High-throughput microwave-assisted organic synthesis: Moving from automated sequential to parallel library-generation formats in silicon carbide microtiter plates

Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Kremsner, Jennifer M ^a   Stadler, Alexander ^b   Kappe, C Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b ANTON PAAR GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION;

AUTOMATION; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; MICROWAVES; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34047205297     PISSN: 15204766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cc060138z     Document Type: Article

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