Page 1. Microwave Assisted Amine Formylation by a Heterogeneous HCO2H/SiO2 System Ahmad Khoramabadi-zad,* Hojat Veisi, Safar-Ali Akbari and Azam Shiri Department of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan 65174, Iran A simple, fast and efficient procedure has been developed for the synthesis of formamides by treating a silica gel/formic acid mixture with amines under microwave irradiation. ... 54, No. 2, 2007 Khoramabadi-zad et al. ...