Carbolabs

Carbolabs Inc.
Industry Basic Materials
Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri
Products Isocyanates, Nitriles, Products of Phosgenation

Carbolabs, Inc., a chemistry company specializing in reactions utilizing phosgene, was founded by Joe Karabinos in 1967. Originally located in the basement of his home in Bethany, Connecticut,[1] it wasn't until the following year that the business was moved into its own dedicated building. The company was purchased by Sigma Aldrich in 1998.[2] In 2008 operations at the Bethany site were discontinued and were subsequently moved to the Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin Sigma Aldrich manufacturing facility. Carbolabs uses phosgene to produce a wide array of chemicals including isocyanates, chloroformates, and isonitriles,[3] although some reactions not involving phosgene such as the production of the fluorinating reagent DAST[4] are also part of their established chemistries. As a subsidiary of Sigma Aldrich, a number of Aldrich products still bear "A Carbolabs Product" on their label.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Joseph Vincent Karabinos". Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry: 9–13. doi:10.1016/S0065-2318(08)60233-4.
  2. ↑ http://www.icis.com/Articles/1998/06/01/60679/carbolabs-purchased.html
  3. ↑ http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/content/safc-supply-solutions/en-us/home/pharma-raw-materials/our-offer/product-range.html
  4. ↑ http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/orgsyn/prepContent.asp?prep=cv9p0446


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