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Publications

2025

Reactivity of Low Valent Magnesium(I) Complexes with Epoxides and Episulfides

Peter J. Shaw, Gary S. Nichol, and Jennifer A. Garden, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e20259.

Molecular-level insight into the multiple mechanistic pathways in iron-catalysed alkene dimerisation

Joseph H. P. Cockcroft, Annabel Flook, Patrick J. Boaler, Gary S. Nichol, Jarle Holt, Joost Smit, Jennifer A. Garden and Stephen P. Thomas, Chem. Sci., 2025, Advance Article.

Highly Stable Heterometallic Catalysts for Polyester Depolymerization and Polymerization at High Temperatures

Natalia V. Reis, Yali Zhou, Bige Bati, Ying Wang, Gary S. Nichol, Jennifer A. Garden and Andrew P. Dove, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025.

Heterometallic Li/Zn, Li/Al and Li/In catalysts for rac-lactide ring-opening polymerisation: “ate” or “non-ate” pathways?

Thitirat Piyawongsiri, Anand J. Gaston, Maisarah Abdul Rahman, Jack W. J. Hughes, George E. Rudman, Phoebe A. Lowy, Gary S. Nichol, Carole A. Morrison, Khamphee Phomphrai and Jennifer A. Garden, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2025, Advance Article.

Lauric Diacid-Derived Sulfur-Decorated Functional Polymers Displaying Programmable Thermal and Unconventional Luminescence Properties by Simple Thionation

Adam W. Woodhouse, Bercis Pektas, Cuong M. Q. Le, Jennifer A. Garden and Hatice Mutlu, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2025, e00056.

Experimental analysis of alternative thermoplastic resins for manufacturing thick-section composite laminates in tidal turbine blades

Ione L. M. Smith, Anna Lykkeberg, Jennifer A. Garden, Edward D. McCarthy, Philipp R. Thies, Selda Oterkus and Winifred Obande, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials., 2025;0(0).

Highly Acyclic Selective Cobalt Catalysts for Butadiene Dimerization

Joseph H. P. Cockcroft, Gary S. Nichol, Jarle Holt, Joost Smit, Jennifer A. Garden and Stephen P. Thomas, ChemCatChem, 2025, e00788.

Cationic Zr catalysts for the sequential polymerisation of alkenes and cyclic oxygenated monomers

Eszter Fazekas, Carole A. Morrison and Jennifer A. Garden, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2025, Advance Article.

Ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone with a macrocyclic tetracarbene indium complex

Henry R. Brothers, Raju Chambenahalli, Gary S. Nichol, David M. Jenkins and Jennifer A. Garden, Dalton Trans., 2025, 54, 487-491.

Simple bifunctional salts for synthesising block copolymers from anhydrides/epoxides and vinyl acetate

Anna Lykkeberg, Jennifer A. Garden*, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article.

Robust Y and Lu TrenSal catalysts for ring-opening polymerisation

Eszter Fazekas, Alvaro Etcheverry-Berrios, Gary S. Nichol, Stergios Piligkos, Euan K. Brechin and Jennifer A. Garden, Polyhedron, 2025, 266, 117308.

2024

Tuneable Phosphaamidinate Ligands: Alkyl-Magnesium Complexes Responsive to Increased Ligand Bulk

Stephanie J. Urwin*, Martin W. Stanford, Gary S. Nichol, Jennifer A. Garden*, Michael J. Cowley*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2024, e202400735.

Simple divalent metal salts as robust and efficient initiators for the ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide

Phoebe A. Lowy, Jennifer A. Garden*, RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 38079-38084.

Cooperative heterometallic catalysts: balancing activity and control in PCL-block-PLA copolymer synthesis

Maisarah Abdul Rahman, Thomas J. Neal, Jennifer A. Garden*, Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article.

