Methods for Enhancing the Rates of Organic Reactions

Green chemistry must be combined with more environmentally friendly technology if step-change improvements are necessary in chemical manufacturing processes. Synthetic chemists have traditionally not been adventurous in their choice of reactor type the familiar round-bottomed flask with (mechanical, magnetic) stirrer remains the automatic choice for most, even when the chemistry they plan 

Microwave-assisted chemistry is based on the use of intensive directed irradiation and its purposeful application can have several advantages  

Microwave chemistry Polar media or species/ions 

Toward development of microwave-initiated reactions and processes the flowchart in Fig. 2.1 was designed in Jena and its versatility successfully tested, Fig. 2.2 [17-20]. 

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