Chiral Quest is a US-based company founded in 2000, with all R&D and manufacture in Suzhou, China. Jiangxi Long Life was founded in 2009 near Nanchang, China. In May 2012 Chiral Quest and Long Life merged to form a single company with two sites, Chiral Quest Suzhou and Chiral Quest Long Life. Suzhou is focused on R&D and pilot plant operations; whereas Long Life is focused on commercial scale manufacture.The combined company has more than 410,000 L of manufacturing capacity, with expertise in high pressure reactions, hydrogenation reactions, coupling reactions and cryogenic reactions. In addition, we have a focus on the application of asymmetric hydrogenation for the manufacture of single enantiomer products. The company has successfully developed and scaled up many processes for the commercial manufacture of both chiral and achiral intermediates from laboratory to multi-ton scale.
The combination of Chiral Quest’s chiral technology portfolio and Long Life’s low-cost manufacturing provides a unique service offering in China.