Organic Process Research & Development,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
27(11), P. 1931 - 1953
Published: Nov. 1, 2023
This
Review
offers
a
comprehensive
overview
of
the
latest
advancements
in
nonprecious
metal
catalysis
(NPMC)
research,
focusing
on
period
between
July
and
October
2022.
As
part
an
ongoing
review
series,
this
account
emphasizes
diverse
synthetic
applications
Ni,
Cu,
Fe
catalysis.
The
noticeable
surge
NPMC
publications
reflects
growing
interest
among
academic
industrial
research
laboratories
exploring
harnessing
catalytic
potential
these
metals.
Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
52(19), P. 6680 - 6714
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
The
quantitative
assessment
of
the
greenness
mechanochemical
processes
for
green
metrics
were
calculated
is
herein
reported.
A
general
introduction
to
topic,
variables
influencing
reaction
outcome
and,
an
outlook
are
also
provided.
Synthesis,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
55(16), P. 2439 - 2459
Published: May 3, 2023
Abstract
Although
known
for
millennia,
it
is
only
recently
that
mechanochemistry
has
received
serious
attention
by
chemists.
Indeed,
during
the
past
15
years
an
extraordinary
number
of
reports
concerning
solid-state
chemical
transformations
through
grinding
and
milling
techniques
have
been
recorded.
This
short
review
discusses
circumstances
led
this
renaissance,
highlighting
present
intense
interest
in
so-called
green
chemistry,
enabling
capacity
to
handle
insoluble
substrates,
identification
profound
influence
additives
can
on
mechanochemically
activated
reactions.
The
core
account
focuses
salient
developments
synthetic
organic
especially
amino
acid
peptide
mechanosynthesis,
successful
employment
mechanochemical
activation
combination
with
asymmetric
organocatalysis,
promising
enzymatic
whole
cell
biocatalysis,
remarkable
achievement
multicomponent
selective
reactions
via
complex,
multistep
reaction
pathways,
mechanosynthesis
representative
heterocycles.
final
section
comments
some
pending
tasks
area,
such
as
scaling-up
processes
be
practical
use
industry,
requirement
easier
more
efficient
control
parameters
monitoring
devices,
consequently
careful
analysis
additional
procedures
a
proper
understanding
phenomena.
1
Introduction
2
Brief
History
Mechanochemistry
3
Milling
Equipment
Reaction
Parameters
4
Attributes
That
Propelled
Its
Present
Renaissance
4.1
Enormous
Attention
Being
Presently
Paid
Sustainable
Chemistry
4.2
Reduced
Energy
Consumption
4.3
Additive-Based
4.4
Handling
Insoluble
Reactants
4.5
‘Impossible’
Reactions
Are
Successful
4.6
Air-
Water-Sensitive
Reagents
Ball
5
Salient
Developments
Mechanochemical
Activation
Synthetic
Organic
5.1
Amino
Acid
Peptide
Mechanosynthesis
5.2
Asymmetric
Synthesis
Organocatalysis
under
Ball-Milling
Conditions
5.3
Mechanoenzymology
5.4
Multicomponent
Activated
5.5
Heterocycles
Modification
6
Future
Directions
6.1
Scaling-Up
Protocols
6.2
Temperature-Controlled
6.3
Understanding
Transformations
6.4
Emerging
Techniques
7
Conclusions
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(44)
Published: April 28, 2023
Mechanochemistry
provides
an
environmentally
benign
platform
to
develop
more
sustainable
chemical
processes
by
limiting
raw
materials,
energy
use,
and
waste
generation
while
using
physically
smaller
equipment.
A
continuously
growing
research
community
has
steadily
showcased
examples
of
beneficial
mechanochemistry
applications
at
both
the
laboratory
preparative
scale.
In
contrast
solution-based
chemistry,
mechanochemical
have
not
yet
been
standardized,
thus
scaling
up
is
still
a
nascent
discipline.
The
purpose
this
Minireview
highlight
similarities,
differences
challenges
various
approaches
that
successfully
applied
for
range
scales.
We
hope
provide
discussion
starting
point
those
interested
in
further
developing
commercial
use
and/or
industrialisation.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(44)
Published: Sept. 9, 2022
Abstract
The
use
of
temperature‐controlled
mechanochemistry
to
enable
the
mechanochemical
nickel‐catalyzed
Suzuki–Miyaura
coupling
is
herein
described.
Transitioning
from
a
capricious
room‐temperature
protocol,
through
heated,
PID‐controlled
programmable
jar
heater
manifold
was
required
deliver
an
efficient
method
for
aryl
sulfamates
(derived
ubiquitous
phenols)
and
boronic
acid
species.
Furthermore,
this
process
conducted
using
base‐metal
nickel
catalyst,
in
absence
bulk
solvent,
air/moisture
sensitive
reaction
set‐ups.
This
methodology
showcased
translation
large‐scale
twin‐screw
extrusion
enabling
200‐fold
scale
increase,
producing
decagram
quantities
C−C
coupled
material.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(20)
Published: Feb. 24, 2023
Photochemical
reactors
inherently
suffer
from
the
low
penetration
depth
of
light
and
therefore
rely
on
high
dilutions
to
enable
chemical
reactions.
Here
we
present
first
method
UV
(ultraviolet)
photochemistry
in
complete
absence
bulk
solvents
a
ball
mill.
Triphenylene
was
synthesized
by
two
routes,
Mallory
reaction
cyclodehydrochlorination
(CDHC),
resulting
yields
81
92
%,
respectively.
The
successfully
scaled
up
gram
scale
robustness
demonstrated
for
several
different
substrates.
