Temperature microwave heating

Although microwave activation of catalytic reactions has been the subject of many studies (Sects. 10.3.1 and 10.3.2), the mechanism of these reactions is not yet fully understood. In heterogeneous catalytic liquid/solid and gas/solid systems many results have revealed significant differences between the rates of conventionally and microwave heated reactions. As a rule, at the same temperature microwave heated reactions were faster than conventional and their rate enhancement was over one or-... 

Thermal cyclization of 350 produced furo[3,4-d]-pyrimidines 351. Prior treatment of 350 with a variety of primary amines, followed by high-temperature microwave heating led to pyrrolo[3,4-d]-pyrimidine 352. While 350 with hydrazine gave pyrimido[4,5-d]-pyridazines 353 (Scheme 133) (02MI6). 

Gold-gold dual-hemisphere electrodes have been employed for the detection of a number of solution redox systems including alizarin red nitrosyl radicals, cytochrome c, as well as ferrocene and chloramphenicol. In the latter study the beneficial effects of increased temperatures (microwave heating) on the feedback current were observed. 

Berteaud AJ, Badet JC. Fligh temperature microwave heating in refractory materials. Journal of Microwave Power Electromagnetic Energy 1976 11 315-20. 

Bertaud, A.J. and Badot, J.C., High temperature microwave heating in refractory materials. J Microwave Power, 11, [ ] 315-320, (1976). 

Reports of sterilisation (qv) against bacteria by nonthermal effects have appeared, but it is generally beheved that the effect is only that of heating (164). Because microwave heating often is not uniform, studies in this area can be seriously flawed by simplistic assumptions of uniform sample temperature. 

Theoretical and applied aspects of microwave heating, as well as the advantages of its application are discussed for the individual analytical processes and also for the sample preparation procedures. Special attention is paid to the various preconcentration techniques, in part, sorption and extraction. Improvement of microwave-assisted solution preconcentration is shown on the example of separation of noble metals from matrix components by complexing sorbents. Advantages of microwave-assisted extraction and principles of choice of appropriate solvent are considered for the extraction of organic contaminants from solutions and solid samples by alcohols and room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). 

Since 1986, when the very first reports on the use of microwave heating to chemical transformations appeared [147,148], microwave-assisted synthesis has been shown to accelerate most solution-phase chemical reactions [24-27,32,35]. The first application of microwave irradiation for the acceleration of reaction rate of a substrate attached to a solid support (SPPS) was performed in 1992 [36]. Despite the promising results, microwave-assisted soHd-phase synthesis was not pursued following its initial appearance, most probably as a result of the lack of suitable instriunentation. Reproducing reaction conditions was nearly impossible because of the differences between domestic microwave ovens and the difficulties associated with temperature measurement. The technique became a Sleeping Beauty interest awoke almost a decade later with the publication of several microwave-assisted SPOS protocols [37,38,73,139,144]. There has been an extensive... 

Vessels designed for microwave-assisted SPOS must fulfill several require-menfs because of fhe harsh conditions (i.e., high temperatures and pressures) usually associated with microwave heating. Open vessels are often impractical because of the possible loss of solvent and/or volatile reagents during the heating process. However, in cases where a volatile byproduct inhibits a reaction, their use may be superior over closed systems. A sealed vessel retains the solvents and reagents, but must be sturdily constructed to avoid the obvious safety implications due to the buildup of pressure. 

A simple predecessor of the CEM setup for microwave-mediated SPOS was employed by Murray and Gellman in their synthesis of 14-hehcal 6-peptides [42], A 4 mL polypropylene solid-phase extraction tube was inserted into a 10 mL CEM vessel, allowing for both microwave heating and simple resin manipulation (Eig. 11). While using this setup gave reproducible results for their experiments, a discrepancy between the reactions target (set) temperatures and the actual temperatures was observed. Therefore, use... 

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. 

Our group has recently observed (ref. 10) that often synthesis time of zeolites can be substantially shortened when microwave radiation is applied instead of conventional heating. Table 3 gives some examples. Also a narrow crystal size distribution is obtained in this way. The crystallization temperature is rapidly (1 min) reached by microwave heating, this may be a factor in homogeneous and essentially simultaneous nucleation. 

This involves subjecting a polymer, such as PMMA, in solid, gel, partially molten or molten form to microwave heating for a time and at a temperature sufficient to decompose the polymer to produce a monomer or monomers in gaseous, liquid or solid form, without substantial decomposition of the monomer or monomers, and recovering at least one of the monomer or monomers. The monomer or monomers may then be reused for polymerisation. 

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