The American Chemical Society
Presents

Microwave Enhanced Chemistry

Fundementals, Sample Preparation, and Applications

Editors: Professors H. M. 'Skip' Kingston and Stephen J. Haswell

Contents

Fundementals of Microwave Application

• Chapter 1.
  Applications of Microwave Dielectric Heating Effects to Synthetic Problems in Chemistry
  D. Micheal Mingos and David R. Baghurst (3-54)
  
• Chapter 2.
  Overview of Microwave Assisted Sample Preparation
  Peter J. Walter, Stuart Chalk and H. M. Kingston (55-222)
  
• Chapter 3.
  Environmental Microwave Sample Preparation: Fundementals, Methods and Applications
  H. M. Kingston, Peter J. Walter, Stuart Chalk, Elke Lorentzen and Dirk Link (223-352)
  

Alternative Laboratory Mictowave Instruments

• Chapter 4.
  Development of High-Pressure Closed-Vessel Systems for Microwave-Assisted Sample Digestion
  Henryk Matusiewicz (353-370)
  
• Chapter 5.
  Focused Microwave-Assisted Reactions : Atmospheric-Pressure Acid Digestion, On-Line Pretreatment and Acid Digestion, Volatile Species Production, and Extraction
  Jean-Michel Mermet (371-400)
• Chapter 6.
  Applying Flow Methodology to Microwave-Enhanced Reactions
  K. E. Williams, Stephen J. Haswell (401-422)
• Chapter 7.
  Pressure-Controlled Microwave-Assisted Wet Digestion Systems
  Günther Knapp, F. Panholzer, A Schalk, and P. Kettisch ( 423-454)

Chemistry Applications

• Chapter 8.
  Microwave Heating in Organic Chemistry: An Update
  George Majetich, KAren Wheless (455-506)
• Chapter 9.
  Use of Microwave Heating in Undergraduate Organic Laboratories
  George Majetich, Rodgers Hicks, and Edwin Neas (507-522)
• Chapter 10.
  Microwave-Assisted Inorganic Reactions
  David R. Baghurst and D Micheal P. Mingos (523-550 pages)
• Chapter 11.
  Applications of Microwaves in Catalytic Chemistry
  Gary Bond and Richard B. Moyes (551-568 pages)
• Chapter 12.
  Microwave Assisted Solvent Extraction
  L. Jassie, R. Revesz, T. Kierstead, E. Hasty, and S. Matz(569-612 pages)

Biochemistry Applications

• Chapter 13.
  Microwave Hysrolysis of Proteins and Peptides for Amino Acid Analysis
  W. GAry Engelhart (613-640 pages)
• Chapter 14.
  Microwave Methods for Sample Preparation in Pathology
  L.P. Kok and Mathilde E. Boon (641-666 pages)

Accessing Sample-Preparation Information on the WWW

• Chapter 15.
  SamplePrep Web: Analytical Sample Preparation and Microwave-Chemistry Resource Center
  Stuart Chalk, H. M. Kingston, Peter J. Walter, Kristen McQuillin, and Jason Brown (667-696 pages)

Laboratory Microwave Safety

• Chapter 16.
  Laboratory Microwave Safety
  H. M. Kingston, Peter J. Walter, W. Gary Engelhart, and Patrick J. Parsons (697-748)

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