GFS Chemicals, Inc. Innovation and Commercialization through Chemistry

GFS Chemicals, Inc.Innovation and Commercialization through Chemistry ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Agenda

•Introduction•Reagents-Catalog•Inorganics•Organic Chemical Division•Electronic Chemicals•Discussion/Action

Decades of both chemical and engineering experience allow GFS to address opportunities in highly specialized

custom inorganic and organic manufacturing.

Background

•1928-Founded, Columbus Ohio. Perchlorate salts defined early business.•Third generation privately held company.•Global Business.•100 Employees•Commercial quantities from gram samples up to metric ton quantities.•Customer base ranges from development companies to Fortune 500 companies.

International Operations

• Sourcing Operations in • Shanghai China• Serving over 80 countries world

wide• www.GFSInternational.com– Japanese– German– French– Spanish

Customer Support

• 96%+ of orders ship on time• GFS maintains inventory for the

most popular reagents • 95% Lead Time Accuracy • 80 Years excellent product

quality• Knowledgeable/Technical Staff• Customer Satisfaction scores are

among the highest in the industry

Customer Benefits

• Problem Solving Chemists Complement Your Project Team

• Supporting Major Industry Around the Globe

• Manufacturing High Quality Chemicals up to metric tons

• Custom Packaging, Drying and Production

• Competence• Your Global Sourcing artner

Industries Served

• Environmental• Semiconductor• Pharmaceutical• Flavor & Fragrance• Superconductivity• Petrochemical• Agricultural• Automotive• Defense • Biotechnology• Power and Energy (Fuel

Cells, Batteries, etc)

Industries Served

• Electronics• Chemicals• Aerospace• Polymers• Coatings• Catalysts• Optics• Contract Manufacturing• Water treatment and

Analysis• Beverage/Dairy• Quality Control Laboratories

Safety and Environment

• GFS is a Tier II Chem Stewards organization focused on safety improvement practices and waste minimization, recovery policies and controls

• Selected Employees are DOT, IATA and IMO certified to support all modes of material logistics to ensure safe and legal shipments world wide.

Compliance and Quality

• GFS organic production operations are a zero discharge facility compliant with all local and federal EPA regulations

• We adhere to ISO 9001:2008 standards for quality practices and have been ISO certified since 1997

GFS Catalog Operations

• 70,000 Sq Ft. Operation, Manufacturing and Distribution Center

• Repack and Fulfillment Center• Private Label Operation• Amco Clear Water Analysis Division• Bottling Operations• Quality Control Labs• Manufacturing and Sourcing over 4000

Analytical Reagents

Inorganic Bulk Manufacturing

U.S. Based Inorganic Product Development and Manufacturing

Bulk Inorganics

• Lithium Perchlorate (Battery Electrolyte & Organic Catalyst)

• Lithium Carbonate, 99.998% (Lithium Crystals & Organic Catalyst)

• Lithium Iodide (Battery Electrolyte & Organic Catalyst• Precious Metal Salts (Silver Nitrate)• Ammonium Borane (OSU & EBA &D)

Inorganic Specialties

• Perchloric acid & Salts• Ceric Ammonium Nitrate (Etchants & Catalysis)• Purified compounds for metal complexes• Ultra dry salts for moisture sensitive applications• Rare Earths, Lithium, Sodium and Magnesium salts

& solutions• Precious metal ion exchange resins

Bulk Inorganic Salts

• Nitrates • Sulfates• Chlorides• Perchlorates• Carbonates• Periodates

• Oxalates• Acetates• Formates• Phosphates• Citrates

Specialty Inorganics

• Rubrene (OLED & Dye) • Anhydrous Cerous Chloride (Fuel Cell & Grignard

Initiator)• Hydroxyquinoline, Aluminum Salt (OLED)• Polyoxometalate complexes

Organic Manufacturing

Leaders in the development and commercialization of specialty alkynes and derivatives

Markets Served

• Electronics/Semiconductors• Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology• Agribusiness (Pesticides $Herbicides)• Polymers• Catalysts• Flavors & Fragrances• Dyes & Colorants

Product Offering

• GFS Chemicals remains focused on a core set of synthetic methodologies

• In support of alkyne production, we offer down

stream intermediates such as olefins, heteroaromatics and heterocycles

• We offer over 2000 organic chemicals in our product base

Core Synthetic Chemistry

Na & Li/Liquid Ammonia Chemistry– Alkylations– Aminations– Reductions (Birch, trans)– Ethynylations

Halogenations– Brominations– Chlorinations– Iodinations

Core Synthetic Chemistry

Alkyne Chemistry– Eliminations– Ethynylations– Sonogashira– Glaser Coupling– Cadiot-Chodkiewicz– Click Chemistry

Core Synthetic Chemistry

• Organometallic Chemistry– Grignard– Alkyl lithium– Coupling (Suzuki, Stille,

Negishi, Kumada)– Heck Reaction– LI/NA Amide– Cis-reductions

Core Synthetic Structures

• Alkynes– Aromatic– Terminal– Internal– Alcohols– Ketones– Acids– Conjugated

• Olefins– Cis/trans– En-yne– Cyclic– Grignards– Vinyl– Aryl– Alkyl

Core Synthetic Structures

• Halogenated Organics– Alkynes – Olefins– Alkyl– Aromatic

•Heteroaromatic– Quinolines – Indoles– Pyrimidines– Bipyridines– Phenanthrolines– Terpyridines

ElectronicsChemicals

GFS Serves a Range of Electronics Applications•Conductive Inks•Thermally Conductive Interface Materials•Thermal Imaging•Electro-Optic Materials•Metal Polishing•Photo Resists•OLED’s

Function/Technology

Function TechnologyChromophores AlkynesPhoto Chromic Indicators AcetyleneOxidation Reduction Indicators Phenanthrolines, BipyridineFiber Optics Heterocyclic Amine LigandsThermally Conductive Interface Materials

Alkynes

Electroplating Chemicals AlkynesElectro-optics Materials AlkynesOLED’s Bis tips ethynl pentacenePhoto Voltaics Alkynes

Electronics Products

1092,2’-bipyridine

294Bathocuproine,

Sulfonated, Sodium Salt

7704,4-dicarboxy-2,2’biquinoline Potassium Salt

1597Tris-

(Bathophanthroline) Ruthenium (II)

Chloride

31101,1-diphenyl-2-propyn-

1-ol

32822-phenyl-3-butyn-2-

ol

32871-phenyl-2-propyn-1-

ol

3294Propargyl Acrylate

3340(Trimethylsilyl)

Acetylene

33953-amino-3-methyl-1-

butyne

3721Tert-butyl Magnesium

Chloride

39063-methyl-1-hexyne

3979Hexylmagnesium

Bromide

5195Isopropylmagnesium

Bromide

55153-ethyl-1-heptyne

53822,4,6-Tri(4-pyridyl)-

1,3,5-Triazine

Acetylene Chemistry

HC CH R1C CR2

O

O

(CH2)9CH3

Propargylic Amines

H2N

NH

N

NH

NH

Specialty Thiophenes

SS

S

Br

R

S

O

H

O

H

S

O O

•OLED/Conductive Polymer Applications•Pharma and Biotech Applications

Why GFS Chemicals

•Broad Product Range

•Experienced

•Customer Focus

•Customer Service

Discussion/Action

• Questions

• Areas of interest or cooperative effort opportunities

• Consider GFS Chemicals for your future Specialty Organic Chemicals needs