Marcus Drover
@marcuswdrover.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry @westernu.ca 👨🔬 🇨🇦 | Organometallic & Main Group Chemistry 🧪
Group webpage: www.droverlab.ca/publications
Group webpage: www.droverlab.ca/publications
🔥Excited to share our latest: "Nickel Complexes of a Hybrid Cyclopentadienyl-Phosphine Ligand” Now out in @pubs.acs.org
Work done by former PDF, Pavan Mandapati w/ PhD student, Gabe Jobin! 💪
tinyurl.com/mwtmehfh @westernu.ca @western-chemistry.bsky.social
Work done by former PDF, Pavan Mandapati w/ PhD student, Gabe Jobin! 💪
tinyurl.com/mwtmehfh @westernu.ca @western-chemistry.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🔥Excited to share our latest: "Nickel Complexes of a Hybrid Cyclopentadienyl-Phosphine Ligand” Now out in @pubs.acs.org
Work done by former PDF, Pavan Mandapati w/ PhD student, Gabe Jobin! 💪
tinyurl.com/mwtmehfh @westernu.ca @western-chemistry.bsky.social
Work done by former PDF, Pavan Mandapati w/ PhD student, Gabe Jobin! 💪
tinyurl.com/mwtmehfh @westernu.ca @western-chemistry.bsky.social
Great meeting at IDW 2025! See you all next November in Montreal! #idw2025 @westernu.ca @western-chemistry.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Great meeting at IDW 2025! See you all next November in Montreal! #idw2025 @westernu.ca @western-chemistry.bsky.social
📢 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
Work done by Deanna, Mark, & Pavan. Another great collaboration w/ @simonrondeaugagne.bsky.social & Bulent! 💪
🔗Read it here: lnkd.in/gfuYCiVH
@pubs.acs.org
September 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📢 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
Work done by Deanna, Mark, & Pavan. Another great collaboration w/ @simonrondeaugagne.bsky.social & Bulent! 💪
🔗Read it here: lnkd.in/gfuYCiVH
@pubs.acs.org
🎉🎉 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! 🔥🔥
He’s off to work with @levinchem.bsky.social in the Fall and we can’t wait to hear about his future accomplishments! 🔥🔥
July 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🎉🎉 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! 🔥🔥
He’s off to work with @levinchem.bsky.social in the Fall and we can’t wait to hear about his future accomplishments! 🔥🔥
July 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🔥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
Work done by PhD student, Joseph A. Zurakowski w/ Benedek Stadler & Mark Crimmin! 💪
tinyurl.com/3bbj56nw
July 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🔥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
Work done by PhD student, Joseph A. Zurakowski w/ Benedek Stadler & Mark Crimmin! 💪
tinyurl.com/3bbj56nw
📸 🎥 Our latest, now out -
"Hydro- and Chloroelementation Reactions Across an Iron–Carbon Bond Using Heavy Group 15 Reagents" @chemcomm.rsc.org @westernu.bsky.social @western-chemistry.bsky.social
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
"Hydro- and Chloroelementation Reactions Across an Iron–Carbon Bond Using Heavy Group 15 Reagents" @chemcomm.rsc.org @westernu.bsky.social @western-chemistry.bsky.social
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
June 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
📸 🎥 Our latest, now out -
"Hydro- and Chloroelementation Reactions Across an Iron–Carbon Bond Using Heavy Group 15 Reagents" @chemcomm.rsc.org @westernu.bsky.social @western-chemistry.bsky.social
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
"Hydro- and Chloroelementation Reactions Across an Iron–Carbon Bond Using Heavy Group 15 Reagents" @chemcomm.rsc.org @westernu.bsky.social @western-chemistry.bsky.social
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
🎉Great CSC meeting! Thanks to the organizers and volunteers! Congrats to Brady & Gabe for landing poster prizes & to group members, Joey & Mitch for their AGWIC award talks! See you all in Toronto for 2026 where Bob Morris and I will co-chair the inorganic program! 😀
June 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🎉Great CSC meeting! Thanks to the organizers and volunteers! Congrats to Brady & Gabe for landing poster prizes & to group members, Joey & Mitch for their AGWIC award talks! See you all in Toronto for 2026 where Bob Morris and I will co-chair the inorganic program! 😀
👀 Watch out for some of the group's presentations during next week's CSC in Ottawa! 🎤🧪📃 #CSC2025 #YOW #InorgChem #MolecCatal #MainGrMagic
& Be sure to check out Joey's and Mitch's award talks! 🦾
& Be sure to check out Joey's and Mitch's award talks! 🦾
June 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
👀 Watch out for some of the group's presentations during next week's CSC in Ottawa! 🎤🧪📃 #CSC2025 #YOW #InorgChem #MolecCatal #MainGrMagic
& Be sure to check out Joey's and Mitch's award talks! 🦾
& Be sure to check out Joey's and Mitch's award talks! 🦾
Our latest group photo! ☀️ #Summer2025 — See you all next week at the CSC in Ottawa!
June 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Our latest group photo! ☀️ #Summer2025 — See you all next week at the CSC in Ottawa!
