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Compound 1 was hydrothermally synthesized under autogenous pressure[1]
I've seen this term used a few times, but with no real explanation of what it means forthcoming. I suspect it refers to the synthesis being performed at equilibrium pressure inside a sealed container (the aforementioned synthesis is performed in an autoclave at 160 C). Is my intuition correct?
[1] Sun, et al., CrystEngComm, (2012), 14, 3982-3988
Autogenous pressure synthesis is a form of solvothermal synthesis (also known as “hydrothermal synthesis” if the solvent is water). In most publications I could find, the two terms (“autogenous pressure” and “—thermal synthesis”) are used together, making it clear what it is: you seal your solution in a stainless steel autoclave, and heat it up. The pressure thus generated is called autogenous pressure because you don't apply it externally, but it simply derives from the closed nature of the container and the $(\rho,P,T)$ relationship for the fluid (its equation of state).
