Since publishing our first articles in January 2024, RSC Mechanochemistry has continued to publish impactful research in the field of mechanical forces in chemistry and the use of mechanochemistry in other disciplines. Here we are looking back at some of the publications from our Advisory Board.
| Grinding and the anisotropic environment: influences on the diastereoselective formation of Group 15 allyl complexes
Lauren E. Wenger, Timothy P. Hanusa RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 235-243 DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00001C |
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Mechanochemical synthesis and transformation of the polymorphic double carbonates fairchildite and buetschliite, (K2Ca(CO3)2): an in situ X-ray powder diffraction study
Volker Kahlenberg, Doris E. Braun, Wolfgang Schmidt, Hang Liu, Sebastian Leiting, Claudia Weidenthaler RSC Mechanochem., 2025, 2, 152-158 DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00093E |
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| Mechanosynthesis of ruthenium trisbipyridyl complexes and application in photoredox catalysis in a ball-mill
Florian Luttringer, Matthieu Lavayssiere, Enita Rastoder, Nikita Salov, Tristan Gravelet, François Quintin, Julien Pinaud, Frédéric Lamaty, Xavier Bantreil RSC Mechanochem., 2025, 2, 108-115 DOI: 10.139/D4MR00112E |
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Aza-Michael addition by ball milling
Leonarda Vugrin, Alen Bjelopetrović, Ivan Halasz RSC Mechanochem., 2025, 2, 184-187 DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00133H |
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| Mechanochemical indium(0)-mediated Barbier allylation of carbonyl compounds: unexpected immiscible water additive effect for hydrophobic reagents
Nuri Kim, Eun Sul Go, Jeung Gon Kim RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 158-161 DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00005F |
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Kinetics of primary mechanochemical covalent-bond-forming reactions
Yerzhan S. Zholdassov, Ryan W. Kwok, Milan A. Shlain, Monil Patel, Mateusz Marianki, Adam B. Braunschweig RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 11-32 DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00018D |
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| Solvent influence on the mechanism of a mechanochemical metal-halide metathesis reaction
Sourabh Kumar, Dillon Button-Jennings, Timothy P. Hanusa, Ashlie Martini RSC Mechanochem., 2025, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00136B |
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Pressure as the driving force for mechanochemical reactions on the example of ion metathesis of alkali halides upon ball milling
Wolfgang Schmidt, Pit Losch, Hilke Petersen, Martin Etter, Florian Baum, Jan Ternieden, Claudia Weidenthaler RSC Mechanochem., 2025, 2, 273-284 DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00104D |
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| Conquering the impossible: mechanochemistry as a tool for tackling coordination chemistry challenges
Huanxin Zhang, Nathan Davison, Erli Lu RSC Mechanochem., 2025, 2, 370-388 DOI: 10.1039/D5MR00005J |
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Ball-milling for efficient synthesis of pyridine-containing iron(II) photosensitizers
Enita Rastoder, Thierry Michel, Frédéric Lamaty, Xavier Bantreil RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 116-122 DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00033H |
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| Chemoselectivity switch by mechanochemistry in the base-catalysed dione-acylation
Sally Nijem, Alexander Kaushansky, Svetlana Pucovski, Elisa Ivry, Evelina Colacino, Ivan Halsz, Charles Diesendruck RSC Mechanochem., 2025, 2, 419-425 DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00141A |
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Synthesis of α-ketothioamides with elemental sulfur under solvent-free conditions in a mixer mill
Chandan Chittapriya Sahu, Sourav Biswas, Renè Hommelsheim, Carsten Bolm RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 38-42 DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00025G |
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| Total mechano-synthesis of 2-cyclopropyl-4-(4-fluorophenyl)quinoline-3-acrylaldehyde—a pivotal intermediate of pitavastatin
Jingbo Yu, Yanhua Zhang, Zehao Zheng, Weike Su RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 367-374 DOI: 10.1039/D4MR000396F |
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“What makes every work perfect is cooking and grinding”: the ancient roots of mechanochemistry
Marianna Marchini, Giacomo Montanari, Lucia Casali, Matteo Martelli, Lucia Raggetti, Matej Baláž, Peter Baláž, Lucia Maini RSC Mechanochem., 2024, 1, 123-129 DOI: 10.1039/D3MR00035D |
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| Reassessing mechanochemical processes in polyatomic systems for smart fabrication of nanocomposites
Mamoru Senna, Adam. A.L. Michalchuk RSC Mechanochem., 2025, 2, 351-369 DOI: 10.1039/D4MR00084F |
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