Investigations of Thermally-Controlled Mechanochemical Milling Reactions

10 September 2019, Version 3
This content is a preprint and has not undergone peer review at the time of posting.

Abstract

Mechanochemical milling reactions gained a lot of attention lately as a green and highly efficient path towards various relevant materials. The control over the fundamental reaction parameters in milling procedure, such as temperature and pressure of the reactor, is still in infancy and the vast majority of milling reactions is done with controlling just the basic parameters such as frequency and milling media weight. We demonstrate here how the milling under controlled, prolonged and variable heating programs accomplished in a new milling reactor introduces a new level of mechanochemical reactivity beyond what can be achieved by conventional mechanochemical or solution procedures, and also reduces the time and energy costs of the milling process. The methodology is demonstrated on four varied systems: C–C bond forming Knoevenagel condensation, selective C–N bond formation for amide/urea synthesis, selective double-imine condensation, and solid-state formation of an archetypal open metal-organic framework, MOF-74. The potential of this methodology is best demonstrated on the one-pot selective synthesis of four complex products containing combinations of amide, amine or urea functionalities from the same and simple acyl azide and diamine reactants. Principal control over this enhanced reactivity and selectivity stemmed from the application of specific heating regimes to mechanochemical processing accomplished by a new, in-house developed mechanochemical reactor. As even the moderate increase in temperature strongly affects the selectivity and the rate of mechanochemical reactions, the results presented are in line with recent challenges of the accepted theories of mechanochemical reactivity.

Keywords

MOF-74
C-N and C-C bond formation
solid-state selectivity
Mechanochemistry
Mechanochemical conditions
Thermally-controlled milling

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