Microwave assisted organic reactions

This review has presented the principles underlying the dielectric heating effects observed for chemical compounds in solution and in the solid state. The applications of the technique to a wide range of chemical syntheses have also been indicated. The field is in its infancy and therefore much of the effort to date has been directed towards understanding the rate enhancements of known reactions. The next few years should see the isolation of new compounds using microwave heating techniques

Tilden Lecture. Applications of microwave dielectric heating effects to synthetic problems in chemistry

Microwave versus conventional sintering: A review of fundamentals, advantages and applications

Use of microwaves in the synthesis of materials is gaining importance. Microwave-assisted synthesis is generally much faster, cleaner, and more economical than the conventional methods. A variety of materials such as carbides, nitrides, complex oxides, silicides, zeolites, apatite, etc. have been synthesized using microwaves. Many of these are of industrial and technological importance. An understanding of the microwave interaction with materials has been based on concepts of dielectric heating and of the resonance absorption due to rotational excitation. This review presents a summary of recent reports of microwave synthesis of inorganic materials. Various observations regarding microwave interaction with materials are also briefly discussed.

Synthesis of inorganic solids using microwaves

In the past few years, using microwave energy to heat and drive chemical reactions has become increasingly popular in the medicinal chemistry community. First described 20 years ago, this non-classical heating method has matured from a laboratory curiosity to an established technique that is heavily used in academia and industry. One of the many advantages of using rapid 'microwave flash heating' for chemical synthesis is the dramatic reduction in reaction times--from days and hours to minutes and seconds. As will be discussed here, there are good reasons why many pharmaceutical companies are incorporating microwave chemistry into their drug discovery efforts.

The impact of microwave synthesis on drug discovery.

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D. M. P. Mingos

Papers

Microwave syntheses for superconducting ceramics

Applications of Microwave Dielectric Heating Effects to Synthetic Problems in Chemistry

Molecular orbital calculations relevant to the hyper-closo vs. iso-closo controversy in metallaboranes

Superheating Effects Associated with Microwave Dielectric Heating.

The Pairing Principle in Tensor Surface Harmonic Theory: Definition of a general class of N-atom polar deltahedra with N skeletal electron pairs