The key role of medium polarity in mechanochemical Lewis acid catalysis: a computational study
Abstract
The change in media polarity is enough to explain the enhanced reactivity under ball-milling conditions of the dichloride zinc-catalyzed cycloaddition between anthracene and 1,4-anthraquinone.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Crystallography and molecular interactions
Organoboron and organosilicon chemistry
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Publication details
- Journal / source
- RSC Mechanochemistry
- Publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 780–785
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN