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RSC Mechanochemistry

Mechanochemical McMurry reaction†

Sayan K. Jana,‡a   Sakshi Ajay Shirsath,‡a   Debjyoti Bhattacharjee,‡a   Pramod Kumar ORCID logo ‡a  and  Biplab Maji ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741246, WB, India
E-mail: bm@iiserkol.ac.in

Abstract

In this study, a mechanochemical adaptation of the McMurry coupling reaction was developed to synthesize ethylenes using Zn/TiCl4/Et3N as reagents. Leveraging solvent-free ball-milling conditions, the method achieved up to 97% yield across >23 substrates. The reaction was performed without inert gas protection in a Teflon milling jar and was found to be scalable and to accommodate various functional groups.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MR00065C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 May 2025
Accepted
11 Jun 2025
First published
13 Jun 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Mechanochem., 2025, Advance Article

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Mechanochemical McMurry reaction

S. K. Jana, S. A. Shirsath, D. Bhattacharjee, P. Kumar and B. Maji, RSC Mechanochem., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5MR00065C

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