Unlocking the potential of polythioesters

Adam W. Woodhouse, Azra Kocaarslan, Hatice Mutlu*, Jennifer A. Garden*, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2024, 45, 2400260.

Exploiting controlled transesterification as a “top down” approach to tailor poly(ε-caprolactone)-poly(lactic acid) copolymer structures with bis-Zn catalysts

Thomas J. Neal, Edward D. Neal, James Cumby, Jennifer A. Garden*, Polym. Chem., 2024, 15, 1704-1713.

A versatile modification strategy to enhance polyethylene properties through solution-state peroxide modifications

Utku Yolsal, Thomas J. Neal, James A. Richards, John R. Royer, Jennifer A. Garden*, Polym. Chem., 2024, 15, 1399-1412.

Exploiting Multimetallic Cooperativity in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters and Ethers

Utku Yolsal, Peter J. Shaw, Phoebe A. Lowy, Raju Chambenahalli, Jennifer A. Garden*, ACS Catalysis, 2024, 14, 1050–1074.

2023

To Be or Not To Be… Cooperative? Trimetallic Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Polymerisation of Cyclic Esters

Phoebe A. Lowy, Maisarah Abdul Rahman, Gary S. Nichol, Carole A. Morrison, Jennifer A Garden*, ChemCatChem, 2023, e202301338.

Multi-stage, in-situ polymerisation for low-exotherm, liquid resin infusion of thick thermoplastic laminates at room temperature

Winifred Obande, Kit O'Rourke, Danijela Stankovic, Anna Lykkeberg, Jennifer A. Garden, Conchúr Ó Brádaigh, Dipa Ray*, Composites Communications, 2023, 101788.

NacNac-zinc-pyridonate mediated ε-caprolactone ROP

Jack W. J. Hughes, Dawid J. Babula, Findlay Stowers-Veitch, Kang Yuan, Marina Uzelac, Gary S. Nichol, Michael J. Ingleson*, Jennifer A. Garden*, Dalton Transactions, 2023, 52, 17767-17775.

Thermal Reshaping as a Route for Reuse of End-of-Life Glass Fibre-Reinforced Acrylic Composites

Winifred Obande, Danijela Stankovic, Anku Bajpai, Machar Devine, Christian Wurzer, Anna Lykkeberg, Jennifer A. Garden, Conchúr M. Ó Brádaigh and Dipa Ray*, Composites, Part B, 2023, 257, 110662.

2022

Main group metal polymerisation catalysts

Eszter Fazekas, Phoebe A. Lowy, Maisarah Abdul Rahman, Anna Lykkeberg, Yali Zhou, Raju Chambenahalli and Jennifer A. Garden*, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022, 51, 8793-8814.

Incorporating Sodium to Boost the Activity of Aluminium TrenSal Complexes towards rac-Lactide Polymerisation

Yali Zhou, Gary S. Nichol, Jennifer A. Garden*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2022, Advance Article.

Salt Additives as Activity Boosters: A Simple Strategy to Access Heterometallic Cooperativity in Lactide Polymerisation

Weronika Gruszka and Jennifer A. Garden*, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 1609-1612.

2021

Zinc Reagents in Organic Synthesis

Eszter Fazekas, Phoebe A. Lowy, Maisarah Abdul Rahman and Jennifer A. Garden*, Reference Module in Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, 2021.

Heterometallic Cooperativity in Divalent Metal ProPhenol Catalysts: Combining Zinc with Magnesium or Calcium for Cyclic Ester Ring-Opening Polymerisation

Weronika Gruszka, Haopeng Sha, Antoine Buchard and Jennifer A. Garden*, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2021, 12, 1070-1079.

Lithium Half-Salen Complexes: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Studies as Catalysts for rac-Lactide Ring-Opening Polymerization

Yali Zhou, Gary S. Nichol, and Jennifer. A. Garden*, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2021, 5557–5568.

