Mechanochemistry is transforming the way chemists design and carry out chemical transformations, offering solvent-free or solvent-minimized routes that reduce waste, improve efficiency and enable access to novel reactivity.
This selection of articles highlights recent contributions published in Green Chemistry that showcase the breadth of mechanochemical approaches. It includes works on sustainable organic synthesis, polymer functionalisation, plastic recycling, battery materials recovery and biomass valorisation.
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Chemical recycling of polycarbonate and polyester without solvent and catalyst: mechanochemical methanolysis
Hyo Won Lee, Kwangho Yoo, Lars Borchardt and Jeung Gon Kim. Green Chem. (2024) 26 (4): 2087–2093 |
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Driving the rapid regeneration of LiFePO4 from spent lithium-ion batteries through one-pot mechanochemical activation
Chenyan Wang, Xuejing Qiu, Gaoyang Shen, Xizhuo Chen, Jiamei Wang, Lingling Xie, Qing Han, Limin Zhu, Jingjing Li and Xiaoyu Cao Green Chem. (2024) 26 (3): 1501–1510. |
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Mechanochemical-assisted decarboxylative sulfonylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids with sodium sulfinate salts
Barakha Saxena, Roshan I. Patel, Shruti Sharma and Anuj Sharma Green Chem. (2024) 26 (5): 2721–2729. |
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A solvent-free mechanochemical electrophilic C–H thiocyanation of indoles and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines using a cost-effective combination of N-chlorosuccinimide-NaSCN and tandem C–C and C–S bond formation
Soumik Saha, Abigail B. Pinheiro, Amrita Chatterjee, Zigmee T. Bhutia and Mainak Banerjee Green Chem. (2024) 26 (10): 5879–5889. |
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One-pot mechanochemical hydrogenation and acetylation of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol and paracetamol
Jimin Park, Jacob S. Maier, Caria Evans, Marta Hatzell, Stefan France, Carsten Sievers and Andreas S. Bommarius Green Chem. (2024) 26 (7): 4079–4091. |
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Ball milling-promoting difunctionalization of alkynyl sulfonium salts with sulfinic acids towards (Z)-1,2-disulfonylethenes
Li-Hua Yang, Bei Li, Lin Chen, Wen-Shi Yao, Han-Yue Peng, Sha Peng and Long-Yong Xie Green Chem. (2024) 26 (24): 12070–12075. |
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Mechanochemical and aging-based reductive amination with chitosan and aldehydes affords high degree of substitution functional biopolymers
Galen Yang; Sophie Régnier; Noah Huin; Tracy Liu; Edmond Lam and Audrey Moores Green Chem. (2024) 26 (9): 5386–5396. |
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Comparison of greenness and whiteness of selected mechanochemical and solution-based reactions using a new RGBsynt model
Paweł Mateusz Nowak; Michał Kamiński; Wojciech Trybała; Vittorio Canale and Paweł Zajdel Green Chem. (2025) 27 (4): 1102–1112. |
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Mechanochemical ball milling as an emerging tool in chemical recycling and upcycling of waste polymers
Anamarija Briš, Davor Margetić and Vjekoslav Štrukil Green Chem. (2025) 27 (45): 14401–14435. |
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Mechanochemical transformations of polysaccharides to value added products: a review with Green Chemistry evaluation
Galen Yang; Yasmeen Jaberi; Edmond Lam and Audrey Moores Green Chem. (2026) 28 (7): 3006–3042. |
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Mechanochemical sulfenylation of maleimides
Sebastián Martin-Martínez; Camilo Morales-Manrique; Gustavo Marín and Diego Gamba-Sánchez Green Chem. (2026) 28 (26): 11162–11169. |
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