Abstract:

IUPAC defines a "mechano-chemical reaction" as a "chemical reaction that is induced by the direct absorption of mechanical energy".¹ We are using such activation in synthesis and catalysis, where it has proven beneficial.² Selected recent examples from our group will be presented here.³

References:

1 IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1997 and cited in PAC 2004, 76, 889.