Enhancing the Solvent Resistance and Thermomechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Acrylic Polymers and Composites via Reactive Hybridisation

Winifred Obande, Weronika Gruszka, J ennifer A. Garden, Christian Wurzer, Conchúr M. Ó Brádaigh, Dipa Ray*, Materials & Design, 2021, 206, 1098042.

Advances in Heterometallic Ring-opening (co)polymerisation Catalysis

Weronika Gruszka, Jennifer A. Garden, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 3252.

Dinuclear Ce(IV) Aryloxides: Highly Active Catalysts for Anhydride/Epoxide Ring-Opening Copolymerization

Steven J. Gray, Karen Brown, Francis Y. T. Lam, Jennifer A. Garden, and Polly L. Arnold*, Organometallics, 2021, 40, 7, 948–958.

Cooperative Heterometallic Catalysts for Lactide Ring-Opening Polymerization: Combining Aluminum with Divalent Metals

Anand J. Gaston, Zoe Greindl, Carole A. Morrison, and Jennifer A. Garden*, Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 2294–2303.

2020

Combining Alkali Metals and Zinc to Harness Heterometallic Cooperativity in Cyclic Ester Ring-Opening Polymerisation

Weronika Gruszka, Anna Lykkeberg, Gary S. Nichol, Michael P. Shaver, Antoine Buchard, and Jennifer. A. Garden*, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 11785-11790

Electron Rich (Salen)AlCl Catalysts for Lactide Polymerisation: Investigation of the Influence of Regioisomers on the Rate and Initiation Efficiency

Annabel Rae, Anand J. Gaston, Zoe Greindl, and Jennifer. A. Garden*, Eur. Polym. J., 2020, 138, 109917.

In Situ Versus Isolated Zinc Catalysts in the Selective Synthesis of Homo and Multi-block Polyesters

Weronika Gruszka, Leah C. Walker, Michael P. Shaver, and Jennifer A. Garden*, Macromolecules, 2020, 53, 11, 4294-4302.

2017 - 2019

Electron-Rich Salen-AlCl Catalysts as Efficient Initiators for the Ring-Opening Polymerisation of rac-Lactide

Anand J. Gaston, Gabija Navickaite, Gary S. Nichol, Michael P. Shaver, and Jennifer A. Garden*, Eur. Polym. J., 2019, 119, 507.

Heterodinuclear Zinc and Magnesium Catalysts for Epoxide/CO2 Ring-Opening Copolymerizations

Gemma Trott, Jennifer A. Garden and Charlotte K Williams*, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 4618.

Iron(III) Half Salen Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical and Ring-Opening Polymerizations

Eszter Fazekas, Garry S. Nichol, Jennifer A. Garden*, and Michael P. Shaver*, ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 16945.

Groups 1, 2 and Zn(II) Heterodinuclear Catalysts for Epoxide/CO2 Ring-Opening Copolymerization
Arron C. Deacy, Christopher B. Durr†, Jennifer A. Garden, Andrew J. P. White, and Charlotte K. Williams*, Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57, 15575.

Stable Fe(III) Phenoxyimines as Selective and Robust CO2/Epoxide Coupling Catalysts
E. Fazekas, G. S. Nichol, M. P Shaver, J. A. Garden*, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 13106.

Hydrolysis of Organometallic and Metal–Amide Precursors: Synthesis Routes to Oxo-Bridged Heterometallic complexes, Metal-Oxo Clusters and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
J. A. Garden*, S. D. Pike*, Dalton Trans., 2018, 47, 3638.

Exploiting Multimetallic Catalysts to Access Polymer Materials from CO2
J. A. Garden*, Green Materials, 2017, 5, 103.

Heterodinuclear Titanium/Zinc Catalysis: Synthesis, Characterization and Activity for CO2/Epoxide Copolymerization and Cyclic Ester Polymerization
J. A. Garden, A. J. P. White, C. K. Williams*, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 2532.

