Situated in state of the art laboratories based in the Science and Technology Centre at the University of Reading Dextra is the leading provider of carbohydrate synthesis services. We have provided world leading innovative synthetic solutions to the total synthesis of challenging complex chiral molecules, frequently reducing the number of synthetic steps required to achieve the target compound. From a few milligrams to multi kilogram scale our chemists offer unparalled expertise in oligosaccharide and chiral chemistry.

Our core technologies include:

• Route design
• Excellence in process development, optimisation and scale-up
• Process validation
• Effective multi-step synthesis
• Technology transfer