Alfa Aesar,
a Johnson Matthey Company, is introducing a new line of anhydrous solvents featuring
the new Active Dry™ alkali metal silica gel system (Na-SG-I), an efficient
drying agent and impurity remover for solvents and anionic polymerization processes.
Commonly used drying agents require distillation to remove traces of the agent.
Standard drying procedures are also a tedious limiting factor in both at laboratory
and industrial production scale reactions.
Active Dry™ provides drying performance on par with other recognized
methods with the added benefit of not requiring a post-drying and post-purifying
workup. Each Active Dry™ solvent includes an Active Dry™ pouch immersed
in the solvent to ensure dryness, and is sealed using Alfa Aesar’s exclusive
ChemSeal™ septum caps. The initial line of solvents includes benzene,
heptane, hexane, pentane, tetrahydrofuran and toluene.
A full listing of products included in the addendum can be accessed at www.alfa.com/en/product/active
dry. To request a free Active Dry™ brochure, contact Alfa Aesar at
1-800-343-0660, email info@alfa.com, or visit
www.alfa.com.