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Solid-state synthetic chemistry has some potential advantages that include the absence of solubility issues and solvation phenomena, together with increased environmental friendliness. Mechanochemical synthesis, in particular, has undergone an exponential growth in recent years and has led to the improvement of many previously known transformations and the development of new ones. This chapter is aimed at providing a critical outlook of these developments.
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Clerigué, J., Ramos, M.T., Menéndez, J.C. (2021). Solid-State Green Organic Reactions. In: Anilkumar, G., Saranya, S. (eds) Green Organic Reactions. Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6897-2_6
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