Safety Precautions in Microwave Synthesis

Although all measures have been taken by microwave apparatus manufacturers to make microwave a safe source of heating in chemical reactions, uncontrolled reaction conditions may lead to undesirable results such as excessive heating of volatile reactants may result in explosive conditions. The improper use of 

To decrease the probability of explosion during a microwave assisted synthesis under sealed vessel condition, involving volatile products, the chemists have used open vessel solvent-free conditions [4, 18]. 

Moreover in spite of maintaining the best reaction conditions while performing MAOS there may exist certain loopholes. In such a condition following cautions need to be taken  

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