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The drover group
 The university of windsor, Windsor, ON
WE ARE MOVING TO WESTERN UNIV. - JULY 2023!


​Publications ​

Undergraduates (underlined)
A=Article, c = communication, r = review, p = perspective
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​-2023-
C48. Reactions of Nickel Boranyl Compounds with Element-Carbon Triple Bonds
Austen, B. J. H.; Clapson, M. L.; Drover, M. W.*
2023, in preparation.
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​A47. Cross-Coupling Reactivity from a Six-Membered Dinickel(0) Resting State
Clapson, M. L.; Nelson, D. N.* Drover, M.W.*
2023, in preparation.
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​A46. Appending Lewis-Acidic Secondary Coordination Spheres to
Complexes of the Type [Cp*Fe(diphosphine)(X)] (X = Cl, H): Implications for Reactivity 

Zurakowski, J.A.; Drover, M.W.*
2023, in preparation.
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​-2022-
P45. On the Realities of Base Metal Catalysis: An Overview
Clapson, M. L.; Durfy, C.#; Faccchinato, D.#; Drover, M.W.*
ChemRxiv 2022, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-79ld5​
# = These authors contributed equally​
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A44. Cooperative Nitrile Coordination Using Nickel and a Boron-Containing
Secondary Coordination Sphere

Clapson, M. L.; Sharma, H.; Zurakowski, J. A.; Drover, M. W.*
Chem. -Eur. J. 2022, e202203763. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203763
​​**Original Preprint available on ChemRxiv -  10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-w2th1
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​A43. Iridium Diphosphine Complexes Featuring Pendant Lewis acids:
Efforts Towards Selective Heteroarene Borylation

Demchuk, M. J.; Zurakowski, J. A.; Drover, M. W.*
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2022, e202200731. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200731
​**Invited as part of  a special issue: EurJIC Talents
​** Invited Front Cover Art for EurJIC Talents (A. Morris)
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A42. Racemic and Meso Diastereomers of a P-Chirogenic Diboranyldiphosphinoethane
Austen, B. J. H.; Sharma, H.; Zurakowski, J.A.; Drover, M.W.*
Organometallics 2022, 41, 2709-2715. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00336
​**Preprint available on ChemRxiv - 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-p08rn
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P41. Nickel Upgrades Nitrogen Waste
Clapson, M. L.; Drover, M. W.*
Nat. Synth. 2022, 1, 267–268. DOI: 10.1038/s44160-022-00055-y
**News & Views Article​
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C40. Rhodium Disulfur and Dioxygen Complexes: Examination of Boron Secondary
Coordination Sphere Effects 

Facchinato, D.; Zurakowski, J.A.; Drover, M.W.*
J. Coord. Chem. 2022, 75, 1929-1939. DOI: 10.1080/00958972.2022.2067989​
​**Invited as part of  the themed collection: 2022 Emerging Leaders in Coordination Chemistry
**Preprint available on ChemRxiv - 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-mbtxb​
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R39. A Guide to Secondary Coordination Sphere Editing
Drover, M.W.*
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2022, 51, 1861-1880. DOI: 10.1039/D2CS00022A
**Invited as part of  the themed collection: 2022 Emerging Investigators
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​​C38. Bis(1-Bora-4-phosphorinane) Ring Closure at Cp*M (M = Fe, Co) Complexes
Zurakowski, J.A.; Austen, B. J. H.; Brown, K. R.; Drover, M.W.*
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 2500-2503. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC07060F 
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R37. Exterior Decorating: Lewis Acid Secondary Coordination Spheres for Cooperative Reactivity
Zurakowski, J.A.#; Austen, B.J.H.#; Drover, M.W.*
Trends Chem. 2022, 4, 331-346. DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2022.01.007
# = These authors contributed equally
**Invited as part of the 3rd anniversary special issue
** Abstract image contributed by Chelsea Ymana, SMArtUWindsor
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​C36. Competitive Gold/Nickel Transmetalation
Demchuk, M.#; Zurakowski, J.A.#; Austen, B.J.H.; Nelson, D.J.*; Drover, M.W.*
Chem. Commun. 2022, 58, 68-71. DOI: 10.1039/D1CC06064C
In collaboration with D. J. Nelson (U. Strathclyde, Scotland)
# = These authors contributed equally​ 
**Invited as part of  the themed collection: Boron Chemistry in the 21st Century: From Synthetic
Curiosities to Functional Molecules

**Preprint available on ChemRxiv - 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-kszpg
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A35. Lewis-Acid Assisted Oxidative Addition at a [Ni(diphosphine)2] Complex: The Critical Role
of a Secondary Coordination Sphere

Zurakowski, J.A.; Dufour, M.C.; Austen, B.J.H.; Spasyuk, D.M.; Nelson, D.J.*; Drover, M.W.*
Chem. -Eur. J. 2021, 27, 16021-16027. DOI. 10.1002/chem.202103121
In collaboration with D. J. Nelson (U. Strathclyde, Scotland)
and D. M. 
Spasyuk (Canadian Light Source)
** Designated as a “Hot Article” by the editors and reviewers
** Designated as a “
Hot Topic: C-C Coupling” article by the editors
**Preprint available on ChemRxiv - 10.33774/chemrxiv-2021-t8p0f
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A34. Preparation of a Borane-Appended Cobalt(III) Hydride: Evidence for Metal-Ligand 
Cooperativity in O--H Bond Activation

