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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

C. Romain, J. A. Garden, G. Trott, A. Buchard, A. J. P. White, C. K. Williams*, Chem. Eur. J., 2017, 23, 7367.

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

J. A. Garden, P. K. Saini, C. K. Williams*, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 15078.  

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

A. Thevenon, J. A. Garden, A. J. P. White, C. K. Williams*, Inorg. Chem., 2015, 54, 11906.

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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

Improved Heterodinuclear Mixed Catalysts for CO2/Epoxide Copolymerisation 

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