Scale-Up of Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis

Microwave Assisted Organic Synthesis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 237-271

  Roberts, Brett A ^a   Strauss, Christopher R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approaches to microwave assisted organic chemistry; Continuous dry media reactor (CDMR) for pilot scale applications; DuPont HCN industrial process; Mechanisms and effects of microwave heating; Microwave ultrasound (MW US) reactor; Scale up of microwave assisted organic synthesis; Solvent free, microwave assisted synthesis of ionic liquids; Tandem technologies involving microwaves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891310957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305548.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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