Equipment Model

Agela Technologies Cheetah MP-200

Description

The Agela Technologies Cheetah MP-200 is a mid-pressure flash chromatography system designed for the rapid purification and separation of complex mixtures. It is widely used in organic synthesis, natural product isolation, and biomolecule purification. The system employs disposable pre-packed columns and operates under medium pressure to efficiently isolate target compounds with high throughput and resolution.

Lab

CIF Room No: 3155

Institute

Central Analytical Laboratory

Location

CIF Room No: 3155, FD-III, Pilani Campus Vidya Vihar, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031, India

• Applications

  • Organic Chemistry: Purification of reaction mixtures in synthetic workflows.

  • Biochemistry: Isolation and purification of peptides, nucleotides, and other biopolymers.

  • Pharmaceutical Industry: Separation and purification of intermediates and APIs.

  • Natural Product Research: Extraction and fractionation of bioactive compounds from plant or microbial sources.

  • Analytical Chemistry: Fraction collection and sample clean-up for further analysis.

  • Academic and Industrial R&D: Rapid screening and purification of compounds in method development.

• Key Features

  • Automated solvent gradient control for customizable elution conditions.

  • Touchscreen interface with user-friendly operation and real-time chromatogram display.

  • Supports a wide range of pre-packed column sizes and stationary phases.

  • UV/Vis detection for tracking compound elution and fraction collection.

  • Compact and modular design suitable for benchtop laboratory setups.

• Limitations

  • Lower resolution compared to preparative HPLC; best suited for crude separations.

  • Limited detection capabilities—UV-active compounds are most effectively monitored.

  • Solvent use can be high, requiring careful waste disposal protocols.

  • Requires method optimization for best separation efficiency of similar compounds.

  • Incompatible with highly volatile or thermally unstable samples without special handling.