Application of Focused Microwaves to the Scale-Up of Solvent-Free Organic Reactions

Abstract

A series of typical solvent-free reactions have been safely and beneficially scaled-up to several hundred grams in a larger batch reactor (Synthewave 1000) with yields equivalent to those obtained under similar conditions (temperature, reaction time) in laboratory-scale experiments (Synthewave 402). They concern potassium acetate alkylation, regioselective phenacylation of 1,2,4-triazole, deethylation of 2-ethoxy-anisole, and typical examples in carbohydrate chemistry (peracetylation, glycosylation, saponification, halogenation, and epoxidation of d-glucopyranosides).