Introduction: Using microwave heating in chemistry: the basics
Experiment 1: Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction
Experiment 2: Second-order elimination reaction: preparation of heptene from 2-bromoheptane
Experiment 3: An addition-elimination sequence preparation of a bromoalkene
Experiment 4: Fischer esterification: preparation of ethyl-4-aminobenzoate (benzocaine)
Experiment 5: Transesterification reaction: preparation of biodiesel
Experiment 6: Knoevenagel condensation reaction: preparation of 3-acetylcoumarin
Experiment 7: The Perkin reaction: condensation of an aromatic aldehyde with rhodanine
Experiment 8: Williamson ether synthesis: preparation of allyl phenyl ether
Experiment 9: Claisen rearrangement: preparation of 2-allyl phenol from allyl phenyl ether
Experiment 10: Hydration of an alkyne: preparation of acetophenone from phenylacetylene
Experiment 11: Oxidation of secondary alcohol: preparation of a ketone
Experiment 12: Suzuki coupling reaction:preparation of a biaryl
Experiment 13: Heck reaction: preparation of substituted cinnamic acids
Experiment 14: Preparation of an aryl nitrile: application of a copper-catalyzed cyanation reaction
Experiment 15: Alkene metathesis: preparation of a substituted cyclopentene
Experiment 16: Click reaction: preparation of a triazole
Experiment 17: Coordination chemistry: preparation of cisplatin
Experiment 18: Preparation of a palladium complex: bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) dichloride
Experiment 19: Coordination of an aromatic ring to a metal: preparation of an arene chromium tricarbonyl complex
Experiment 20: Determination of an empirical formula: zinc bromide
Experiment 21: Microwave-assisted extraction: identification of the major flavor components of citrus oil
Experiment 22: Microwave-assisted digestion of dietary supplements: metal analysis by atomic absorption spectroscopy.