Donor-Activated Alkali Metal Dipyridylamides: Co-Complexation Reactions with Zinc Alkyls and Reactivity Studies with Benzophenone
D. R. Armstrong, E. V. Brouillet, J. A. Garden, M. Granitzka, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey, J. J. Trivett, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 14409.

Donor-Activated Lithiation and Sodiation of Trifluoromethylbenzene: Structural, Spectroscopic and Theoretical Insights
J. A. Garden, D. R. Armstrong, W. Clegg, J. García-Alvarez, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, L. Russo, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 5481.

Evaluating cis-2,6-Dimethylpiperidide (cis-DMP) as a Base Component in Lithium-Mediated Zincation Chemistry
D. R. Armstrong, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, S. M. Leenhouts, R. E. Mulvey*, C. T. O’Hara, P. O’Keefe, A. Steven, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 13492.

Modifying Alkylzinc Chemistry with 2,2’-Dipyridylamide: Activation of tBu-Zn Bonds Towards Para-Alkylation of Benzophenone
D. R. Armstrong, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 7190.

Dizincation of a 2-Substituted Thiophene: Constructing a Novel Cage with a [16]crown-4 Zincocyclic Core
L. Balloch, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, T. Rantanen, S. D. Robertson, V. Snieckus, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 6934.

Ambient Temperature Zincation of N-Boc Pyrrolidine and its Solvent Dependency
J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5265.

Neutral Zinc, Lower-Order Zincate and Higher-Order Zincate Derivatives of Pyrrole: Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Zinc Complexes with One, Two, Three or Four Pyrrolyl Ligands
J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11945.

Patents

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Improved Heterodinuclear Mixed Catalysts for CO2/Epoxide Copolymerisation

P. K. Saini, C. Romain, J. A. Garden, C. K. Williams, Patent application number 1308978.4.

NacNac-zinc-pyridonate mediated ε-caprolactone ROP

Di-Zinc-Aryl Complexes: CO2 Insertions and Applications in Polymerisation Catalysis

Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: A Heterodinuclear Polymerization Catalyst

Dinuclear Zinc Salen Catalysts for the Ring Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide or Anhydrides

Donor-Activated Alkali Metal Dipyridylamides: Co-Complexation Reactions with Zinc Alkyls and Reactivity Studies with Benzophenone
D. R. Armstrong, E. V. Brouillet, J. A. Garden, M. Granitzka, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey, J. J. Trivett, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 14409.

Donor-Activated Lithiation and Sodiation of Trifluoromethylbenzene: Structural, Spectroscopic and Theoretical Insights
J. A. Garden, D. R. Armstrong, W. Clegg, J. García-Alvarez, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, L. Russo, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 5481.

Evaluating cis-2,6-Dimethylpiperidide (cis-DMP) as a Base Component in Lithium-Mediated Zincation Chemistry
D. R. Armstrong, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, S. M. Leenhouts, R. E. Mulvey*, C. T. O’Hara, P. O’Keefe, A. Steven, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 13492.

Modifying Alkylzinc Chemistry with 2,2’-Dipyridylamide: Activation of tBu-Zn Bonds Towards Para-Alkylation of Benzophenone
D. R. Armstrong, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 7190.

Dizincation of a 2-Substituted Thiophene: Constructing a Novel Cage with a [16]crown-4 Zincocyclic Core
L. Balloch, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, T. Rantanen, S. D. Robertson, V. Snieckus, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 6934.

Ambient Temperature Zincation of N-Boc Pyrrolidine and its Solvent Dependency
J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5265.

Neutral Zinc, Lower-Order Zincate and Higher-Order Zincate Derivatives of Pyrrole: Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Zinc Complexes with One, Two, Three or Four Pyrrolyl Ligands
J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11945.

