Kinetic analysis of the liquid-assisted grinding (LAG) mechanosynthesis of metal bipyridine complexes

Grinding and the anisotropic environment: influences on the diastereoselective formation of Group 15 allyl complexes

“…6 On a molecular level, three or more molecules of the LAG solvent were present for every metal center, providing enough for molecular diffusion to occur. 18 Although a structure-directing effect has been observed before with LAG in the formation of host–guest complexes, co-crystals, and polymorphs, 19 in which liquid polarity, the η value, and interactions between the liquid and the reactants have been implicated, it is rare to observe the effect displayed by the complexes, in which LAG affects organometallic reaction intermediates. 4 a…”