Connor Durfy

#OnTheCover of issue 59...

"Hydro- and chloroelementation reactions across an iron–carbon bond using heavy group 15 reagents" by Joseph A. Zurakowski, Mitchell A. Z. MachEachern, Connor S. Durfy, Paul D. Boyle, Saurabh S. Chitnis and Marcus W. Drover

Read it here 🔓 buff.ly/2T7bybB

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

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

📸 🎥 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

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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! 🦾

🎨🖌️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

An Interactive Exploration of the Societal Impacts of Inorganic Chemistry─A Base Metal View on Sustainable Catalysis Sustainable development and green chemistry applications are at the forefront of research and chemistry education as chemists begin to respond to the transgression of planetary boundaries, such as the...

Excited to share out recent paper in J. Chem. Educ. Sharing some of our teams work developing interactive, gamified activities for learning about the societal impacts of inorganic chemistry at conferences and in undergraduate classrooms. 🌿🧩Great work team!

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Solving the Chemistry Puzzle—A Review on the Application of Escape-Room-Style Puzzles in Undergraduate Chemistry Teaching 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, prob...

Happy to share our work reviewing the use of escape rooms to teach undergraduate and high school chemistry! 🧩♟️

Great work @connordurfy.bsky.social , Emma Davy, and Shauna Schechtel!

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Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
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Recently published by @marcuswdrover.bsky.social‬ and colleagues (and also on the cover!).

'Ring strain governs transmetalation behaviour at a tucked-in iron complex'

#OpenAccess 🔓

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🎨🖌️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

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🎨🖌️#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

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🔥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! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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📸 🎥 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

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Check this out to see how we unraveled the mechanism behind this cool transformation!!

Huge thanks to @marcuswdrover.bsky.social and Joey for their mentorship and support with this project 🫶

#chemsky

Hello #chemsky - check this out for some cool heterobimetallic complexes 👀