Microwave-accelerated metal catalysis organic transformations at warp speed

This chapter concentrates on selected recent findings in the field of microwave-assisted metal-catalysed coupling reactions. (Two thorough reviews of this field have recently been published1,2.) 

Lately, a number of papers have dealt with microwave-assisted reactions on palladium-doped A1203. Villemin reported on Stifle, Suzuki, Heck and Trost—Tsuji reactions where potassium fluoride on alumina was used as the base26. The reactions were carried out without solvent or stabilising phosphine ligands in single-mode reactors. The Stifle reactions were noteworthy as the toxic organotin residue remained adsorbed on the solid support, thus allowing a simplified work-up procedure for the otherwise unpleasant, and toxic, stannous by-products. Both the Stifle and the Suzuki reactions could be performed under air. Furthermore, it was noted that with experiments where the 

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Microwave-accelerated metal catalysis organic transformations at warp speed... 

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