Although fire is now rarely used in synthetic chemistry, it was not until Robert Bunsen
invented the burner in 1855 that the energy from this heat source could be applied to a …

Within the past decade, green chemistry has attained the status of a major scientific
discipline. 1, 2 The investigation and application of green chemistry principles has led to the …

Tailored to the needs of medicinal and natural products chemists, the second edition of this
unique handbook brings the contents up to speed, almost doubling the amount of chemical …

Improved laboratory protocols for convenient and rapid transformations are highly desired in
modern synthetic chemistry. Microwave irradiated reactions have received considerable …

In the past few years, using microwave energy to heat and drive chemical reactions has
become increasingly popular in the medicinal chemistry community. First described 20 years …

Continuous and batch microwave reactors were constructed for efficient,“green” synthesis
with low-boiling solvents at high temperature in closed vessels. Capabilities for rapid …

Microwave technology has become very important in synthesis and it is reasonable to assert
that there are now very few areas of synthetic organic chemistry that have not been shown to …

Abbreviations: A, ampere; AAEMA, deprotonated form of 2-(acetoacetoxy) ethyl
methacrylate; acac, acetylacetonate; Ad, adamantyl; A336, tricaprylmethylammonium …

Benzodiazepines (BZDs), a diverse class of benzofused seven-membered N-heterocycles,
display essential pharmacological properties and play vital roles in some biochemical …

Shorter reaction times, higher product yields, and enhanced selectivity are some of the
advantages microwave heating has over conventional methods, causing its use to transition …