Microwaves in Organic Synthesis

Mostly European and North American scientists, mostly working in academic environments, explore the application of microwave radiation in different aspects of organic synthesis, a field that opened up in 1986 when a couple of scientists were experimenting with a home microwave oven. The topics include microwave-assisted organic chemistry in pressurized reactors, non-thermal effects, homogeneous media, phase-transfer catalysis, supported reagents, heterocyclic chemistry, transition metal catalysis and microwave flash heating, combinatorial chemistry, radiochemistry, and photochemistry. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

André Loupy received his PhD in 1975 from Paris-South University under Dr. Jacqueline Seyden-Penne at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Thiais, France. He joined the Laboratory of Selective Reactions on Supports in Paris-South University, Center of Orsay, before becoming the first class director of research at CNRS, where he led this lab until the end of 2005. He has some 280 publications and 10 chapters in several books to his name, and is a recipient of the M.J. Collins Award. Together with Georges Bram, Dr. Loupy has been concerned with microwave activation since 1987, especially when coupled to solvent-free conditions ("green chemistry") and the non-alimentary valorization of products from agriculture. His current research interests focus on medium effects in organic synthesis including solvent and salt effects, solvent-free conditions with a special interest in supported reactions and phase transfer catalysis.