🚨🚨 A warm welcome to our 2025 summer cohort of visitors: Quentin, Logan, Elizabeth, Alexis, and Joshua!
We’re thrilled to have these bright minds on board and can’t wait to see the incredible science they'll dive into this summer! 🦾 🧪 Thanks to NSERC, WesternU, & MITACS for $$!
We’re thrilled to have these bright minds on board and can’t wait to see the incredible science they'll dive into this summer! 🦾 🧪 Thanks to NSERC, WesternU, & MITACS for $$!
May 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🚨🚨 A warm welcome to our 2025 summer cohort of visitors: Quentin, Logan, Elizabeth, Alexis, and Joshua!
We’re thrilled to have these bright minds on board and can’t wait to see the incredible science they'll dive into this summer! 🦾 🧪 Thanks to NSERC, WesternU, & MITACS for $$!
We’re thrilled to have these bright minds on board and can’t wait to see the incredible science they'll dive into this summer! 🦾 🧪 Thanks to NSERC, WesternU, & MITACS for $$!
Our latest now out @chemrxiv.bsky.social - some beautiful Ni/Al chemistry from Joey in collaboration with Benedek and @crimmingroup.bsky.social! 🔥🔥
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
May 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Our latest now out @chemrxiv.bsky.social - some beautiful Ni/Al chemistry from Joey in collaboration with Benedek and @crimmingroup.bsky.social! 🔥🔥
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
💎 Some great Ni crystals to close out the week! 🔬🩻 🤩
@westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social
@westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
💎 Some great Ni crystals to close out the week! 🔬🩻 🤩
@westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social
@westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social
🚀✨ Our latest, now out -
"Oxidative Addition of 3-Iodopyridine at a Nickel Diphosphine Complex: Probing Secondary Borane Effects" @acs.org @pubs.acs.org
Work performed by PhD student, Brady Austen! 💪⭐️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@westernu.bsky.social
"Oxidative Addition of 3-Iodopyridine at a Nickel Diphosphine Complex: Probing Secondary Borane Effects" @acs.org @pubs.acs.org
Work performed by PhD student, Brady Austen! 💪⭐️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@westernu.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🚀✨ Our latest, now out -
"Oxidative Addition of 3-Iodopyridine at a Nickel Diphosphine Complex: Probing Secondary Borane Effects" @acs.org @pubs.acs.org
Work performed by PhD student, Brady Austen! 💪⭐️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@westernu.bsky.social
"Oxidative Addition of 3-Iodopyridine at a Nickel Diphosphine Complex: Probing Secondary Borane Effects" @acs.org @pubs.acs.org
Work performed by PhD student, Brady Austen! 💪⭐️
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@westernu.bsky.social
Congrats to Logan on defending his 4th year 4491 project! 🎉🎉 @westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social cc./ @workentinchem.bsky.social and Samantha Gateman for being awesome coordinators!
April 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Congrats to Logan on defending his 4th year 4491 project! 🎉🎉 @westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social cc./ @workentinchem.bsky.social and Samantha Gateman for being awesome coordinators!
🎨🖌️Our #FrontCover now out in the latest issue of Organometallics! @pubs.acs.org
"Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-In Iron Complex" by Joseph A. Zurakowski, Logan J. Taylor, and Marcus Drover
Article: 👉 lnkd.in/g9TZVv_E
Issue: 👉 lnkd.in/gMUPtsbk
"Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-In Iron Complex" by Joseph A. Zurakowski, Logan J. Taylor, and Marcus Drover
Article: 👉 lnkd.in/g9TZVv_E
Issue: 👉 lnkd.in/gMUPtsbk
March 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🎨🖌️Our #FrontCover now out in the latest issue of Organometallics! @pubs.acs.org
"Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-In Iron Complex" by Joseph A. Zurakowski, Logan J. Taylor, and Marcus Drover
Article: 👉 lnkd.in/g9TZVv_E
Issue: 👉 lnkd.in/gMUPtsbk
"Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-In Iron Complex" by Joseph A. Zurakowski, Logan J. Taylor, and Marcus Drover
Article: 👉 lnkd.in/g9TZVv_E
Issue: 👉 lnkd.in/gMUPtsbk
🔎🕵️♀️ Our latest collaborative work, "The Selective and Sensitive Fluorogenic Detection of Hydrogen Gas Using an Azomethine‑H Dye" has now been published @pubs.acs.org @acs.org | Congrats to the authors! @westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/3xa8dscu
➡️ tinyurl.com/3xa8dscu
March 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🔎🕵️♀️ Our latest collaborative work, "The Selective and Sensitive Fluorogenic Detection of Hydrogen Gas Using an Azomethine‑H Dye" has now been published @pubs.acs.org @acs.org | Congrats to the authors! @westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social @uwindsor.bsky.social
➡️ tinyurl.com/3xa8dscu
➡️ tinyurl.com/3xa8dscu
🎨🖌️Our #Frontispiece now out in the latest issue of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social!
"CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy" by Connor Durfy, Joseph A. Zurakowski, and Marcus Drover
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy" by Connor Durfy, Joseph A. Zurakowski, and Marcus Drover
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
February 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🎨🖌️Our #Frontispiece now out in the latest issue of @angewandtechemie.bsky.social!
"CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy" by Connor Durfy, Joseph A. Zurakowski, and Marcus Drover
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy" by Connor Durfy, Joseph A. Zurakowski, and Marcus Drover
👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🎨🖌️#OnTheCover of the latest issue of @chemcomm.rsc.org!
"Ring strain governs transmetalation behaviour at a tucked-in iron complex" by Connor Durfy, Michelle Huang, Joseph A. Zurakowski, Paul D. Boyle and Marcus Drover
➡️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
"Ring strain governs transmetalation behaviour at a tucked-in iron complex" by Connor Durfy, Michelle Huang, Joseph A. Zurakowski, Paul D. Boyle and Marcus Drover
➡️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
February 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🎨🖌️#OnTheCover of the latest issue of @chemcomm.rsc.org!
"Ring strain governs transmetalation behaviour at a tucked-in iron complex" by Connor Durfy, Michelle Huang, Joseph A. Zurakowski, Paul D. Boyle and Marcus Drover
➡️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
"Ring strain governs transmetalation behaviour at a tucked-in iron complex" by Connor Durfy, Michelle Huang, Joseph A. Zurakowski, Paul D. Boyle and Marcus Drover
➡️ pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
🔥Grateful to @angewandtechemie.bsky.social for including our work as part of their #IntroducingAngewandte series! @westernu.bsky.social | 📢Thanks to NSERC for their continued support of our program! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
url: --> onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
url: --> onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
February 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🔥Grateful to @angewandtechemie.bsky.social for including our work as part of their #IntroducingAngewandte series! @westernu.bsky.social | 📢Thanks to NSERC for their continued support of our program! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
url: --> onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
url: --> onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
📸 🎥 Our latest is now out - "Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-in Iron Complex" | @pubs.acs.org @acs.org | Congrats to the authors! @westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5dtt7y7e
tinyurl.com/5dtt7y7e
January 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📸 🎥 Our latest is now out - "Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-in Iron Complex" | @pubs.acs.org @acs.org | Congrats to the authors! @westernu.bsky.social @westernuresearch.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5dtt7y7e
tinyurl.com/5dtt7y7e
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Excited to share our latest:
“CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy”
Now out in Angewandte Chemie!
Congrats to Connor and Joey!
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
Excited to share our latest:
“CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy”
Now out in Angewandte Chemie!
Congrats to Connor and Joey!
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
January 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🔴=⚫️=🔴
Excited to share our latest:
“CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy”
Now out in Angewandte Chemie!
Congrats to Connor and Joey!
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
Excited to share our latest:
“CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy”
Now out in Angewandte Chemie!
Congrats to Connor and Joey!
doi.org/10.1002/anie...
💫🧨 Our first paper of 2025 is now out in @roysocchem.bsky.social ChemCommun!
“Ring Strain Governs Transmetalation Behaviour at a Tucked-In Iron Complex” #iron #Cp*
Congrats to Connor, Michelle, and Joey!
doi.org/10.1039/D4CC...
“Ring Strain Governs Transmetalation Behaviour at a Tucked-In Iron Complex” #iron #Cp*
Congrats to Connor, Michelle, and Joey!
doi.org/10.1039/D4CC...
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
💫🧨 Our first paper of 2025 is now out in @roysocchem.bsky.social ChemCommun!
“Ring Strain Governs Transmetalation Behaviour at a Tucked-In Iron Complex” #iron #Cp*
Congrats to Connor, Michelle, and Joey!
doi.org/10.1039/D4CC...
“Ring Strain Governs Transmetalation Behaviour at a Tucked-In Iron Complex” #iron #Cp*
Congrats to Connor, Michelle, and Joey!
doi.org/10.1039/D4CC...
🎄🎁 It’s beginning to look a lot like… Aluminum! - now out in @acspublications.bsky.social. Wonderful work by Gabe who spearheaded this project! 💪⭐️
1,4-Diphosphorinane Synthesis at a Cationic Aluminum(III) Center | Organometallics
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@westernu.bsky.social
1,4-Diphosphorinane Synthesis at a Cationic Aluminum(III) Center | Organometallics
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@westernu.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 12:37 PM
🎄🎁 It’s beginning to look a lot like… Aluminum! - now out in @acspublications.bsky.social. Wonderful work by Gabe who spearheaded this project! 💪⭐️
1,4-Diphosphorinane Synthesis at a Cationic Aluminum(III) Center | Organometallics
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@westernu.bsky.social
1,4-Diphosphorinane Synthesis at a Cationic Aluminum(III) Center | Organometallics
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
@westernu.bsky.social
Looking forward to visiting @uoftmississauga.bsky.social campus tomorrow! Thanks to Ulrich for the invitation!
December 4, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Looking forward to visiting @uoftmississauga.bsky.social campus tomorrow! Thanks to Ulrich for the invitation!