Newly integrated real-time camera for complete experimental data capture.
Temperature Range: -40 °C – 180 °C
Operating Volume: 1 mL – 100 mL
Automated parallel reactor system with larger reaction vessels.
Temperature Range: -40 °C – 180 °C
Operating Volume: 40 mL – 400 mL
Simplify organic chemistry and eliminate dangerous handling of oil and ice baths.
Temperature Range: -40 °C – 180 °C
Operating Volume: 60 mL – 1,000 mL
A touchscreen-based control unit to automate and monitor jacketed lab reactors.
Temperature Range and Operating Volume determined by the selected thermostat and JLR configuration.
World-leading reaction calorimeter for process safety and scale-up.
Temperature Range: -70 °C – 300 °C
Operating Volume: 100 mL – 22 L
Modern chemical laboratories require reliable data and efficient workflows. Automated synthesis workstations standardize experimental execution and continuously record experimental conditions, enabling chemists to:
With automation and digital data capture, scientists can focus on chemistry instead of manual reactor control.
Optimize your chemical synthesis by providing precise, reliable automation tailored to complex reactions. The intuitive touchscreen enables seamless control of temperature, pressure, stirring, and dosing, ensuring consistent conditions and reproducibility.
Its user-friendly interface and advanced data management let chemists monitor and adjust processes in real time, enabling efficient experimentation, faster development, and reliable scale-up from lab to production—making it essential for modern chemical synthesis.
With reactor volumes ranging in scale from lab to pilot plant, we offer a comprehensive selection of chemical synthesis equipment and accessories to meet your unique application:
To develop safe and scalable chemical processes, scientists must fully understand reaction behavior. METTLER TOLEDO synthesis reactors integrate seamlessly with in-situ analytical technologies including:
Combining reactor data with analytical insights enables deeper process understanding and faster development of robust manufacturing processes.
Enhance capabilities with iControl software to develop scalable processes by qualifying the required design space and combining reactor data with information from process analytical tools (PAT). Make more accurate judgments and complete projects efficiently.
iControl records all actions during the experiment for full traceability and easy reuse of recipes. Preprogram some or all your tasks for unattended operation. Set points can also be changed directly on the reactor graphic or by dragging and dropping tasks into the procedure.
"The EasyMax touchpad and vessel setup is easy and state-of-the-art. I can plan reactions ahead so I can focus on my chemistry rather than working on equipment issues…"
"We have distributed EasyMax units to individual users and established walk-up EasyMax workstations and they are used in both early- and late-stage development."
“The EasyMax platform will allow us to control reaction parameters with precision that we simply would not be able to achieve by hand with more traditional reactor setups."
"Obviously, replicability is one of our first and foremost reasons of why we use the EasyMax. We can increase yield and the replicability is fantastic and we can actually have a lot of control on the processing parameters."
"The EasyMax system is simple, reliable and is the workhorse in our lab. Our enjoyment of this product extends beyond the equipment itself …"
OptiMax lab reactor systems are designed to ensure safe, robust, and scalable processes. Researchers can characterize and optimize chemical reactions on the liter scale before going to manufacturing. OptiMax chemical reactors are applied for go/no-go safety considerations when scaling up by identifying enthalpy, heat capacity, as well as heat and mass transfer under process-like conditions. OptiMax synthesis reactors are widely applied when engineering particles by crystallization with particle size analyzers.
Solutions that enable a culture of safety must fulfill the needs of every scientist, minimize all risks to ensure maximum personal safety, enable the development of process conditions that match large-scale operations, and assess hazards to predict the risks of a process.
We developed EasyMax and OptiMax to limit or eliminate chemical exposure, maximizing personal safety in the laboratory by controlling preprogrammed reactions safely and automatically. Reduce exposure risk and design processes that are inherently safer.
Discover breakthrough molecules and explore novel synthetic steps. With a broad application range, automated chemical reactors pose no limits on your creativity and productivity in the chemical synthesis laboratory. Reactor volumes range from 8 mL tubes to 1 L vessels, and one- or two-piece reactors fit your chemistry and workflow.
EasyMax and Optimax chemical synthesis reactors operate at temperatures from -90 °C to 180 °C and offer overhead and magnetic stirring, as well as vacuum, ambient, and high-pressure chemistry, making it easy and enjoyable to solve complex chemistry problems.
Chemical synthesis reactors are vessels in which chemical reactions take place. Reaction parameters, such as temperature, dosing, stirring, and sampling, are set to perform a synthesis reaction. The accuracy and precision of those reaction parameters play an important role in the selectivity, conversion, and reproducibility of the chemical reaction.
There are three types of chemical reactors:
Batch reactors are stirred-tank reactors where the chemical reaction occurs in a confined space over a period of time.
Continuous stirred-tank reactors, or semi-batch reactors, add reactants continuously while removing by-products.
Plug-flow reactors are usually tubular reactors, where the conversion of chemical reactions is influenced by residence time.
The preparation of manual lab equipment tends to be cumbersome and slow while putting the scientist at risk of exposure. Traditional setups also tend to be poorly controlled when limiting the range of reaction parameters, including T, p, pH, and sampling, which risks inconsistent and non-reproducible results. Information gaps limit understanding if data is not recorded or documentation is lost.
METTLER TOLEDO automated chemical synthesis reactor systems are designed for quick start-up, easy handling, precise control, intrinsic safety, and seamless data analysis and reporting.
Additionally, the RX-10 reactor control system can connect to your existing jacketed lab reactor to automate cumbersome tasks for those who do not need full workstation setups. This reactor control system uses the same touchscreen interface as the full workstations for seamless workflows.
Because our chemical synthesis reactors are designed to minimize bottlenecks and maximize the efficiency of the chemical laboratory, our models easily enable Design of Experiment (DoE) studies to produce high-quality experimental data. You can use METTLER TOLEDO reactors to optimize reaction and process parameters and explore how various combinations of settings such as temperature, pH, dosing, and stirring affect outcomes.
EasyMax Advanced offers more features than its Basic/Standard counterpart. The Advanced personal synthesis workstation offers a more comprehensive platform for information management, including graph trends and task sequences on the touchscreen and full data capture/experiment documentation. You can also easily integrate and add the capabilities of:
The 102 and 402 designations indicate the maximum volume and number of reactors available in the given workstation (i.e. 102 = up to two 100 mL vessels, while 402 = up to two 400 mL vessels)
See all Basic and Advanced models:
Yes! The Easy Control Box (ECB) accessory, purchased separately, extends your reactor for automated control and data capture of third-party devices, including sensors and dosing/sampling solutions.
ECB provides dosing control capabilities and easily connects commercially available pumps and balances for automated pre-programmed gravimetric or volumetric dosing. The accessory has plug-and-measure functionality with SmartConnect technology sensors. Control elements are automatically recognized, making reactor configuration simple and easy.
Below is a selection of publications about chemical synthesis reactors.