Morning session

Introduction

• Why use microwave heating as a tool for preparative chemistry?

Fundamentals of microwave heating

• How does microwave heating work?
• How does microwave heating compare with conventional heating?
• Microwave “effects”

Apparatus overview

• What apparatus is available for performing microwave chemistry?
• Reaction monitoring
• New technology
• A focus on apparatus for scaling-up reactions
• Safety issues

Scaling up a synthesis using microwave heating

• How do I take a microwave protocol developed on a small scale and scale it up?
• How can I quickly optimise a new reaction using microwave heating?
• Case studies showing the approaches to scaling up microwave chemistry
• Minimising scale-up difficulties

What to do and what not to do

• What will work and what won’t work when using microwave heating?
• What should I avoid when scaling up a microwave-promoted process?

Resources

• Where can I go for more information?

Video Presentation

• The equipment will be shown in action by means of a series of short videos made in Dr Leadbeater’s lab.