Hajime Ito
@hajito1.bsky.social
Professor, Hokkaido University, WPI-ICREDD
Reposted by Hajime Ito
As the cost of lithium rises, chemists have developed a simple mechanochemical way to make organosodium reagents – alternatives to ubiquitous organolithium ones.
Ball-milled sodium provides easy access to organometallic reagent
Solvent-free organosodium is a promising alternative to lithium reagents
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January 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
As the cost of lithium rises, chemists have developed a simple mechanochemical way to make organosodium reagents – alternatives to ubiquitous organolithium ones.
Our research has been higlighted in Chemistry World!
Ball-milled sodium provides easy access to organometallic reagent
www.chemistryworld.com/news/ball-mi...
Ball-milled sodium provides easy access to organometallic reagent
www.chemistryworld.com/news/ball-mi...
Ball-milled sodium provides easy access to organometallic reagent
Solvent-free organosodium is a promising alternative to lithium reagents
www.chemistryworld.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Our research has been higlighted in Chemistry World!
Ball-milled sodium provides easy access to organometallic reagent
www.chemistryworld.com/news/ball-mi...
Ball-milled sodium provides easy access to organometallic reagent
www.chemistryworld.com/news/ball-mi...
Our latest work is now published ASAP in JACS.
We demonstrate that poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) can be mechanochemically activated to function as a mechanotunable Brønsted-acid-releasing reagent
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We demonstrate that poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) can be mechanochemically activated to function as a mechanotunable Brønsted-acid-releasing reagent
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Using Mechanochemistry to Activate Poly(vinyl chloride) as a Mechanotunable Brønsted-Acid-Releasing Reagent for Organic Synthesis
Mechanical force has the potential to activate thermodynamically and chemically stable molecules, enabling unique reactions to proceed with lower activation energies compared to those of conventional ...
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January 3, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Our latest work is now published ASAP in JACS.
We demonstrate that poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) can be mechanochemically activated to function as a mechanotunable Brønsted-acid-releasing reagent
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
We demonstrate that poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) can be mechanochemically activated to function as a mechanotunable Brønsted-acid-releasing reagent
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
I am attending ACCC10 in Hanoi!
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October 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I am attending ACCC10 in Hanoi!
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Currently at INCOME 2025, the holy ground of mechanochemistry.
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INCOME conference 2025
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September 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Currently at INCOME 2025, the holy ground of mechanochemistry.
www2.hu-berlin.de/income2025-b...
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I was invited to give a lecture at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (hosted by Prof. Daniel T. Gryko and Prof. Bartłomiej Furman) in Warsaw. This was my second time in Poland.
September 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I was invited to give a lecture at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (hosted by Prof. Daniel T. Gryko and Prof. Bartłomiej Furman) in Warsaw. This was my second time in Poland.