Issue 6, 2016

Advances in organometallic synthesis with mechanochemical methods

Abstract

Solvent-based syntheses have long been normative in all areas of chemistry, although mechanochemical methods (specifically grinding and milling) have been used to good effect for decades in organic, and to a lesser but growing extent, inorganic coordination chemistry. Organometallic synthesis, in contrast, represents a relatively underdeveloped area for mechanochemical research, and the potential benefits are considerable. From access to new classes of unsolvated complexes, to control over stoichiometries that have not been observed in solution routes, mechanochemical (or ‘M-chem’) approaches have much to offer the synthetic chemist. It has already become clear that removing the solvent from an organometallic reaction can change reaction pathways considerably, so that prediction of the outcome is not always straightforward. This Perspective reviews recent developments in the field, and describes equipment that can be used in organometallic synthesis. Synthetic chemists are encouraged to add mechanochemical methods to their repertoire in the search for new and highly reactive metal complexes and novel types of organometallic transformations.

Graphical abstract: Advances in organometallic synthesis with mechanochemical methods

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
03 Oct 2015
Accepted
05 Jan 2016
First published
05 Jan 2016

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 2352-2362

Author version available

Advances in organometallic synthesis with mechanochemical methods

N. R. Rightmire and T. P. Hanusa, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 2352 DOI: 10.1039/C5DT03866A

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