Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 17, Issue 5, 2013

Microwave irradiation as a modern approach to various organic transformations, specially in combination with the use of homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts, is a well-established strategy for the preparation of a range of important compounds. However, due to the recent enormous expansion of the field of modern, catalytic transformations of different types, we present the title subject in the form of two r Read More

In this review we provide selected recent examples of applications of microwave irradiation to carry out various transformations accelerated by a variety of catalysts. In particular, here we present transition-metal-catalyzed transformations (with the application of palladium, copper, rhodium and other metal-containing compounds), organocatalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, phase-transfer catalysis, the application of solid-sup Read More

Impact of microwave radiation on organic chemistry has been assessed by workers time to time. This review covers selected recent examples form cross-coupling reactions, multicomponent reactions along with some cycloaddition reactions to reveal the impact of microwave on organic synthesis.

Current achievements in the microwave-assisted synthesis of quinoline and isoquinoline are discussed in this review. Monoazanaphthalenes are important scaffolds in organic synthesis and especially in drug design. Due to their frequent appearance in biologically active compounds, drugs and natural products, they are claimed to be privileged structures. Synthetic routes to these compounds have been known for more tha Read More

According to the concept of green chemistry, energy requirements of chemical processes should be minimized. Microwaveassisted synthesis has provided significant energy saving for the chemical transformations in comparison with conventional oil-bath heating. Reusability, stability and ease of handling are the significant points of solid-supported reagents, which make them an interesting field for an organic chemist. The com Read More

Over the last 20 years, many chemical reactions or processes have been studied using microwave irradiation as heating source. Nowadays, microwave-assisted functionalization of materials and nanomaterials is a rapidly growing field of research. Indeed, for their elaboration with specific and relevant properties, post synthetic modification of the surface is one of the critical steps. Most of the time, they could not b Read More

The spread of microwave (MW) equipment has brought about a tremendous development in synthetic organic chemistry. This environmentally friendly methodology, associated often with solventless conditions, has also had a positive impact on organophosphorus chemistry, allowing new reactions to be carried out, or increasing the rate, selectivity and yield. In special cases, MW irradiation may replace phase transfer or o Read More

Depending on the conditions, the alcoholysis of simple dialkyl phosphites [(RO)2P(O)H] under microwave conditions may result in the formation of mixed derivative [(RO)(R'O)P(O)H] and the fully transesterified species [(R'O)2P(O)H] in different ratios. On one hand, this may be a method of choice for the preparation of less common dialkyl phosphites with alkyl chains of higher carbon atom number, on the other hand, the mi Read More