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Connor Durfy

@ConnorDurfy

Living for inorganic chemistry ⚛️ | PhD student @UBCChem @enicholschem | formerly BSc @westernuchem @marcuswdrover | he/him🏳️‍🌈

 Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined January 2018
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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 🫶
Marcus Drover (@marcuswdrover) profile pictureMarcus Drover@marcuswdrover7 Jan 2025
🔴=⚫️=🔴 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 doi.org/10.1002/anie.2024215…
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🧑‍🎨🖌️ Our latest @ChemCommun Journal Front Cover - now out! Work done w/ @chitnislab ! Shout out to @ConnorDurfy for giving this life! Article --> pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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🔥Excited to share our latest: "C(sp2)–H Bond Activation with a Heterometallic Nickel---Aluminium Complex” Now out in @angew_chem w/ @crimmingroup Work done by PhD student, Joseph A. Zurakowski w/ Benedek Stadler & Mark Crimmin @ ICL! 💪 tinyurl.com/3bbj56nw
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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!
Marcus Drover (@marcuswdrover) profile pictureMarcus Drover@marcuswdrover10 Jul 2025
Congrats to former 4th year thesis student, @ConnorDurfy for landing an NSERC Vanier Scholarship!! 🔥 vanier.gc.ca/en/scholar_sear…
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📸 🎥 Our latest, now out - "Hydro- and Chloroelementation Reactions Across an Iron–Carbon Bond Using Heavy Group 15 Reagents" @ChemCommun @WesternU pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
Hydro- and chloroelementation reactions across an iron–carbon bond using heavy group 15 reagents†

Hydro- and chloroelementation reactions across an iron–carbon bond using heavy group 15 reagents†

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

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👀 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! 🦾
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🎨🖌️Our #FrontCover now out on the latest issue of @Orgmet_ACS @ACSPublications! "Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-In Iron Complex" by Joseph A. Zurakowski, Logan J. Taylor, and Marcus Drover Issue: 👉pubs.acs.org/toc/orgnd7/44/6
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Angewandte Chemie 9/2025: Superior Chemistry Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie chemistryviews.org/angewandt…
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🎨🖌️Our #Frontispiece now out in the latest issue of @angew_chem! "CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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🎨🖌️#OnTheCover of the latest issue of @ChemCommun! "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/arti…
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🔥Grateful to @angew_chem for including our work as part of their #IntroducingAngewandte series! @WesternU @westernuchem | 📢Thanks to @NSERC_CRSNG for their continued support of our program! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Angewandte Chemie (@angew_chem) profile pictureAngewandte Chemie@angew_chem5 Feb 2025
According to Marcus Drover, what is the most rewarding part of his job as a PI? @marcuswdrover @WesternU @westernuchem Find out on his #IntroducingAngewandte page teapawt.net/16467437/status/188028… • onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Interested in the latest Communications? Read 'Ring strain governs transmetalation behaviour at a tucked-in iron complex' by @marcuswdrover, Connor S. Durfy & Michelle Huang. buff.ly/4he9Idv
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📸 🎥 Our latest is now out - "Flash Communication: Isonitrile Cyclization and Indole Tautomerization at a Tucked-in Iron Complex" | @ACSPublications @Orgmet_ACS | Congrats to the authors! @WesternU @westernuchem tinyurl.com/5dtt7y7e
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CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy (Marcus W. Drover and co-workers) @westernuchem @marcuswdrover • onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
CO2 Reduction at a Borane‐Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy

CO2 Reduction at a Borane‐Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy

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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CO2 Reduction at a Borane-Modified Iron Complex: A Secondary Coordination Sphere Strategy (@angew_chem): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… (@marcuswdrover).
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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 ☺️
Marcus Drover (@marcuswdrover) profile pictureMarcus Drover@marcuswdrover7 Jan 2025
💫🧨 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! doi.org/10.1039/D4CC06176D @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! 🗝️📚
Dr. Marissa L. Clapson (@Chemrissa) profile pictureDr. Marissa L. Clapson@Chemrissa21 Nov 2024
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! mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/12/127…
Solving the Chemistry Puzzle—A Review on the Application of Escape-Room-Style Puzzles in Undergra...

Solving the Chemistry Puzzle—A Review on the Application of Escape-Room-Style Puzzles in Undergra...

Active learning techniques are taking the classroom by storm. Numerous research articles have highlighted the benefits of active learning techniques on student understanding, knowledge retention,...

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Eva Nichols@enicholschem9 Sep 2024
Out now in @Orgmet_ACS, we report how ligand electronic modifications influence the properties of ruthenium formyl and hydroxymethyl complexes relevant to CO-to-methanol conversion. We had fun with NMR, isotopic labeling, and unexpected results! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021…
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Congrats to @DemchukMitchell on obtaining his MSc @westernuchem today! All the best @UBCChem! Mitch contributed to a number of works in the group and will be well-missed! 🔥🔥 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti… pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… chemistry-europe.onlinelibra… pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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🖊️ 2-Alkylphosphino-1-Boraadamantanes - now out in @ChemCommun! Congrats to authors, Kurt and Paola!! @WesternU @westernuchem 🍾🔥🚨 #caged #PBpairs #phosphorus #boron url ➡️: tinyurl.com/rhcvcuvn
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