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Molecular orbital calculations indicate that cyclo C-18 carbyne should be relatively stable and experimental evidence for cyclocarbynes has been found [25], Fig. 3B. Diederich et al [25] synthesised a precursor of cyclo C-18 and showed by laser flash heating and time-of flight mass spectrometry that a series of retro Diels-Alder reactions occurred leading to cyclo C-18 as the predominant fragmentation pattern. Diederich has also presented a fascinating review of possible cyclic all-carbon molecules and other carbon-rich nanometre-sized carbon networks that may be susceptible to synthesis using organic chemical techniques [26]. 

Before 1950, it was impossible to examine the true structure of a solid surface, because, even if a surface is cleaned by flash-heating, the atmospheric molecules which constantly bombard a solid surface very quickly re-form an adsorbed monolayer, which is likely to alter the underlying structure. Assuming that all incident molecules of oxygen or nitrogen stick to the surface, a monolayer will be formed in 3 x 10 second at 1 Torr (=1 mm of mercury), that is, at 10 atmosphere a monolayer forms in 3 s at 10 Torr, or 10 atmosphere but a complete monolayer takes about an hour to form at 10 Torr. The problem was that in 1950, a vacuum of 10" Torr was not achievable lO Torr was the limit, and that only provided a few minutes grace before an experimental surface became wholly contaminated. 

A small library of highly functionalized pyrrolines 95 was synthesized by reaction of allylic and propargylic isocyanides 94 with thiols followed by radical cyclization (Scheme 33). The radical reaction was carried out using a radical initiator (AIBN) under flash heating microwave irradiation [67]. 

Starting from 27, cyclo-Cig was prepared in the gas phase by laser flash heating and the neutral product, formed by stepwise elimination of three anthracene molecules in retro-Diels-Alder reactions, was detected by resonant two-photon-ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry [23]. However, all attempts to prepare macroscopic quantities of the cyclocarbon by flash vacuum pyrolysis using solvent-assisted sublimation [50] only afforded anthracene and polymeric material. 

Vacuum metalizing is the process of coating a workpiece with metal by flash heating metal vapor in a high-vacuum chamber containing the workpiece. The vapor condenses on all exposed surfaces. 

Fig. 5.3 Heating profile for a typical Biginelli condensation in AcOH/EtOH (3 1) under sealed-vessel microwave irradiation conditions microwave flash heating (300 W, 0-40 s), temperature control using the feedback from IR thermography (constant 120 °C, 40-600 s), and active cooling (600-660 s).

A rapid and efficient procedure for flash heating by microwave been described for attachment of aromatic and aliphatic carboxylic lrra< iation las methylated polystyrene resins via their cesium salts (Eq. 3) [17], aQ s to chloro-... 

Significant rate accelerations and higher loadings are observed when the micro-wave-assisted and conventional thermal procedures are compared. Reactions times are reduced from 12-48 h with conventional heating at 80 °C to 5-15 min with microwave flash heating in NMP at temperatures up to 200 °C. Finally, kinetic comparison studies have shown that the observed rate enhancements can be attributed to the rapid direct heating of the solvent (NMP) rather than to a specific nonthermal microwave effect [17]. 

A regiocontrolled Heck vinylation [7] of commercially available 2-hydroxyethyl vinyl ether 7 in dry DM SO has been reported (Scheme 8.4). Flash heating by micro-... 

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