Direct Mechanocatalysis: Using Milling Balls as Catalysts

Abstract

Direct mechanocatalysis describes catalytic reactions under the involvement of mechanical energy with the distinct feature of milling equipment itself being the catalyst. This novel type of catalysis features no solubility challenges of the catalysts nor the substrate and on top offering most facile way of separation.

Keywords: ball milling; cross coupling; heterogeneous catalysis; mechanochemistry; reactive milling.