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Treatment of Kobayashi's o-trimethylsilylphenyl triflate with tetrabutylammonium fluoride hydrate (TBAF·H₂O) generates benzyne in a ball mill. With amines, N-phenylated products are formed.

We report a green, solvent-free mechanochemical method for mesoporous alumina-supported polyoxometalate catalysts. They exhibit a high surface area of up to 644 m² g⁻¹ and exceptional reactivity for sulfide oxidation, across multiple cycles.

A mechanically induced, solvent-free protocol that sequentially combines the Wittig olefination of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls and Diels–Alder reaction of the obtained dienes in one-pot without the need for intermediate purification.

Asymmetric organocatalytic formation of axially chiral 1,2′-binaphthalene-3′-carbaldehydes was realized under mechanochemical conditions using vibrational ball milling.

Two isoreticular MOFs were mechanochemically synthesized and evaluated for their uptake of two different PFAS in water. The incorporation of fluorine atoms in one of the frameworks was found to enhance its affinity for these pollutants.

Exploring approaches to reliable monitoring in mechanochemistry: triphenylmethane as a solid internal standard in liquid-assisted and multi-component synthesis of macrocycles.

In this study, the effects of ball milling conditions on the phase formation, symmetry of structural units and photoluminescence features of SrMoO₄ were investigated.

Mechanochemical synthesis of CuAgSe, characterization and investigation of transport properties.

Mechanochemistry provides a convenient and efficient route for synthesizing high purity alkali and alkaline earth heptamolybdates and trimolybdates in high yields.

We demonstrate that a mechanochemical protocol enables the highly efficient solvent-free deoxygenation of phosphine oxides with hydrosilanes in the presence of a phosphoric acid additive.