IsleChem's core chemistry competency is the result of its heritage, i.e. Occidental Chemical, Diamond Shamrock, Firestone Plastics, Equistar, and Tenneco Plastics. Areas of expertise are: chlorinations (radical and ionic), hydrofluorination, halogen exchange with KF, sulfonation, cyanation, hydrochlorination, alkylation, thiation, glycidation, polymerization, esterification, formylation, Grignard additions, high pressure operation, and general capabilities of handling challenging chemicals.