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Precious Metals Chemistry
High performance in precious metals chemistry
Umicore PMC is a leading manufacturer of highly pure and active precious metals catalysts and chemicals for use in various industries. Besides our range of inorganic chemicals we have developed a wide range of organometallic precious metal catalysts and pre-cursors, which are used primarily for homogeneous catalysis applications.
Typical reactions which use these catalysts are:
- Hydrogenation
- Carbonylation
- Hydrosilylation
- Hydrofomylation
- C-X coupling (eg Heck, Suzuki, Stille)
- metathesis
- chiral catalysis reactions
Our products can be supplied from gram to multi-kilo / bulk quantities. We have considerable expertise in rapid scale up of organometallic precious metal compounds. We are also able to customise catalysts to produce novel metal/ligand combinations for specific projects. We are able to undertake specific research and development projects in conjunction with our customers. Our Applied Technology team are always available to discuss catalyst selection, application, and optimisation, and would be pleased to discuss new requirements and catalysts with you. We operate a strict policy of confidentiality with our customers, which we support with appropriate agreements.
Because know-how leads to growth
- Six plants throughout the world’s main industrial regions
- The value of precious metals processed each year exceeds 1 billion euros
- Top rankings in all markets