Microwave-specific acceleration of a retro-Diels–Alder reaction
Michael Frasso, A. E. Stiegman, Gregory B. Dudley
Abstract
A high-temperature retro-Diels-Alder reaction is accelerated by microwave (MW) heating to rates higher than expected based on Arrhenius kinetics and the measured temperature of the reaction mixture. Observations are consistent with selective MW heating of the polar reactant relative to other, less polar components of the reaction mixture.
Topics & Concepts
Arrhenius equationDiels–Alder reactionKineticsPolarChemistryReaction rateMicrowavePhotochemistryMicrowave heatingAccelerationChemical kineticsAnalytical Chemistry (journal)Activation energyOrganic chemistryCatalysisPhysicsClassical mechanicsQuantum mechanicsAstronomyMicrowave-Assisted Synthesis and ApplicationsInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationGyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research