The palladium-catalyzed Heck [1], Suzuki [2] and Stille [3] reactions are robust and general methods for C±C bond-formation and have therefore emerged as important reactions in the synthesis of natural heterocyclic compounds.Hallberg and coworkers [4 a] have used a single-mode microwave oven [4 b] at 50 W to improve radical-mediated reduction and cyclization of the heterohalide 1 with HSn(CH 2 CH 2 C 10 F 21 ) 3 2 in benzotrifluoride (BTF). The authors claim the preparation of 3 in high yield (93 %) after 5 min, as illustrated in Scheme 8.1.The efficiency of fluorous Stille coupling reactions [5 a] is enhanced by use of microwave irradiation (Scheme 8.2). The reaction proceeds in 79 % yield after 2 min with DMF as the microwave-active solvent.