Irradiación infrarroja: una alternativa para la activación de reacciones y su contribución a la química verde

In this work, we present a review covering reactions activated by means of infrared irradiation, with the following features of the reaction: solvent-less conditions, the employment of a bentonitic clay as either catalyst or reaction medium; furthermore, since multicomponent reactions are considered as green approaches, several of them are also discussed. Almost all the reactions included, correspond to a decade of work of our research group, and they are offered as a contribution to Green Chemistry.