Faster, Cleaner, Greener

The next evolution of chemical manufacturing

Who We Are

FCG Chemical engineers process intensification technology to reduce chemical manufacturing costs.

Our technology improves productivity at multiple points in the production chain, delivering cost savings through - increased reaction rates - reduced solvent usage - higher yields – rapid scale-up – modular production. Additionally, our process technology helps bring sustainable chemistries to market faster and more profitably. FCG’s microwave-driven continuous flow reactors enable these incredible competitive advantages. The combination of microwave heating and continuous manufacturing delivers process intensification in a fraction of typical development times and capital investment costs compared to batch processing.

What you don't know about microwave chemistry is costing you money.

About Us

FCG is a chemical process technology company. Our focus is improving chemical production using microwaves. We were founded in response to the chemical industry’s need for a microwave scale-up route. By pairing microwave heating with continuous manufacturing we have engineered what we like to call, ‘the ultimate flow chemistry solution’.

Our value proposition is an improved return on capital through process intensification and a pathway to sustainable chemistry with competitive economics.

FCG’s technology is the next evolution in microwave chemistry, a research field that has grown exponentially over the last twenty-five years. Don’t take our word for it. Over the past fifteen years microwave chemistry has made a profound change in the way drugs are discovered. Pharmaceutical companies have used microwave-assisted organic synthesis (MAOS) to develop large compound libraries and cut development time by as much as 90%. Today, every major pharma company uses microwave chemistry as a front-line discovery tool.

Why Choose FCG?

  • Yields are higher through superior process control

  • Greener Chemistry

  • Direct scale-up is possible cutting time to market by anywhere from 50-90%.

By bringing together a team of experienced physicists, chemists, mechanical and chemical engineers, we’ve developed cutting-edge continuous flow reactors that are easy to use and inexpensive to maintain. Our reactor platform is completely modular, making it a flexible “plug-and-play” production system. Furthermore, our systems scale ‘out’ not ‘up’, ensuring that each client’s volume needs can be met while still maintaining the option of increasing capacity later. Finally, FCG’s reactors use consumables that are ‘off the shelf’ and always readily available through the industrial supply chain.

Our Process

Applications

Any reaction that requires heat is a candidate for microwave. Below are just some of the examples of where microwave chemistry has been demonstrated at lab scale. In each case reactions times were reduced and yields improved.

Applicable Synthetic Processes

  • Acylations (Electrophilic aromatic substitutions)
  • Alkylations
  • Amidations
  • Aminations
  • Claisen rearrangement
  • Condensations
  • De-halogenations
  • Dehydrations
  • Ester hydrolysis
  • Ester saponification
  • Estserifications
  • Modified Skraup Reactions
  • Nucleophilic aromatic substitutions
  • Oxidations
  • Pd-mediated coupling (Suzuki, Heck type)
  • Wolff-Kishner reductions
  • Chlorinations
  • Cyanations
  • 1,2-rearrangements
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Compound Class Produced

  • Acid Chlorides
  • Alkenes
  • Anthraquinones
  • Azaindoles
  • Benzene Derivatives
  • Carboxylic acids
  • Crown ether
  • Ethers
  • Fluoronaphthalenes
  • Imidazo[x,y,z]pyridines
  • Indoles
  • Iridium complexes
  • Isoquinolines
  • Nanoparticles
  • OLED materials
  • Phenanthrolines
  • Phenazines
  • Phenols
  • Polymers
  • Pyridines
  • Pyrrolidines
  • Pyrollo[x,y-z] pyridines
  • Quinazolines
  • Quinolines
  • Stilbenes
  • Thiazoles
  • Thiazolo[x,y-z]pyridines
  • Thieno[pyrimidines]
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Contact Us

FCG Chemical, Inc.
3710 Buckeye Street #120 - Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 - United States
info@fcgchemicals.com
561-227-9451 x301