ChemSusChem,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Oct. 15, 2024
We
report
the
first
metal-
and
catalyst-free
protocol
for
facile
cross-coupling
of
aryl
halides
towards
C-B,
C-P
C-S
bonds
under
solid-state
ball
milling
conditions
via
UV
light
irradiation.
The
reactions
can
be
performed
in
absence
bulk
solvents
at
room
temperature
a
mixer
mill,
yielding
up
to
99
%
being
tolerant
various
functionalized
(X=I
or
Br).
Furthermore,
we
developed
novel
photoreactor
design
increasing
intensity.
With
this
could
demonstrate
that
our
surpasses
classical
solvent
based
as
well
purely
mechanochemical
approaches
terms
green
metrics
energy
efficiency.
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:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(14)
Published: Jan. 5, 2024
Abstract
Mechanochemical
reactions
offer
methodological
and
environmental
advantages
for
chemical
synthesis,
constantly
attracting
attention
within
the
scientific
community.
Besides
unmistakable
sustainability
advantages,
conditions
under
which
mechanochemical
occur,
namely
solventless
conditions,
sometimes
facilitate
isolation
of
otherwise
labile
or
inaccessible
products.
Despite
these
limited
knowledge
exists
regarding
mechanisms
types
intermediates
involved.
Nevertheless,
in
an
expanding
number
cases,
ex
situ
monitoring
techniques
have
allowed
observation,
characterization,
reaction
transformations.
In
this
Minireview,
we
present
a
series
examples
reactive
been
detected
spanning
organic,
organometallic,
inorganic,
materials
chemistry.
Many
were
stabilized
by
non‐covalent
interactions,
played
pivotal
role
guiding
We
believe
that
uncovering
understanding
such
instances,
growing
mechanochemistry
community
could
find
novel
opportunities
catalysis
discover
new
while
achieving
simplification
design.
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.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(30)
Published: April 29, 2024
Abstract
We
introduce
the
first
mechanochemical
cyclotrimerization
of
nitriles,
a
facile
strategy
for
synthesizing
triazine‐containing
molecules
and
materials,
overcoming
challenges
related
to
carbonization
solubility.
Conducting
this
solid‐state
approach
in
mixer
ball
mill
with
4‐Methylbenzonitrile,
we
synthesize
Tris(4‐methylphenyl)‐1,3,5‐triazine
quantitatively
as
little
90
minutes.
Just
fast,
method
facilitates
synthesis
covalent
triazine
framework
CTF‐1
using
1,4
Dicyanobenzene.
Material
characterization
confirms
its
porous
(650
m
2
g
−1
)
crystalline
nature.
Adjusting
induced
mechanical
energy
allows
control
over
obtained
stacking
conformation
resulting
CTFs
‐
from
staggered
AB
arrangement
an
eclipsed
AA
conformation.
Finally,
substrate
scope
demonstrates
versatility
approach,
successfully
yielding
various
CTFs.
Chemistry - Methods,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 31, 2025
Abstract
In
its
ongoing
development,
mechanochemistry
is
becoming
equipped
with
additional
energy
inputs
such
as
light.
this
work
we
demonstrate
a
proof‐of‐principle
setup
for
real‐time
in
situ
Raman
monitoring
of
photomechanochemical
reactions.
Using
photoisomerization
azobenzenes,
and
photolysis
adamantane
diazirine
model
reactions,
show
that
multiple
cycles
can
be
performed
monitored
ball
mill,
highlight
reaction
selectivity
achieved
by
photomechanochemistry.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 10, 2025
An
environmentally
friendly
and
practical
method
for
the
synthesis
of
various
vinyl
sulfones
was
developed
through
direct
sulfonylation
alkenyl
sulfonium
salts
with
sulfinic
acids.
The
reaction
effectively
triggered
by
combined
actions
milling,
sunlight,
photocatalysts
under
solvent-free
conditions,
offering
advantages
such
as
a
short
time
(5-10
min),
room
temperature,
straightforward
workup
procedure.
Preliminary
mechanistic
studies
suggested
that
sulfonyl
radical
may
be
involved
in
this
mechanophotocatalytic
transformation
process.
Communications Materials,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
5(1)
Published: June 8, 2024
Abstract
Conventional
topochemical
photopolymerization
reactions
occur
exclusively
in
precisely-engineered
photoactive
crystalline
states,
which
often
produces
high-insoluble
polymers.
To
mitigate
this,
here,
we
report
the
mechanoactivation
of
photostable
styryldipyrylium-based
monomers,
results
their
amorphization-enabled
solid-state
and
soluble
processable
amorphous
A
combination
nuclear
magnetic
resonance,
X-ray
diffraction,
absorption/fluorescence
spectroscopy
reveals
crucial
role
a
mechanically-disordered
monomer
phase
yielding
polymers
via
photo-induced
[2
+
2]
cycloaddition
reaction.
Hence,
amorphization
can
expand
scope
polymerization
conditions
to
open
up
opportunities
for
generating
that
are
otherwise
difficult
synthesize
analyze.