Mechanochemistry assisted asymmetric organocatalysis: A sustainable approach

• Pankaj Chauhan and
• Swapandeep Singh Chimni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2132–2141, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.240

• Pankaj Chauhan Swapandeep Singh Chimni U.G.C. Sponsored Centre for Advance Studies in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 143005, India, Fax: (+)91-183-2258820 10.3762/bjoc.8.240 Abstract Ball-milling and pestle and mortar grinding have emerged as powerful

• : ball-milling; enantioselective synthesis; mechanochemistry; organocatalysis; solvent-free; Introduction Green chemistry involves innovation in chemical research and engineering that encourages the design of processes to minimize the use and production of hazardous materials and also reduce the use of

• . To address many of these issues mechanochemical methods such as ball-milling and grinding with pestle and mortar have emerged as powerful techniques [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. The mechanical energy generated by grinding two solids or one solid and one liquid substance results in the formation of

Solvent-free and time-efficient Suzuki–Miyaura reaction in a ball mill: the solid reagent system KF–Al₂O₃ under inspection

• Franziska Bernhardt,
• Ronald Trotzki,
• Tony Szuppa,
• Achim Stolle and
• Bernd Ondruschka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 7, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.7

• the above mentioned parameters on the results of coupling reactions. The results from ball milling experiments led to the conclusion that self-prepared and commercially available KF–Al2O3 differ in water content. The higher the residual water content, the higher are the product yields. Keywords: ball

• couplings applying ball milling conditions [55][56], respectively, the reaction times were substantially reduced from several hours to a few minutes following the present reaction protocol. A comparison of the results from the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of 1 with p-bromoacetophenone (2a) assisted by pure

• titanium silicalite, TiSiO4, showed moderate conversions in the range of basic γ-Al2O3 SRS3. Contrary to microwave-assisted reactions, MgO showed only little conversion when used as a base under ball milling conditions [34], whereas neutral oxides SiO2 and CeO2 did not show any conversion. Since the