Dynamic mechanochemistry: accelerated self-sorting of two imine-based metal complexes under solvent-free mechanochemical conditions

Self-sorting of two imine-based Cu(i) and Fe(ii) coordination complexes from a six-component reagent library has been achieved through solvent-free mechanochemistry. The reaction proceeds rapidly, yielding the thermodynamically favored products in less than 24 hours. The results point to the potential of mechanochemistry to achieve increasingly complex multi-metallic systems through one-pot protocols.