-and-error-based reaction optimization. By studying the structures of intermediates, for how long they exist, and the ways in which they can and cannot react, reactions can be intelligently designed and controlled. Infrared absorption is a prime choice for such reaction monitoring tasks due to its sensitivity and specificity. However, the achievable speed is often limited by the available instrumentation.
In this webinar, we will show a full reaction monitoring workflow from setup to result recovery with the IRis-F1 spectrometer and focus on the high signal-to-noise ratios that can be achieved at millisecond time scales without experiment repetition. Continuous reaction monitoring with 220 spectra/second can be achieved with a high spectral resolution of better than 0.3cm-1 which results in a paradigm change in infrared spectroscopy.
17 September 2020 – CET
Speakers
Florian Eigenmann
The webinar will be hosted by Florian Eigenmann, he holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from ETH Zurich and joined IRsweep in 2018 as Head of Sales. He was instrumental in releasing the high spectral resolution version of the IRis-F1 and in developing reaction monitoring applications including stopped flow and curing monitoring. Previously, he was with Bruker Optics and Mettler Toledo for a total of 12 years in Country Manager and Business Development positions for mid-IR applications with a focus on process analytics.
Raphael Horvath
Joining the panel will be Raphael Horvath, he joined IRsweep as an Application Engineer in 2018 after being a research fellow at the University of Nottingham for 5 years where he developed and used several methods for infrared spectroscopy for a range of applications. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Otago.