THE USE OF MICROWAVE-HEATING TO PROMOTE ORGANIC-REACTIONS

This study documents the usefulness of microwave heating for the prepa ration of a wide variety of organic compounds using a commercial micro waves system equipped with a built-in pressure unit and an external te mperature monitoring device. The results of control experiments conduc ted under conventional heating conditions are also provided for each r eaction. Most of the reactions studied showed drastically reduced reac tion times compared with conventional heating, due to the higher tempe ratures attained. These results show that microwave heating is useful for preparative organic chemistry.