Finally,
regioselective
assembly
nanographenes
mechanochemistry
larger
systems.
Thus,
mechanochemical
approach
presented
here
provides
powerful
new
tool
atomically
precise
construction
nanographenes.
Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(5), P. 2721 - 2729
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Herein,
we
report
a
mechanochemical-assisted
decarboxylative
sulfonylation
of
α,β-unsaturated
carboxylic
acids
with
sodium
sulfinate
salts
using
potassium
iodide
as
an
activator
under
water-assisted
grinding
conditions.
Cell Reports Physical Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
5(2), P. 101831 - 101831
Published: Feb. 1, 2024
Nickel-catalyzed
radical
relayed
dicarbofunctionalizations
of
olefins,
utilizing
carbon
electrophiles
as
coupling
partners,
present
a
powerful
strategy
for
the
streamlined
construction
aliphatic
structures.
However,
traditional
solution-phase
methods
encounter
challenges
such
need
bulk
solvents,
limited
long
reaction
times,
and
air-/moisture-sensitive
reagents.
As
an
alternative
strategy,
ball-mill-enabled
metal-catalyzed
cross-coupling
reactions
have
gained
attention
due
to
their
high
reactivity
atomic
efficiency.
While
many
are
single-
two-component
methodologies,
three-component
solid-state
remain
relatively
scarce.
In
this
work,
we
report
first,
our
knowledge,
ball-milling-enabled
Ni-catalyzed
reductive
dicarbofunctionalization
alkenes.
Two
distinct
readily
available
electrophiles,
Csp2
Csp3
halides,
simultaneously
installed
across
variety
olefins
at
room
temperature
in
highly
regioselective
manner
withing
1.5
h.
By
harnessing
benefits
ball
milling
reactions,
anticipate
further
advancements
sustainable
efficient
synthetic
methodologies.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(48)
Published: Aug. 16, 2024
Abstract
The
rising
prospects
of
mechanochemically
assisted
syntheses
hold
promise
for
both
academia
and
industry,
yet
they
face
challenges
in
understanding
and,
therefore,
anticipating
respective
reaction
kinetics.
Particularly,
dependencies
based
on
variations
milling
equipment
remain
little
understood
globally
overlooked.
This
study
aims
to
address
this
issue
by
identifying
critical
parameters
through
kinematic
models,
facilitating
the
reproducibility
mechanochemical
reactions
across
most
prominent
mills
laboratory
settings,
namely
planetary
mixer
mills.
Through
a
series
selected
experiments
replicating
major
classes
organic,
organometallic,
transition
metal‐catalyzed,
inorganic
from
literature,
we
rationalize
independence
kinetics
when
accumulated
energy
criterion
is
met.
As
step
forward
facilitate
practicability
our
findings,
provide
freely
accessible
online
tool
[†]
that
allows
calculation
different
Our
work
advances
current
mechanochemistry
lays
foundation
future
rational
exploration
rapidly
evolving
field.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
25(35), P. 23435 - 23447
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
While
ball-milling
is
becoming
one
of
the
common
tools
used
by
synthetic
chemists,
an
increasing
number
studies
highlight
that
it
possible
to
further
expand
nature
and
products
which
can
be
synthesized,
heating
reaction
media
during
mechanochemical
reactions.
Hence,
developing
set-ups
enabling
milling
combined
important
target,
has
been
looked
into
in
both
academic
industrial
laboratories.
Here,
we
report
a
new
approach
for
up
reactions,
using
induction
(referred
as
i-BM).
Our
set-up
attractive
not
only
because
enables
very
fast
medium
(reaching
≈80
°C
just
15
s),
directly
adaptable
commercially-available
equipment,
but
also
either
walls
jars
or
beads
themselves,
depending
on
choice
materials
compose
them.
Importantly,
possibility
heat
"from
inside"
(when
example
PMMA
jar
stainless
steel
beads)
unique
feature
compared
previously
proposed
systems.
Through
numerical
simulations,
then
show
finely
tune
properties
this
system
(e.g.
rate
maximum
temperature
reached),
playing
with
characteristics
and/or
conditions
used.
Lastly,
examples
applications
i-BM
are
given,
showing
how
help
elucidate
mechanisms
ball-milling,
synthesize
molecules,
control
physical
media.
Analytical Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 27, 2025
In
this
contribution,
we
apply
our
newly
developed
ball-milling
operando
platform,
which
combines
Raman
spectroscopy
and
thermal
(IR)
imaging,
as
well
acoustic
high-speed
optical
video
recordings,
to
the
synthesis
transformation
of
citric
acid–isonicotinamide
(1:2)
cocrystal
polymorphs
in
transparent
PMMA
jars.
Particularly,
demonstrate
how
Raman,
temperature,
acoustic,
data
are
complementary
enable
detection
connection
chemical
physical
events
happening
during
a
time-resolved
manner.
Importantly,
show
that
formation
three
can
be
detected
through
analyses
solely.
Even
more
impressively,
meticulous
sound
allowed
subtle
polymorphic
transitions
perceived
mode
when
was
not
conclusive
enough.
Such
changes
signatures
greatly
linked
beads'
motions
milling
jar.
A
new
analysis
methodology
recordings
is
proposed
combination
energetic
statistical
approaches
simplifies
for
potential
users.
The
interpretation
signals
further
validated
thanks
videos
recorded
synchronization
with
all
other
techniques.
Finally,
broaden
opaque
stainless-steel
jars,
showing
relevance
method
following
transformations
cocrystals,
pure
substances,
any
type