Heterocyclic chemistry using microwave-assisted approaches

Despite the area of microwave-assisted chemistry being 20 years old, the technique has only recently received widespread global acceptance. This is a consequence of the recent availability of commercial microwave systems specific for synthesis, which offer improved opportunities for reproducibility, rapid synthesis, rapid reaction optimisation and the potential discovery of new chemistries. The beneficial effects of microwave irradiation are finding an increased role in process chemistry, especially in cases when usual methods require forcing conditions or prolonged reaction times. 

The chapter is grouped according to the main heterocycle types in order of increasing complexity, commencing with five-membered ring systems containing one heteroatom 

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Heterocyclic chemistry using microwave-assisted approaches... 

HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY USING MICROWAVE-ASSISTED APPROACHES... 

Besson T, Brain CT (2004) Heterocyclic Chemistry Using Microwave-Assisted Approaches. In Lidstrom P, Tierney JP (eds) Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis. Blackwell, Oxford, p 44... 

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