Patent ID: 9643152
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B01J,B01L,B29C,B29K,B29L,C01G,C07D,C07F

Claim:
1. A method for preparing a product compound, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a reaction vessel that is obtained by a 3-D printing method, wherein the reaction vessel has a reaction space; (ii) providing one or more reagents, optionally together with a catalyst and optionally with a solvent, for use in a synthesis of the product compound; and (iii) permitting the one or more reagents to react in the reaction space, optionally in the presence of the catalyst and optionally in the presence of the solvent, in the reaction vessel, thereby to form the product compound, wherein one of the one or more reagents, or the catalyst or the solvent where present, is delivered to the reaction vessel by a 3-D printer.