Scalability of microwave-assisted organic synthesis. From single-mode to multimode parallel batch reactors

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 707-716

  Stadler, Alexander ^a   Yousefi, Behrooz H ^a   Dallinger, Doris ^a   Walla, Peter ^a   Van Der Eycken, Erik ^a,b   Kaval, Nadya ^a,b   Kappe, C Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; PALLADIUM; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; THIOAMIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BATCH REACTOR; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CYCLOADDITION; DIELS ALDER REACTION; GAS; HECK REACTION; LABORATORY; MAGNETISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRESSURE; SCALE UP; SOLID; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0141922655     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/op034075+     Document Type: Article

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