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Adventures In Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis: Contributions From The Kappe Laboratory 2000–2005

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry ((NAII,volume 246))

This review highlights work in the field of microwave-assisted organic synthesis (MAOS) originating from the Kappe research laboratories in Graz, Austria. The focus of the article is on synthetic applications in the area of heterocyclic chemistry, multicomponent reactions, transition metalcatalyzed processes, solid-phase synthesis and combinatorial chemistry.

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    C. Oliver Kappe, Alexander Stadler, Doris Dallinger, Gernot Strohmeier, Rolando Perez, Oleksandr I. Zbruyev, Nikolai Stiasni, Peter Walla, Nikolay Gorobets, Behrooz Yousefi, Nuria Mont, Bimbisar Desai, Alenka Lengar, Katarina Krascsenicsová, Stefania Garbacia, Bogdan Khanetskyy, Toma N. Glasnov, Jennifer M. Kremsner & Ana Gomez da Silva

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Kappe, C.O. et al. (2008). Adventures In Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis: Contributions From The Kappe Laboratory 2000–2005. In: Mordini, A., Faigl, F. (eds) New Methodologies and Techniques for a Sustainable Organic Chemistry. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 246. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6793-8_11

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