Flow and Microreactor Technology in Medicinal Chemistry

Computer-controlled chemical synthesis using flow chemistry microreactors is the key enabling technology for the chemistry laboratory of the future. Early adopters of this ground-breaking technology describe current and future uses in medicinal chemistry.

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Esther Alza is the Manager of ERTFLOW at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), in Tarragona, Spain. Having obtained her PhD from ICIQ working on asymmetric catalysis and flow chemistry, she moved to the University of Cambridge as a Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow to work on medicinal chemistry. After this, she returned to ICIQ to lead the establishment of ERTFLOW as technology development unit and future spin-off company.