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Delving into dynamic effects

Nature Chemistry volume 12, pages 225–226 (2020)Cite this article

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Although the application of force to induce chemical transformations is an active area of research, detailed understanding of these mechanochemical pathways is still lacking. Now, the mechanochemical activation of [4]-ladderane has been studied and found to exhibit unique non-equilibrium dynamic effects.

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Fig. 1: Cascade unzipping reaction of [4]-ladderane.

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This work was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

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Lordi, V. Delving into dynamic effects. Nat. Chem. 12, 225–226 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0435-2

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