Introduction. Using microwave heating in chemistry : the basics -- Experiment 1. Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction -- Experiment 2. Second-order elimination reaction : preparation of heptene from 2-bromoheptane -- Experiment 3. An addition-elimination sequence : preparation of a bromoalkene -- Experiment 4. Fischer esterification : preparation of ethyl-4-aminobenzoate (benzocaine) -- Experiment 5. Transesterification reaction : preparation of biodiesel -- Experiment 6. Knoevenagel condensation reaction : preparation of 3-acetylcoumarin -- Experiment 7. The Perkin reaction : condensation of an aromatic aldehyde with rhodanine -- Experiment 8. Williamson ether synthesis : preparation of allyl phenyl ether -- Experiment 9. Claisen rearrangement : preparation of 2-allyl phenol from allyl phenyl ether -- Experiment 10. Hydration of an alkyne : preparation of acetophenone from phenylacetylene -- Experiment 11. Oxidation of a secondary alcohol : preparation of a ketone -- Experiment 12. Suzuki coupling reaction : preparation of a biaryl -- Experiment 13. Heck reaction : preparation of substituted cinnamic acids -- Experiment 14. Preparation of an aryl nitrile : application of a copper-catalyzed cyanation reaction -- Experiment 15. Alkene metathesis : preparation of a substituted cyclopentene -- Experiment 16. Click reaction : preparation of a triazole -- Experiment 17. Coordination chemistry : preparation of cisplatin -- Experiment 18. Preparation of a palladium complex : bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(ii) dichloride -- Experiment 19. Coordination of an aromatic ring to a metal : preparation of an arene chromium tricarbonyl complex -- Experiment 20. Determination of an empirical formula : zinc bromide -- Experiment 21. Microwave-assisted extraction : identification of the major flavor components of citrus oil -- Experiment 22. Microwave-assisted digestion of dietary supplements : metal analysis by atomic absorption spectroscopy.