Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis, Volume 25

1. Preface
   
2. Interaction of microwaves with different materials
   
3. Microwave effect vs. thermal effect
   3.1. Thermal activation during microwave irradiation
   3.2. Non-thermal activation during microwave irradiation
   
4. Microwave equipment
   4.1. Microwave generators
   4.2. Transmission lines (waveguides)
   4.3. Microwave applicators (cavities)
   4.4. Microwave reactors
   4.5. Temperature monitoring
   4.6. Reaction vessels and glassware
   
5. Techniques for conducting chemical reactions under microwave irradiation
   
6. Safety precautions on the application of microwaves in laboratory
   
7. Reactions under microwave conditions
   7.1. Reactions in homogenous media
   7.2. Reactions of reagents supported on mineral supports
   7.3. Solid-liquid solvent-free phase transfer catalysis (PTC) reactions
   7.4. Reactions of neat reagents
   7.5. Polymerization reactions
   
8. Concluding remarks

Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis: One Hundred Reaction Procedures provides readers with a broad overview of microwave assisted organic synthesis, enabling students and researchers alike to produce more efficient and high yield syntheses while saving time and resources. The work addresses key issues faced by chemistry laboratories in academia and in industry, including an ever increasing need for procedures which are low-waste, energy efficient, high yield, occur over a short reaction period, and use environmentally friendly solvents. All these factors play an important role in the development of "green chemistry" methods, making this book an excellent resource for any laboratory or library.

• Provides a broad overview of microwave enhanced chemistry
• Written by internationally renowned scientists
• Includes exercises and worked problems which can support more independent study

Advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers or lecturers in Organic chemistry