Synthetic applications of light, electricity, mechanical force and flow

摘要: An energy input is often required to promote chemical reactions. Although heat commonly applied overcome activation barriers in such processes, other forms of can also be utilized unlock potential. Light, electricity and mechanical force facilitate transformations, these strategies benefit from technological advancements reactor design the integration flow processes. approaches have been investigated since 19th century, they are enjoying a resurgence now find mainstream diverse synthetic applications. Improvements generally coincided with conceptual developments, this Review showcases recent advances aligned themes spanning photoredox catalysis, mechanochemistry, electrosynthesis synthesis static electric fields flow.