Publications
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, Advance Article.
Yali Zhou, Gary S. Nichol, Jennifer A. Garden*, Eur. J. Inorg. Chem., 2022, Advance Article.
Weronika Gruszka and Jennifer A. Garden*, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 1609-1612.
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.
Weronika Gruszka, Haopeng Sha, Antoine Buchard and Jennifer A. Garden*, Catal. Sci. Technol. 2021, 12, 1070-1079.
Yali Zhou, Gary S. Nichol, and Jennifer. A. Garden*, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2021, 5557–5568.
Winifred Obande, Weronika Gruszka, Jennifer 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.
Steven J. Gray, Karen Brown, Francis Y. T. Lam, Jennifer A. Garden, and Polly L. Arnold*, Organometallics, 2021, 40, 7, 948–958.
Anand J. Gaston, Zoe Greindl, Carole A. Morrison, and Jennifer A. Garden*, Inorg. Chem., 2021, 60, 2294–2303.
Weronika Gruszka, Anna Lykkeberg, Gary S. Nichol, Michael P. Shaver, Antoine Buchard, and Jennifer. A. Garden*, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 11785-11790
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.