(Mettler-Toledo: Zurich, Switzerland) -- The FlowIR flow chemistry monitoring system from Mettler-Toledo Inc., a leader in research and development of precision instruments, is providing valuable insight into the chemical synthesis projects performed by The Ley Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. FlowIR is a dedicated Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) instrument for real-time continuous flow chemistry monitoring.

Fast, real-time information has enabled The Ley Group, which is a large, widely recognized group of researchers with a broad interest in organic chemistry, to gain a greater understanding of reaction and consequently has allowed processes to be optimized far more quickly. This has meant fewer experiments and time savings which are critical in the highly-competitive academic landscape.

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