For the development of pharmaceuticals or agrochemicals chiral molecules and compounds are often required. For example around 80% of all recently developed pharmaceutically active compounds are chiral. Therefore the demand for optically active intermediates such as chiral amines, alcohols or acids is constantly rising. Asymmetric catalysis is a key-technology for the direct and efficient synthesis of these compounds.

AIKAA-Chemicals, founded in october 2008 as a technology start-up from the University of Bayreuth, develops and produces new chiral catalyst technologies for asymmetric syntheses. This highly innovative technology relies on novel, efficient and highly selective catalysts that are rather cheap due to a simple preparation protocol. Furthermore the latter are easily manageable and do not produce unnecessary waste. The catalysts are built in a modular fashion (Lego principle) from air- and moisture-stable components and finally prepared in-situ, meaning in-process.

AIKAA-Chemicals uses its patented proprietary catalysts and processes also for the preparation of chirals alcohols and amines that are building blocks for life-science applications in a semi-industrial production scale. Our inexpensive and highly productive catalysts are the key to an economically and ecologically optimized value-creation.

Based on our large synthetic and catalytic knowledge we are a reliable partner for the efficient development of novel processes and products, in a way to produce in a more ecologic and economic fashion with a short Time-to-market period.