Open AccessMechanically Induced Solid-State Generation of Phosphorus Ylides and the Solvent-Free Wittig Reaction
Author(s) -
Viktor P. Balema,
Jerzy W. Wiench,
Marek Pruski,
V. K. Pecharsky
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the american chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115
H-Index - 612
eISSN - 1520-5126
pISSN - 0002-7863
DOI - 10.1021/ja017908p
Subject(s) - chemistry , wittig reaction , crystallinity , solvent , phosphorus , solid state , energy transfer , chemical engineering , photochemistry , organic chemistry , chemical physics , crystallography , engineering
We describe the nearly quantitative preparation of phosphorus ylides and the Wittig reaction occurring in the solid sate during high-energy mechanochemical processing. Initial insights into the details of the discovered chemical transformations indicate that high-energy mechanical processing supports the interaction of reacting centers by breaking crystallinity of the reactants and by providing mass transfer without a solvent.
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