For those interested in Microwave-Assisted Synthesis in Water, a new review has been published by Oliver Kappe and Doris Dallinger of www.organic-chemistry.org fame.
Chem. Reviews, DOI: 10.1021/cr0509410
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis in Water as Solvent
Doris Dallinger and C. Oliver Kappe*
Christian Doppler Laboratory for Microwave Chemistry (CDLMC) and Institute of Chemistry, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Contents
1.Introduction
2.Organic Synthesis in Water
3.Microwave-Assisted Organic Synthesis
4.Microwave Chemistry in Water-General Aspects
5.Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Reactions
5.1. Suzuki Reactions
5.2. Heck Reactions
5.3. Sonogashira Reactions
5.4. Stille Reactions
5.5. Hiyama Reactions
5.6. Carbonylation Reactions
5.7. Cyanation Reactions
6.Other Transition-Metal-Mediated Reactions
7.N-, O-, S-Functionalizations
7.1. N-Acylations
7.2. N-Alkylations
7.3. N-Arylations
7.4. O- and S-Functionalizations
8.Heterocycle Synthesis
8.1. Five-Membered N-Heterocycles
8.2. Six-Membered O-Heterocycles
8.3. Six-Membered N-Heterocycles
8.4. Six-Membered N,S-Heterocycles
9.Mannich-Type Multicomponent Reactions
10.Nucleophilic Substitutions
10.1. Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitutions
11.Epoxide Ring-Opening Reactions
12.Diels-Alder Cycloadditions
13.Decarboxylations and Hydrolyses
14.Protection/Deprotection Reactions
15.Miscellaneous Reactions
16.Reactions in Near-Critical Water
17.Future Prospects and Challenges
18.Acknowledgments
19.References
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It should be interesting to note if anything new is in this review and to see what they see as future developments in the area.
