Synthesis without solvent: consequences for mechanochemical reactivity
Lauren E. Wenger, Timothy P. Hanusa
Abstract
no solvent?" This review focuses on a three-part answer to that question: when there is little change ("solvent-optional" reactions); when solvent needs to be present in some form, even if only in the amounts provided by liquid-assisted (LAG) or solvate-assisted grinding; and those cases in which mechanochemistry allows access to compounds that cannot be obtained from solution-based routes. The emphasis here is on inorganic and organometallic systems, including selected examples of mechanosynthesis and mechanocatalysis. Issues of mechanochemical depictions and the adequacy of LAG descriptions are also reviewed.
Topics & Concepts
SolventReactivity (psychology)MechanochemistryChemistryOrganic chemistryChemical engineeringEngineeringPathologyAlternative medicineMedicineCrystallography and molecular interactionsVarious Chemistry Research TopicsAsymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis