METHOD AND INSTRUMENT FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE MICROWAVE-ASSISTED ORGANIC CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an instrument for performing microwave-assisted organic chemical synthesis and an associated method.;SOLUTION: The instrument includes a reaction vessel formed of a microwave transmitting material that partitions an interior reaction chamber for carrying out microwave-assisted reactions in the chamber, a cooling jacket immediately surrounding the reaction vessel for cooling the vessel and the vessel contents during the application of microwave energy to contents in the vessel when a microwave transmitting media used as a fluid coolant is present in the jacket. The instrument includes means for supplying a microwave transmitting fluid coolant to the cooling jacket, means for venting the fluid coolant from the cooling jacket, a fluid coolant reservoir in communication with the cooling jacket, and a pump in communication with the reservoir and the cooling jacket for circulating fluid coolant from the fluid coolant reservoir through the cooling jacket and around the reaction vessel.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI