[摘要]：Raman spectroscopy in conjunction with microwave heating is a convenient and robust tool for monitoring org. reactions from a qual. perspective. Its validity as a method for obtaining quant. data is shown. Activation enthalpies for the synthesis of a range of substituted chalcones are detd. and the results compared with well-established previous data and reactivity trends for this aldol condensation. The methodol. is used for obtaining previously unreported pKa data for substituted acetophenones.
