Catalysis microwave

Catalysis can sometimes be improved through the use of microwaves, particularly pulsed microwaves (172). An important component of this process is beheved to be an appropriate metallized combination catalyst—susceptor (173). Microwave catalysis is an active area of research (174). 

Microwave catalysis is a catalytic process performed in the presence of a microwave (electromagnetic) field in which the catalyst acts as an energy convertor . It uses microwave irradiation to stimulate catalytic reactions. It is necessary to stress that any sort of electromagnetic or microwave radiation is not itself a catalyst, as has sometimes erroneously stated [1], Similarly, it is not correct to say that microwave irradiation catalyzes chemical reactions [1], The principles of microwave catalysis will be described in the following sections. 

Microwave Catalysis in Organic Synthesis 10.3.2.1 Reactions of Methane... 

Hajek M (2002) Microwave catalysis in organic synthesis. In Loupy A (ed) Microwaves in organic synthesis. Wiley, Weinheim, p 345... 

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M. Hajek, Microwave Catalysis in Organic Chemistry, in [10], chapter 10, 345-378 and Chapter 13 in this book. 

The objective of this chapter is to draw the attention of experimental organic and catalytic chemists to a new field of catalysis, especially to catalytic methods which use microwave irradiation as a new means of activation of chemical reactions, called microwave catalysis . It is intended to advise synthetic organic chemists about the choice of catalytic steps which might be more efficient than conventional synthetic methods. 

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