Improved Heterodinuclear Mixed Catalysts for CO2/Epoxide Copolymerisation

NacNac-zinc-pyridonate mediated ε-caprolactone ROP

Di-​Zinc-​Aryl Complexes: CO2 Insertions and Applications in Polymerisation Catalysis

Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: A Heterodinuclear Polymerization Catalyst

Dinuclear Zinc Salen Catalysts for the Ring Opening Copolymerization of Epoxides and Carbon Dioxide or Anhydrides

Donor-Activated Alkali Metal Dipyridylamides: Co-Complexation Reactions with Zinc Alkyls and Reactivity Studies with Benzophenone D. R. Armstrong, E. V. Brouillet, J. A. Garden*, M. Granitzka, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, J. J. Trivett, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 14409.

Donor-Activated Lithiation and Sodiation of Trifluoromethylbenzene: Structural, Spectroscopic and Theoretical Insights J. A. Garden, D. R. Armstrong, W. Clegg, J. García-Alvarez, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, L. Russo, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 5481.

Evaluating cis-2,6-Dimethylpiperidide (cis-DMP) as a Base Component in Lithium-Mediated Zincation Chemistry D. R. Armstrong, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, S. M. Leenhouts, R. E. Mulvey*, C. T. O’Hara, P. O’Keefe, A. Steven, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 13492.

Modifying Alkylzinc Chemistry with 2,2’-Dipyridylamide: Activation of tBu-Zn Bonds Towards Para-Alkylation of Benzophenone D. R. Armstrong, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 7190.

Dizincation of a 2-Substituted Thiophene: Constructing a Novel Cage with a [16]crown-4 Zincocyclic Core L. Balloch, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, T. Rantanen, S. D. Robertson, V. Snieckus, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 6934.

Ambient Temperature Zincation of N-Boc Pyrrolidine and its Solvent Dependency J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5265.

Neutral Zinc, Lower-Order Zincate and Higher-Order Zincate Derivatives of Pyrrole: Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Zinc Complexes with One, Two, Three or Four Pyrrolyl Ligands J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11945.

Improved Heterodinuclear Mixed Catalysts for CO2/Epoxide Copolymerisation

Di-Zinc-Aryl Complexes: CO2 Insertions and Applications in Polymerisation Catalysis

Donor-Activated Alkali Metal Dipyridylamides: Co-Complexation Reactions with Zinc Alkyls and Reactivity Studies with Benzophenone
D. R. Armstrong, E. V. Brouillet, J. A. Garden, M. Granitzka, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey, J. J. Trivett, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 14409.

Donor-Activated Lithiation and Sodiation of Trifluoromethylbenzene: Structural, Spectroscopic and Theoretical Insights
J. A. Garden, D. R. Armstrong, W. Clegg, J. García-Alvarez, E. Hevia, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, L. Russo, Organometallics, 2013, 32, 5481.

Evaluating cis-2,6-Dimethylpiperidide (cis-DMP) as a Base Component in Lithium-Mediated Zincation Chemistry
D. R. Armstrong, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, S. M. Leenhouts, R. E. Mulvey*, C. T. O’Hara, P. O’Keefe, A. Steven, Chem. Eur. J., 2013, 19, 13492.

Modifying Alkylzinc Chemistry with 2,2’-Dipyridylamide: Activation of tBu-Zn Bonds Towards Para-Alkylation of Benzophenone
D. R. Armstrong, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 7190.

Dizincation of a 2-Substituted Thiophene: Constructing a Novel Cage with a [16]crown-4 Zincocyclic Core
L. Balloch, J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, T. Rantanen, S. D. Robertson, V. Snieckus, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 6934.

Ambient Temperature Zincation of N-Boc Pyrrolidine and its Solvent Dependency
J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 5265.

Neutral Zinc, Lower-Order Zincate and Higher-Order Zincate Derivatives of Pyrrole: Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Zinc Complexes with One, Two, Three or Four Pyrrolyl Ligands
J. A. Garden, A. R. Kennedy, R. E. Mulvey*, S. D. Robertson, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 11945.