Gauthier Croix, Business development, Chemium

Can you explain the unique aspects of Chemium’s continuous flow technology for producing organometallics, specifically Grignard reagents?
Continuous flow processes are known to bring several benefits/features to chemical manufacturing, the most common ones being: enhanced safety thanks to the limited reactor volumes and temperature regulation, tight reaction control leading to increased efficiency and reduction of wastes, energy efficiency, lower footprint, …
The drawback of these types of processes, however, is that they are usually unsuitable for reactions involving solids. Hence, the ability of the MgFlow technology to handle solids, both in the raw materials (metal turnings) and final products (precipitates in the solution in some cases), is a unique feature, especially considering that it can run at a multi tons scale for weeks without interruption.