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Published on: August 1, 2017
The Impact of Microwaves on Organophosphorus Chemistry
1Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1521, Budapest, Hungary.
Abstract:
A personal account on the pioneering results on microwave (MW)-assisted organophosphorus syntheses obtained in the last decade is presented. The broad spectrum of the reactions studied exemplifies the advantages of the MW technique as a green tool regarding efficiency and the simplification of catalyst systems. Theoretical calculations for a few typical models helped us to explore the scope and limitations of the application of MW irradiation.
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