Abstract
According to the Green Chemistry principles, water is the first choice solvent to reduce chemical waste and environmental impact of chemical industry. Reaction in water can be improved when microwave irradiation is applied to a synthetic procedure due to the possibility to reach temperatures higher than the boiling point. This is especially true when reactions are carried out in superheated/ subcritical conditions (over 100 °C). In this paper, several synthetic procedures that use superheated or subcritical water as solvent in sealed vials under microwave irradiation as heating system, are reviewed. Noteworthy, the targets of these synthesis are valuable compounds of pharmaceutical interest.
Keywords: Green chemistry, Microwave, Subcritical, Superheated water.
Current Organic Chemistry
Title:Superheated Water as Solvent in Microwave Assisted Organic Synthesis of Compounds of Valuable Pharmaceutical Interest
Volume: 17 Issue: 11
Author(s): Federica Messina and Ornelio Rosati
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Keywords: Green chemistry, Microwave, Subcritical, Superheated water.
Abstract: According to the Green Chemistry principles, water is the first choice solvent to reduce chemical waste and environmental impact of chemical industry. Reaction in water can be improved when microwave irradiation is applied to a synthetic procedure due to the possibility to reach temperatures higher than the boiling point. This is especially true when reactions are carried out in superheated/ subcritical conditions (over 100 °C). In this paper, several synthetic procedures that use superheated or subcritical water as solvent in sealed vials under microwave irradiation as heating system, are reviewed. Noteworthy, the targets of these synthesis are valuable compounds of pharmaceutical interest.
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Messina Federica and Rosati Ornelio, Superheated Water as Solvent in Microwave Assisted Organic Synthesis of Compounds of Valuable Pharmaceutical Interest, Current Organic Chemistry 2013; 17 (11) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272811317110004
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1385272811317110004 |
Print ISSN 1385-2728 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5348 |
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