GFS Chemicals, Inc.
Innovation and Commercialization through Chemistry
ISO 9001:2008 Certified
Agenda
•Introduction
•Reagents-Catalog
•Inorganics
•Organic Chemical Division
•Electronic Chemicals
•Discussion/Action
Decades of both chemical and engineering experience
allow GFS to address opportunities in highly specialized
custom inorganic and organic manufacturing.
Background
•1928-Founded, Columbus Ohio.
Perchlorate salts defined early
business.
•Third generation privately held
company.
•Global Business.
•100 Employees
•Commercial quantities from
gram samples up to metric ton
quantities.
•Customer base ranges from
development companies to
Fortune 500 companies.
International Operations
• Sourcing Operations in
• Shanghai China
• Serving over 80 countries
worldwide
• www.GFSInternational.com
– Japanese
– German
– French
– Spanish
Customer Support
• 96%+ of orders ship on time
• GFS maintains inventory for the
most popular reagents
• 95% Lead Time Accuracy
• 80 Years excellent product
quality
• Knowledgeable/Technical Staff
• Customer Satisfaction scores are
among the highest in the
industry
Customer Benefits
• Problem Solving Chemists
Complement Your Project
Team
• Supporting Major Industry
Around the Globe
• Manufacturing High Quality
Chemicals up to metric tons
• Custom Packaging, Drying
and Production
• Competence
• Your Global Sourcing artner
Industries Served
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Environmental
Semiconductor
Pharmaceutical
Flavor & Fragrance
Superconductivity
Petrochemical
Agricultural
Automotive
Defense
Biotechnology
Power and Energy (Fuel
Cells, Batteries, etc)
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Electronics
Chemicals
Aerospace
Polymers
Coatings
Catalysts
Optics
Contract Manufacturing
Water treatment and
Analysis
• Beverage/Dairy
• Quality Control Laboratories
Safety and Environment
• GFS is a Tier II Chem Stewards organization
focused on safety improvement practices and
waste minimization, recovery policies and
controls
• Selected Employees are DOT, IATA and IMO
certified to support all modes of material
logistics to ensure safe and legal shipments
world wide.
Compliance and Quality
• GFS organic production operations are a
zero discharge facility compliant with all
local and federal EPA regulations
• We adhere to ISO 9001:2008 standards for
quality practices and have been ISO
certified since 1997
GFS Catalog Operations
• 70,000 Sq Ft. Operation, Manufacturing and
Distribution Center
• Repack and Fulfillment Center
• Private Label Operation
• Amco Clear Water Analysis Division
• Bottling Operations
• Quality Control Labs
• Manufacturing and Sourcing over 4000
Analytical Reagents
Inorganic Bulk
Manufacturing
U.S. Based Inorganic
Product Development
and Manufacturing
Bulk Inorganics
• Lithium Perchlorate (Battery Electrolyte & Organic
Catalyst)
• Lithium Carbonate, 99.998% (Lithium Crystals &
Organic Catalyst)
• Lithium Iodide (Battery Electrolyte & Organic Catalyst
• Precious Metal Salts (Silver Nitrate)
• Ammonium Borane (OSU & EBA &D)
Inorganic Specialties
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Perchloric acid & Salts
Ceric Ammonium Nitrate (Etchants & Catalysis)
Purified compounds for metal complexes
Ultra dry salts for moisture sensitive applications
Rare Earths, Lithium, Sodium and Magnesium salts
& solutions
• Precious metal ion exchange resins
Bulk Inorganic Salts
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Nitrates
Sulfates
Chlorides
Perchlorates
Carbonates
Periodates
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Oxalates
Acetates
Formates
Phosphates
Citrates
Specialty Inorganics
• Rubrene (OLED & Dye)
• Anhydrous Cerous Chloride (Fuel Cell & Grignard
Initiator)
• Hydroxyquinoline, Aluminum Salt (OLED)
• Polyoxometalate complexes
Organic
Manufacturing
Leaders in the
development and
commercialization of
specialty alkynes and
derivatives
Markets Served
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Electronics/Semiconductors
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology
Agribusiness (Pesticides $Herbicides)
Polymers
Catalysts
Flavors & Fragrances
Dyes & Colorants
Product Offering
• GFS Chemicals remains focused on a core set of
synthetic methodologies
• In support of alkyne production, we offer down
stream intermediates such as olefins,
heteroaromatics and heterocycles
• We offer over 2000 organic chemicals in our product
base
Core Synthetic Chemistry
Na & Li/Liquid Ammonia
Chemistry
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Alkylations
Aminations
Reductions (Birch, trans)
Ethynylations
Halogenations
– Brominations
– Chlorinations
– Iodinations
Core Synthetic Chemistry
Alkyne Chemistry
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Eliminations
Ethynylations
Sonogashira
Glaser Coupling
Cadiot-Chodkiewicz
Click Chemistry
Core Synthetic Chemistry
• Organometallic
Chemistry
– Grignard
– Alkyl lithium
– Coupling (Suzuki, Stille,
Negishi, Kumada)
– Heck Reaction
– LI/NA Amide
– Cis-reductions
Core Synthetic Structures
• Alkynes
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Aromatic
Terminal
Internal
Alcohols
Ketones
Acids
Conjugated
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Cis/trans
En-yne
Cyclic
Grignards
Vinyl
Aryl
Alkyl
Core Synthetic Structures
• Halogenated Organics • Heteroaromatic
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Alkynes
Olefins
Alkyl
Aromatic
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Quinolines
Indoles
Pyrimidines
Bipyridines
Phenanthrolines
Terpyridines
Electronics
Chemicals
GFS Serves a Range of
Electronics Applications
•Conductive Inks
•Thermally Conductive
Interface Materials
•Thermal Imaging
•Electro-Optic Materials
•Metal Polishing
•Photo Resists
•OLED’s
Function/Technology
Function
Technology
Chromophores
Alkynes
Photo Chromic Indicators
Acetylene
Oxidation Reduction Indicators
Phenanthrolines, Bipyridine
Fiber Optics
Heterocyclic Amine Ligands
Thermally Conductive Interface
Materials
Alkynes
Electroplating Chemicals
Alkynes
Electro-optics Materials
Alkynes
OLED’s
Bis tips ethynl pentacene
Photo Voltaics
Alkynes
Electronics Products
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2,2’-bipyridine
Bathocuproine,
Sulfonated, Sodium
Salt
4,4-dicarboxy2,2’biquinoline
Potassium Salt
Tris(Bathophanthroline)
Ruthenium (II)
Chloride
3110
3282
3287
3294
1,1-diphenyl-2-propyn1-ol
2-phenyl-3-butyn-2ol
1-phenyl-2-propyn-1ol
Propargyl Acrylate
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3395
3721
3906
(Trimethylsilyl)
Acetylene
3-amino-3-methyl-1butyne
Tert-butyl Magnesium
Chloride
3-methyl-1-hexyne
3979
5195
5515
5382
Hexylmagnesium
Bromide
Isopropylmagnesium
Bromide
3-ethyl-1-heptyne
2,4,6-Tri(4-pyridyl)1,3,5-Triazine
Acetylene Chemistry
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CH
R1C
CR2
(CH2)9CH3
Propargylic Amines
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H2N
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NH
Specialty Thiophenes
Br
•OLED/Conductive Polymer
Applications
•Pharma and Biotech
Applications
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Why GFS Chemicals
•Broad Product Range
•Experienced
•Customer Focus
•Customer Service
Discussion/Action
• Questions
• Areas of interest or cooperative effort opportunities
• Consider GFS Chemicals for your future Specialty
Organic Chemicals needs