Zinsser Analytic GmbH - NAVIGATOR™

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis

It’s like a dream come true: Speeding up synthesis with a microwave. Zinsser Analytic and CEM have combined forces in the development of an integrated sample preparation system with a microwave under the trade name “Navigator”. It enhances speed, reproducibility and yield in synthesis.

The Navigator is based on our well proven workbenches LISSY®, CALLI®, and LIPOS with a cut-out on the right for the microwave. It offers the various options of a pipetting robot: accurate dispensing of dry materials such as powders, resins, salts, as well as liquids, mixing, adding reagents, level detection of liquids, disposable tips, etc. Integrated with shakers, cooling or heating vortexers, vacuum stations and balances it becomes a unique chemical workstation. For safe microwave treatment the CEM pressure seals are automatically put on the reaction tubes prior to feeding it into the microwave. It also de-caps the tubes if necessary for sample addition or retrieval. This is a real walk away system, with no manual intervention required. The Navigator™ can be used as a work-horse for microwave synthesis or combined with sample preparation and/or post synthesis work-up all on the same platform.

The Navigator™ software is based on WinLissy software and communicates with the Discover™ microwave calling up methods and displaying the data on the screen. For automatic weighing-in, the clever WeighWizard software is available as an option.