reactant

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Starting with relatively simple, purchasable reactants, the process involves sequences of chemical reactions in which the complexity of the molecules produced gradually increases with each step towards the final target.

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One promising technology is flow chemistry, in which reactions take place in channels that have a constant flow of reactants pumped through their innards, rather than in a single vessel.

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However, the scope of cyclo-additions is limited to certain reactants, which has restricted their use for making libraries of compounds.

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The quicker-diffusing reactant — called the inhibitor — pushes back against the slower one, called the activator, effectively corralling the resulting product into a pattern of spots or stripes.

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But there is another option that has been much less explored: mechanical energy from, for example, grinding reactants together or applying pressure to solids.

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