Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 17h

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!

3

Reposted by Marcus Drover

Inorganic Discussion Weekend 2025 @idw2025.bsky.social · 1d

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

1 1

Reposted by Marcus Drover

Inorganic Discussion Weekend 2025 @idw2025.bsky.social · 1d

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

1 1 2

Reposted by Marcus Drover

Inorganic Discussion Weekend 2025 @idw2025.bsky.social · 8d

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

Home | IDW2025

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

idw2025.ca

3 4

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 16d

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

Inorganic Discussion Weekend 2025 @idw2025.bsky.social · 16d

We're excited to announce that the 55th Inorganic Discussion Weekend will take place November 7th-9th, 2025 at Western University! Registration and abstract submission are NOW OPEN on our website: idw2025.ca

More details of the event can be found on our website!

1 2

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 27d

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

1

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 27d

📢 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

1 1 9

Reposted by Marcus Drover

Harder Research Group @harder-research.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

10 43

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thanks to David Emslie for serving as his external examiner!

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎉🎉 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! 🔥🔥

2 1 31

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 29

Congrats!!

1

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

ChemistryViews @chemistryviews.bsky.social · Jul 24

A heterometallic Ni–Al complex breaks C–H bonds in pyridines with ligand-controlled precision
🧪Research Highlight from @angewandtechemie.bsky.social
www.chemistryviews.org/%f0%9f%a7%aa...

🧪 Article Highlight: C(sp²)–H Activation via a Ni–Al Complex - ChemistryViews

A heterometallic Ni–Al complex breaks C–H bonds in pyridines with ligand-controlled precision

www.chemistryviews.org

1 12

Reposted by Marcus Drover

Ken Lo @bhkenlo.bsky.social · Jul 20

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

2 10

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

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

3 16

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 11

Cheers!

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 10

@benedekstdlr.bsky.social

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 10

⚙️ 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.

1 1

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 10

🔥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

3 5 33

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 9

**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!

www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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.

www.forbes.com

11 9

Reposted by Marcus Drover

Louise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · Jul 8

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....

3 13

Reposted by Marcus Drover

David Nelson @davidjn.bsky.social · Jul 1

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...

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...

pubs.rsc.org

2 6 15

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thanks David!

1

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thanks Shiva!

1

Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · Jul 1

Absolutely!! Get the drinks ordered and I’m there!! 😉

1