Marcus Drover

Mount Allison University: Organic Chemistry https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/mount-allison-university-organic.html

University of Lethbridge: Experimental chemistry. https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2025/08/university-of-lethbridge-experimental.html

Université d’Ottawa: Chaire de recherche du Canada de niveau 1 en conception de catalyseurs durables https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2025/08/universite-dottawa-chaire-de-recherche.html

Université de Montréal: chimie inorganique https://chempostingscanada.blogspot.com/2025/10/universite-de-montreal-chimie.html

Registration and abstract submissions for #InorganicDiscussionWeekend has now been EXTENDED until Oct. 22nd!

Last chance to sign up to give an oral, poster or flash talk, or to just come and learn more about inorganic chemistry!

Visit idw2025.ca for more details.

Abstract Submission | IDW2025

Just a reminder that abstract submissions for #InorganicDiscussionWeekend is due TOMORROW, Oct 15th!

The abstract template and submission guidelines can be found on our website under the "Abstract Submission" tab!

www.idw2025.ca/abstract-sub...

It has been an honour and privilege to co-write this piece in honour of Bob!

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(Want to know how many papers Bob has in his self-curated digital reference library that he started in 1989? The answer will surprise you! Read the article to find out 😉)

A Crystalline Monomeric Diboryl Diazene Azo compounds (R─N═N─R′) are a foundational class of nitrogen-containing molecules. In contrast to the bench-stability of many azo derivatives, monomeric diboryl diazenes (R2BN═NBR2) have long eluded ...

We’ve been quiet for a while, but here’s something exciting: hot off the press: a crystalline monomeric diboryl diazene @jacs.acspublications.org pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Genuine Heterocycles: pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
I made some --M-H-B-O-P-N-- (M = Rh or Ir) compounds during my PhD!

And don't forget to register and submit your abstracts! There's only 8 days until abstract submission deadline.

Time to introduce our keynote speakers! We are so excited to welcome Dr. Robert Gilliard, Dr. Sophie Rousseaux, and Dr. Eva Hemmer to IDW 2025.

Find out more about our speakers on our website: idw2025.ca under "About Our Speakers" tab.

@rjgilliard.bsky.social

Home | IDW2025 Inorganic Discussion Weekend (IDW2025) at Western University 7-9 November 2025 London, ON Canada

Did you know that #InorganicDiscussionWeekend hasn't taken place since Windsor 2023? We're so excited to host you at @WesternU this November 7-9th!

Don't forget to register and submit your abstracts on our website: idw2025.ca

Abstract submissions due October 15th

Come join us!!!! Register below - deadline: October 15th!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

BIG thanks to the NSERC Alliance Missions Program for supporting this work!

📢 Our latest, now out in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering -- "Tetrazolium Blue-Based Colorimetric Sensor for Hydrogen Gas"

Work done by Deanna, Mark, & Pavan. Another great collaboration w/ @simonrondeaugagne.bsky.social & Bulent! 💪

🔗Read it here: lnkd.in/gfuYCiVH

@pubs.acs.org

P4 REDUCTION generally results in multi-nuclear Zintl anions: P8(2-), P4(2-) or P7(3-). Reaction with a soluble Mg(0) complex gave full reduction to P(3-). Latter anion serves as a triple base, a three-fold nucleophile or 3e-reducing agent. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10

Thanks to David Emslie for serving as his external examiner!

🎉🎉 Big Congrats to Joey Zurakowski who defended his PhD yesterday in fine style! Joey co-authored 26 papers during his time in the group (with more to come)!

He’s off to work with @levinchem.bsky.social in the Fall and we can’t wait to hear about his future accomplishments! 🔥🔥

Congrats!!

Nice to see our work with @crimmingroup.bsky.social highlighted by Chemistry Views and picking up HOT 🔥🔥 status along the way!

Cooperative Reactivity Induced by All-Gallium Coordination at Nickel | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Fischer and co-workers @InorgChem #nickel #gallium #umpolung #DFT #NiGa4

Our latest front cover, now out in @chemcomm.rsc.org!

Work done w/ @sschitnis.bsky.social! 🧑‍🎨🖌️

Cheers!

@benedekstdlr.bsky.social

Big thanks goes to NSERC and MITACS, who funded Joey's stay at Imperial College last summer!

⚙️ tldr: We report a rare example of a Ni–Al heterometallic complex that is capable of the site-specific C–H activation of 4-dimethylaminopyridine (or pyridine) at the 2-position by oxidative addition.

🔥Excited to share our latest: "C(sp2)–H Bond Activation with a Heterometallic Nickel---Aluminium Complex” Now out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social w/ @crimmingroup.bsky.social

Work done by PhD student, Joseph A. Zurakowski w/ Benedek Stadler & Mark Crimmin! 💪

tinyurl.com/3bbj56nw

A Leading Canadian University Makes A Pitch For Top U.S. PhD Students Western University, one of Canada’s leading public research universities, is launching an initiative aimed at luring away PhD students from premier U.S. institutions.

**US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Award @WesternU
-$160,000 to 25 PhD students for up to 4 years.
- Must've had offer rescinded/cancelled from US school.
-Expedited admission process.
-Feel free to reach out, if interested in a PhD in inorganic chem!

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Thursday, July 10, please join the Canadian National Committee for Crystallography for our 8th Dr. Penelope Codding Lecture Series in Support of Early-Career Crystallographers, featuring Prof. Mike Katz, Memorial University. Join information on our website: xtallography.ca/index.php/co....

Probing substrate binding and release events in iridium-catalysed hydrogen isotope exchange reactions Directed, metal-catalysed C–H activation reactions rely on the binding of a Lewis basic functional group to the metal centre to ensure precise control of regioselectivity. However, groups that bind th...

Daria's collaborative paper with Professor Billy Kerr and Dr Dave Lindsay was published today in @chemicalscience.rsc.org. This explores how many C-H deuteration events occur per binding event in iridium-catalysed hydrogen isotope exchange.

The article is open access: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...