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From a medicinal chemist s point of view, oxadiazoles are among the most important heterocycles as they are one of the most commonly used bioisosters for amide and ester groups [67]. As such it is hardly surprising that the two regioisomeric oxadiazole scaffolds received the most interest in the field of microwave-assisted synthesis using polymer-supported reagents. 

Abstract Controlled microwave heating has foimd many important applications in the synthesis of heterocycles. Almost all kinds of heterocycles have been prepared (or their preparation attempted) with the aid of microwaves. Many examples of cyclocondensations, reactions where two or more fimctional groups combine with the loss of another small molecule (usually water), have been described. Moreover, microwave irradiation successfully induces cycloaddition reactions, especially in the cases where high temperatures are required. This review collects the most representative examples of the application of microwaves to these two kinds of transformations. Except for a few examples, all the reactions selected have been carried out imder controlled microwave irradiation using dedicated instruments. 

Except for a few examples, all the reactions reported herein have been carried out under controlled microwave heating using dedicated instruments for organic synthesis that register the temperature and pressure of the reaction mixture, giving more reproducible results and allowing to work under safe conditions. 

The feasibility of synthesizing oxovanadium phthalocyanine (VOPc) from vanadium oxide, dicyanobenzene, and ethylene ycol using the microwave synthesis was investigated by comparing reaction temperatures under the microwave irradiations with the same factors of conventional synthesis. The efficiency of microwave synthesis over the conventional synthesis was illustrated by the yield of crude VOPc. Polymorph of VOPc was obtained ttough the acid-treatment and recrystallization step. The VOPos synthesized in various conditions were characterized hy the means of an X-ray dif actometry (XRD), a scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and a transmission electron Microscopy (TEM). 

To prepare the charge generation material of photoreceptor used in xerography, the crude VOPc synthesized at 150 °C for 4 h in the microwave synthesis was acid-treated, and then recrystallized. As shown in Fig. 4, the amorphous VOPc can be obtainol from crude VOPc by acid-treatment and the fine crystal VOPc can he obtained fixim amorphous VOPc by recrystallization. From XRD results, it can be calculated that the crystallite size of fine crystal VOPc is about 18 nm. As shown in Fig. 5, the fine crystal VOPc is well dispersed with uniform size. It indicates that this fine crystal VOPC can be probably used as the chaige generation material of photoreceptor. Thus, further research will be required to measure the electrophotographic properties of fine crystal VOPc. 

In this study we show that the Pd/C catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction can be performed in a microwave oven. Overall the microwave synthesis is faster than comparable thermal methods and the combination of the ease of use of the microwave oven and the facile work-up with Pd/C makes this a very efficient method for performing coupling reactions. 

Nowadays synthesis of mesoporous materials with zeolite character has been suggested to overcome the problems of week catalytic activity and poor hydrothermal stability of highly silicious materials. So different approaches for the synthesis of this new generation of bimodal porous materials have been described in the literature like dealumination [4] or desilication [5], use of various carbon forms as templates like carbon black, carbon aerosols, mesoporous carbon or carbon replicas [6] have been applied. These mesoporous zeolites potentially improve the efficiency of zeolitic catalysis via increase in external surface area, accessibility of large molecules due to the mesoporosity and hydrothermal stability due to zeolitic crystalline walls. During past few years various research groups emphasized the importance of the synthesis of siliceous materials with micro- and mesoporosity [7-9]. Microwave synthesis had... 

In modern microwave synthesis, a variety of different processing techniques can be utilized, aided by the availability of diverse types of dedicated microwave reactors. While in the past much interest was focused on, for example, solvent-free reactions under open-vessel conditions [1], it appears that nowadays most of the published examples in the area of controlled microwave-assisted organic synthesis (MAOS) involve the use of organic solvents under sealed-vessel conditions [2] (see Chapters 6 and 7). Despite this fact, a brief summary of alternative processing techniques is presented in the following sections. 

An example of solid-phase microwave synthesis where the use of open-vessel technology is essential is shown in Scheme 4.10. The transesterification of /3-keto esters with a supported alcohol (Wang resin) is carried out in 1,2-dichlorobenzene (DCB) as a solvent under controlled microwave heating conditions [22], The temperature is kept constant at 170 °C, ca. 10 degrees below the boiling point of the solvent, thereby allowing safe processing in the microwave cavity. In order to achieve full conversion to the desired resin-bound /3-keto ester, it is essential that the methanol formed can be removed from the equilibrium [22]. 

Besides using standard organic solvents in conjunction with microwave synthesis, the use of either water or so-called ionic liquids as alternative reaction media [32] has become increasingly popular in recent years. 

Scheme 4.19 Use of ionic liquid-doped toluene as a solvent for microwave synthesis.

The issue of parallel versus sequential synthesis using multimode or monomode cavities, respectively, deserves special comment. While the parallel set-up allows for a considerably higher throughput achievable in the relatively short timeframe of a microwave-enhanced chemical reaction, the individual control over each reaction vessel in terms of reaction temperature/pressure is limited. In the parallel mode, all reaction vessels are exposed to the same irradiation conditions. In order to ensure similar temperatures in each vessel, the same volume of the identical solvent should be used in each reaction vessel because of the dielectric properties involved [86]. As an alternative to parallel processing, the automated sequential synthesis of libraries can be a viable strategy if small focused libraries (20-200 compounds) need to be prepared. Irradiating each individual reaction vessel separately gives better control over the reaction parameters and allows for the rapid optimization of reaction conditions. For the preparation of relatively small libraries, where delicate chemistries are to be performed, the sequential format may be preferable. This is discussed in more detail in Chapter 5. 

Our main motivation for writing Microwaves in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry derived from our experience in teaching microwave chemistry in the form of short courses and workshops to researchers from the pharmaceutical industry. In fact, the structure of this book closely follows a course developed for the American Chemical Society and can be seen as a compendium for this course. It is hoped that some of the chapters of this book are sufficiently convincing as to encourage scientists not only to use microwave synthesis in their research, but also to offer training for their students or co-workers. 

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