On the existence of and mechanism for microwave-specific reaction rate enhancement.

ABSTRACT: The use of microwave radiation to drive chemical reactions has become ubiquitous in almost all fields of chemistry. In all of these areas it is principally due to rapid and convenient heating resulting in significantly higher rates of reaction, with other advantages including enhanced product selectivity and control of materials properties. Although microwave heating continues to grow as an enabling technology, fundamental research into the nature of microwave heating has not grown at the same rate. In the case of chemical reactions run in homogeneous solution, particularly synthetic organic reactions, there is considerable controversy over the origins of rate enhancement, with a fundamental question being whether there exist microwave-specific effects, distinct from what can be attained u

SUBMITTER: Dudley GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5639434 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature