Synthesis and Separations • State-of-the-art synthetic laboratory • Several microwave reactors: mono- mode, multimode, peptide synthesizer • Flow chemistry: Thalesnano X- Cube flow reactor, Chemtrix microflow reactor • Chromatography: MPLC, HPLC, Chromatotron • UV-reactor, Parr apparatus, steel pressure reactors • Heidolph Synthesis - parallel synthesis equipment Spectroscopy • NMR spectroscopy: Bruker 600, 400, 300 MHz + automatization • Mass spectrometry: LC-MS and GC-MS • FTIR, UV Vis spectrofotometers Research Themes Research Infrastructure Opportunities to collaborate Molecular Design and Synthesis - Organic Synthesis Leuven Chem&Tech • Leuven NanoCentre • Implementation of new synthetic methodology in material and medicinal chemistry • Availability of libraries of medicinally relevant compounds • Advanced NMR spectroscopy, NMR screening, characterization of natural products • Synthesis and application of novel fluorescent dyes, ligands, sensors, supramolecular hosts • Process enhancement e.g. microwave-assisted chemistry, flow chemistry Contact Department of Chemistry Molecular Design and Synthesis Celestijnenlaan 200F 3001 LEUVEN, Belgium http://chem.kuleuven.be/en/research /mds/index.html To all Leuven Chem&Tech and Leuven NanoCentre scientific posters More info on these research themes Heterocyclic and Medicinal Chemistry • Multicomponent reactions • Design of peptides and peptidomimetics • Natural product derivatives • Diversity-oriented synthesis Supramolecular Chemistry • Macrocyclic chemistry: porphyrins, calixarenes, cyclophanes • Dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers • (Hetera)helicenes, atropoisomeric compounds • Fluorescent dyes and sensors Synthetic Methodology • Transition metal catalysis • Selectivity of organic reactions • Microwave assisted organic synthesis • Flow chemistry • Solid phase organic and peptide synthesis