09-09-03 04:18
No 457894
anybody tried a microwave for this. other than the huge amount of koh used, any drawbacks or problems for this method. i UTFSE, but came up with zero results strangely, are there any writeups other than rhodiums.
This method sounds so quick with great yields.
(Chief Bee)
09-09-03 08:53
No 457915
Nothing in TFSE? A simple search for "isomerization microwave" gave among other things the following excellent threads:
Post 291995 (foxy2: "Safrole Isomerization in microwave", Chemistry Discourse)
Post 108400 (dormouse: "Microwave Isomerization of Safrole - Cherrie Baby", Novel Discourse)
Post 162640 (jimwig: "microwaves for honey", Methods Discourse)
Edit: New addition to my page:
Isomerization Of Safrole And Eugenol Under Microwave Irradiation
Synthetic Communications, 27(24), 4335-4340 (1997) (../rhodium /mw.iso