Scaling up microwave chemistry
Fine Chemicals Group: Microwave
chemistry: into the process domain - 2 March 2006, Belgrave
Square, London, UK
Over the past 10 years there has been a significant interest
in microwave chemistry. This has resulted from the ability
to carry out chemical reactions much faster and in many cases
with higher yields than by using conventional heating. However,
virtually all of these reactions have been carried out on
a fairly small scale and the question of the future utility
of microwave-assisted chemistry remains open. Concerns around
process safety have yet to be fully addressed, even on a medium
laboratory scale. This is in part due to the lack of a full
understanding of the true nature of any microwave effect.
The meeting, Microwave chemistry: into the process domain, will focus on the issues and challenges associated
with carrying out microwave chemistry on a larger scale. There
will be a range of talks dealing with the fundamental physical
chemical aspects of microwave heating combined with details
of experiences in designing both equipment and processes to
enable chemists to move this technology into a production
environment. How big a role the technology will play, and
how soon, will also be discussed at the meeting.
David Lathbury, Fine Chemicals Group
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