“…Microwave-assisted heterogeneous catalysis was reviewed by multiple groups in gas phase , and most recently and thoroughly in 2009 by Durka, Gerven, and Sankiewicz and in the liquid phase, ,,− ,, most recently in 2018 by the group of Lopez-Sanchez focusing on catalytic conversion involving renewables, such as hydrolysis, (trans)esterification, oxidation, hydrogenation, or dehydration and in 2014 briefly by Horikoshi and Serpone . Highlighting the 2018 review, higher yields and/or shorter times were reported in cellulose, glucose, fructose, and sucrose dehydration to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, − although comparison of dehydration of xylose to furfural in a water/NaCl/HCl solution in a SiC vessel (“conventional heating”) vs microwave by Xiouras and co-workers showed similar reaction kinetics between the two reported heating methods although a MW-based run required 30% less power to perform the reaction in comparison with conventional heating.…”