Connor Durfy
@ConnorDurfy
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Living for inorganic chemistry ⚛️ | PhD student @UBCChem @enicholschem | formerly BSc @westernuchem @marcuswdrover | he/him🏳️🌈
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined January 2018
Thrilled to see this work out in @angew_chem!. Uncovering this mechanism was incredibly challenging yet rewarding and I had such a blast working on it!. Huge thanks to Joey and Marcus for the incredible guidance and support throughout, I’m so grateful for your mentorship 🫶.
🔴=⚫️=🔴 . Excited to share our latest:. “CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy” . Now out in @angew_chem! . Congrats to Connor and Joey! . @WesternU | @westernuchem | @VPRWesternU .
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RT @marcuswdrover: 🧑🎨🖌️ Our latest @ChemCommun Journal Front Cover - now out!. Work done w/ @chitnislab ! Shout out to @ConnorDurfy for g….
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RT @marcuswdrover: 🔥Excited to share our latest: "C(sp2)–H Bond Activation with a Heterometallic Nickel---Aluminium Complex” Now out in….
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I’m incredibly grateful to have been awarded an NSERC Vanier scholarship!! . Huge thank you to @marcuswdrover, @enicholschem and the teams at @westernuchem and @UBCChem for their endless support during this application!.
Congrats to former 4th year thesis student, @ConnorDurfy for landing an NSERC Vanier Scholarship!! 🔥.
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RT @marcuswdrover: 📸 🎥 Our latest, now out - . "Hydro- and Chloroelementation Reactions Across an Iron–Carbon Bond Using Heavy Group 15 Re….
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Diaminostibines ({Sb}–H) add across the iron–carbon bond of a tucked-in iron diphosphine complex, resulting in hydrostibinated iron hydride [{Cp*-SbR2}Fe–H] complexes. The scope was broadened to...
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RT @marcuswdrover: 👀 Watch out for some of the group's presentations during next week's CSC in Ottawa! 🎤🧪📃 #CSC2025 #YOW #InorgChem #MolecC….
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RT @marcuswdrover: 🎨🖌️Our #FrontCover now out on the latest issue of @Orgmet_ACS @ACSPublications!. "Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cycliz….
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RT @ChemistryViews: Angewandte Chemie 9/2025: Superior Chemistry.Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie..
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RT @marcuswdrover: 🎨🖌️Our #Frontispiece now out in the latest issue of @angew_chem! . "CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A S….
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RT @marcuswdrover: 🎨🖌️#OnTheCover of the latest issue of @ChemCommun! . "Ring strain governs transmetalation behaviour at a tucked-in iron….
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RT @marcuswdrover: 🔥Grateful to @angew_chem for including our work as part of their #IntroducingAngewandte series! @WesternU @westernuchem….
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RT @ChemCommun: Interested in the latest Communications? . Read 'Ring strain governs transmetalation behaviour at a tucked-in iron complex'….
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RT @marcuswdrover: 📸 🎥 Our latest is now out - "Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-in Iron….
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RT @angew_chem: CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy (Marcus W. Drover and co-workers)….
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Using a bifunctional {Fe-H/Cp*-BCy2} (Cp* = C5Me5−) complex, which includes both iron-hydride and Lewis acid (borane) components, we demonstrate controlled CO2 reactivity to yield a formoxy borane-...
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RT @Boron_Chemistry: CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy (@angew_chem): https://t.co/….
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Check this out for some beautiful bimetallic complexes and reversible transmetalation enable by ligand exchange on Rh or Ir!. Huge congrats to Michelle and Joey - thank you both for your hard work on this ☺️.
💫🧨 Our first paper of 2025 is now out in @ChemCommun! . “Ring Strain Governs Transmetalation Behaviour at a Tucked-In Iron Complex” #iron #Cp* . Congrats to Connor, Michelle, and Joey! . . @WesternU | @westernuchem | @VPRWesternU
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So happy to see this out - and I’m so grateful for the amazing team that brought this to life!! Anyone interested in escape room activities should absolutely check it out! 🗝️📚.
Proud to share our recent chemistry education article with @EducationScience providing a review of escape room activities to teach undergraduate chemistry. 🔐 🧩 Excellent work @ShaunaSchechtel , @ConnorDurfy and @edavy87 bringing this piece together!.
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RT @enicholschem: Out now in @Orgmet_ACS, we report how ligand electronic modifications influence the properties of ruthenium formyl and hy….
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RT @marcuswdrover: Congrats to @DemchukMitchell on obtaining his MSc @westernuchem today! All the best @UBCChem! Mitch contributed to a num….
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RT @marcuswdrover: 🖊️ 2-Alkylphosphino-1-Boraadamantanes - now out in @ChemCommun! Congrats to authors, Kurt and Paola!! . @WesternU @weste….
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