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WORKSTATIONS:
ARGONAUT TECHNOLOGIES
Argonaut
Technologies offers a broad
line of semiautomated synthesizers.
Its
Quest™ line includes the Quest™ 205 and Quest™ 210.
The first digit in the designation number describes the number of
racks and the last 2 digits the number of reaction vessels per rack.
So the Quest™ 205 has two 5-fritted tube racks and the Quest™
210 has two 10-fritted tube racks. In the Quest™ line all vessels
are simultaneously vertical-agitated (up-and-down movement) by means
of magnetic bars, the Quest™ has capabilities for inert atmosphere
as well as heating and cooling conditions, and it comes with an
automated solvent wash module.
Quest™
205
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Quest™
210
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For more information on the Ques™ synthesizers click
here.
For
information on accessories for the Quest™ synthesizers click
here.
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FirstMate™
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In
a similar fashion, Argonaut has a new parallel multichannel
synthesizer called FirstMate™. The FirstMate™ line
comes in a 206-frame configuration (2 rows of 6 tubes). The
FirstMate™ frame can accommodate 2 aluminum blocks each
one capable of holding three varieties of glass-made test
tubes (13mm x 150mm, 16mm x 150mm, or 25mm x 150 mm) with
teflon® caps. As in the Quest line, the FirstMate™
also offers heating and cooling capabilities and vertical
agitation.
For
more information on the FirstMate™ click
here.
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Nautilus™ 2400 was the first synthesizer Argonaut Technologies
offered to the public. The Nautilus™ 2400 synthesizer holds
up to 3 8-vessel racks for the synthesis of up to 24 individual
compounds. The Nautilus™ 2400 not only can hold 4 different
types of glass-made vessels (5 ml, 8 ml, 15 ml, and 23 ml) with
teflon® caps, inlet tubes and frits, but it can also heat
and cool (-40 °C to 150 °C) individually each reaction
vessel. Mixing is performed by rocking each rack in a 220 degree
angle. The Nautilus™ 2400 comes with an autosampler capable
of delivering up to 88 reagents to the reaction vessels, and
it also comes with a reagent-solvent delivery chamber. Collection
of final products is done with the same autosampler. For more
information on the Nautilus™ 2400 click
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Nautilus™
2400
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Surveyor™
system
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The
Surveyor™ system is a more powerful version of the Quest
205. The Surveyor has the 2 5-vessel racks one next to the
other (the Quest 205 has the racks one in front of the other).
This system offers individual control of reagent and solvent
delivery, reaction time and temperature (-40 °C to 140
°C) to each one of the 10 75-ml reaction vessels.
The
Surveyor comes with and integrated Hewlett-Packard 1100 HPLC
system for unattended on-line sample analysis. The Surveyor
also comes with email notification capabilities. For more
information on the Surveyor™ system click
here.
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The
Endeavor™ system has been designed for material science
research. The Endeavor™ holds 8 15-ml reaction vessels
offering individual control on temperature (up to 200 °C)
and pressure (500 psi) conditions. Mixing in the Endeavor™
is performed using impellers (up to 500 rpm).
For
more information on the Endeavor™ system click
here.
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Endeavor™
system
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Trident™
synthesizer
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The
Trident™ synthesizer is the most recent system by Argonaut
for high-throughput organic synthesis. The Trident™ holds
up to 4 reaction cassettes each cassette holding up to 48
glass-made reaction vessels in a 6 x 8 format to give a maximum
throughput of 192 compounds. The Trident™ offers full
control of temperature, agitation and solvent/reagent delivery.
For smaller throughput Argonaut also offers an agitation-thermal
unit that takes 1 reaction cassette with solvent/reagent,
agitation and cooling/heating (-40 °C to 150 °C)
capabilities.
For more information on the Trident™ synthesizer click
here.
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Argonaut Technologies also offers a line of
resins and reagents for both solution and solid-phase synthesis.
For more information about it here at CombiChem Lab click
here.
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