Using Desmotropes, Cocrystals, and Salts to Manipulate Reactivity in Mechanochemical Organic Reactions
- 7 September 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Vol. 86 (20) , 14160-14168
Abstract
Performing reactions in the solid state offers the largely unexplored possibility of influencing reactivity by manipulating the solid form of the starting reactants. In this work, we explore the use of various solid forms of barbituric acid and its effect on reaction paths and kinetics in a Knoevenagel condensation reaction with vanillin. Modifications of barbituric acid included the use of its desmotrope, a cocrystal, and a salt as the starting reactant. Comparing these reactions with the reaction starting from the commercial keto tautomer of barbituric acid, we find that the reaction kinetics could be accelerated or decelerated, together with a change in the reaction mechanism. Exploring solid forms of reactants can be used as general methodology for manipulating mechanochemical reactivity, further highlighting the benefits of conducting reactions in the solid state, because many of the modifications of solids become unavailable upon dissolution.Keywords
Funding Information
- Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost (1419)
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