Old Equipment

This dispensing instrument allows for rapid, positive displacement dispensing of many liquid reagents. It can dispense volumes as low as 0.1 μl with dead volumes as low as 6 μl. The Mantis is capable of dispensing into anywhere from 6 to 1536 locations on an SLAS footprint plate. Liquid dispensing with the Mantis is convenient for complicated plate designs, low volume dispensing, and dispensing of liquids incompatible with polypropylene pipette tips.

This reactor holds up to 48 GC vials at a time and can be pressurized up to 300 PSIG. This allows for screening of reactions under elevated temperatures and pressures. Reactions share a common headspace.

This single-user glovebox contains a nitrogen atmosphere with a catalyst for removing air and water. It is designed for the set up and work up of air-sensitive reactions. Contact the CSC for training and information about the types of chemistry that can be performed in this glovebox.

This GC is capable of separating and quantifying gases and organic compounds. The oven is capable of running methods with a temperature range from ambient to 450 °C. The instrument is currently equipped with two inlets, each with their own column. The first (front) inlet is usually equipped with a 5% diphenyl/95% dimethyl polysiloxane stationary phase column and a flame ionization detector. The front inlet column and detector are typically used for the separation and quantification of organic molecules. The second (back) inlet is usually equipped with a mol sieve-coated PLOT column and TCD analyzer. The back inlet and column are designed for the separation and quantification of gases including hydrogen. Thus,  the back inlet is well-suited for reaction headspace analysis. The front detector has a 155-position carousel autosampler while the back inlet is for manual injections. Alternative columns and a gas sampling injector are available if needed.

This high pressure reactor system can perform up to six reactions at different temperatures. It features 45 mL reactors built from Alloy C276 to handle corrosive materials at up to 2500 PSI and 300 °C. Each reactor has independent magnetic stirring, temperature control, and a pressure transducer that records the pressure drop during a reaction. All parameters are controlled and the data recorded by the Parr 4871 process controller and attached computer. This system is ideally suited for medium-throughput screening of simple high-pressure reactions.

These custom-built NMR tubes and accompanying high-pressure gas manifold are designed to pressurize samples up to 500 PSI. The tubes are built from PEEK polymer and are compatible with a range of different solvents. If no corrosive reagents or incompatible solvents are present, PEEK NMR tubes are optimal for observing intermediates and quantifying the kinetics of high pressure reactions. At this stage, it is not possible to add reagents at high pressure.

These orbital-shaking dry bath are capable of orbital mixing of any heating block with an SLAS footprint, including 24, 48, and 96 well plates and arrays of vials. Temperature control is nominally from -10 to 110 °C, although we recommend temperatures stay in the range of 5-100 °C. Given that the  sample is shaken instead of being stirred, almost any reaction can be mixed using these plates.

These 8 and 12 channel electronic pipettes from Eppendorf enable simple, rapid air-displacement pipetting of liquids from 5-1200 μL into 96-well plates. Complex programs such as multi-dispense modes, automated mixing, and automatic dispensing are also available. In addition, we have an electronic Eppendorf positive-displacement repeater pipette capable of dispensing viscous or volatile liquids from 1 μl to 50 ml in one or many dispenses. The pipettes use polypropylene tips and are not amenable to use with all chemicals.