Zurakowski, J.A.#; Austen, B.J.H.#; Dufour, M.C.; Bhattacharyya, M.; Spasyuk, D.M.; Drover, M.W.*
Dalton Trans. 2021, 50, 12440-12447. DOI: 10.1039/D1DT02331D
In collaboration with D.M. Spasyuk (Canadian Light Source)
# = These authors contributed equally
​** Invited Front Cover for #DaltonTurns50 (Liessell, SMArtUWindsor)
**This article was selected as part of a themed collection: Dalton Transactions *HOT* Articles
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A33. Wrapping Rhodium in a Borane Canopy: Implications for
Hydride Formation and Transfer

Zurakowski, J.A.; Austen, B.J.H.; Drover, M.W.*
Organometallics 2021, 40, 2450-2457. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00194
*Selected for Supplementary Cover Art (Chelsea Ymana, SMArtUWindsor)
**Selected for ACS Virtual Issue Early-Career Researchers in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
https://pubs.acs.org/page/vi/organic-inorganic-earlycareer-2023​
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​P32. A Proton Passing Game: Relaying Small Molecules Across the Goal Line
Zurakowski, J.A.; Drover, M.W.*
Matter 2021, 4, 2598-2600. DOI: DOI: 
10.1016/j.matt.2021.06.001
**Invited for an inaugural "Researcher's Choice" edition
Thanks to Brendan Burkett (@ChemScrapes) for the Cartoon!
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C31. Octaboraneyl [Ni(H)(diphosphine)2]+ Complexes: Exploiting Phosphine Ligand Lability
​for Hydride Transfer to an [NAD]+ Model 

Zurakowski, J.A.; Bhattacharyya, M.; Spasyuk, D.M.; Drover, M.W.*
Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 37-41. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03409
In collaboration with D.M. Spasyuk (Canadian Light Source)
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-2020-

P30. So You Want to Develop a Virtual Lecture Series?
Lessons Learned from the Global Inorganic Discussion Weekend (GIDW) – a Canadian Initiative

Drover, M.W.* and Chitnis, S.C.*
Can. J. Chem. 2020, 98, 737-740. DOI: 10.1139/cjc-2020-0324
​(Peer-Reviewed Perspective)
* = These authors contributed equally
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A29. Platinum Complexes of a Boron-Rich Diphosphine Ligand
Drover, M.W.*; Bowes, E.G.; Dufour, M.C.; Lesperance-Nantau, L.A.
Dalton Trans. 2020, 49, 16312-16318. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00963F
In collaboration with E.G. Bowes (Los Alamos National Lab)
**Invited as part of New Talent: Americas 2020
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A28. Octaboraneyl Complexes of Nickel: Monomers for Redox-Active Coordination Polymers
Drover, M.W.*; Dufour, M.C.; Lesperance-Nantau, L.A.; Noriega, R.P.; Levin, K.; Schurko, R.W.
Chem. -Eur. J. 2020, 26, 11180-11186. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001218
In collaboration with R.W. Schurko (Florida State University)
​** Invited Cover Feature 
(Chelsea Ymana, SMArtUWindsor)
** Designated as a “Hot Article” by the editors and reviewers
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Publications from Training (PDF, PhD, BSc):

A27. Generating Potent C-H PCET Donors: Ligand-Induced Fe-to-ring Proton Migration from a
Cp*Fe(III)-H Complex Demonstrates a Promising Strategy

Drover, M.W.*; Schild, D.J.*; Oyala, P.H.; Peters, J.C.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18963-18970. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09363
* = These authors contributed equally​
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R26. Catalytic N2-to-NH3 (or -N2H4) Conversion by Well-Defined Molecular Coordination Complexes​
Drover, M.W.*; Chalkley, M.J.*; Peters, J.C.
Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 5582-5636​. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00638
* = These authors contributed equally
**Invited as part of Special Thematic Issue - Reactivity of Nitrogen from the Ground to the Atmosphere
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-2019-
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A25. Snapshots of a Migrating H-atom: Characterization of a Reactive Fe(III) Indenide Hydride
​and its Nearly Isoenergetic Ring-Protonated Fe(I) Isomer

Drover, M.W.; Schild, D.J.; Oyala, P.H.; Peters, J.C.

Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.. 2019​, 58, 15504-15511. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909050
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-2018-

A24. Phosphoramidate-assisted Alkyne Activation: Probing the Mechanism of Proton Shuttling
​in an N,O-chelated Cp*Ir(III) Complex

Leeb, N.; Drover, M.W.; Love, J.A.; Schafer, L.L.; Slattery, J.M.

 Organometallics 2018, 37, 4630-4638.​ DOI: 10.1021/acs.orgmet.8b00656
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C23. Fusing Triphenylphosphine with Tetraphenylborate: Introducing the
​9-Phosphatriptycene-10-phenylborate (PTB) Anion

Drover, M.W.*; Nagata, K.*; Peters, J.C.
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 7916-7919. DOI: 
10.1039/C8CC04321C
* = These authors contributed equally​
**In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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A22. Expanding the Allyl Analogy: Accessing η³-P,B,P Diphosphinoborane Complexes of Group 10
Drover, M.W.; Peters, J.C.
Dalton Trans. 2018, 47, 3733-3738. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT00058A
** Invited Front Cover
** Designated as a “Hot Article” by the editors
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​-2017-
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C21. Catalytic Functionalization of Styrenyl Epoxides: 2-Nickela(II)oxetanes via Oxidative
​Addition with Retention of Configuration 

Desnoyer, A.N.; Geng, J.; Drover, M.W.; Patrick B.O.; Love J.A. 
Chem. –Eur. J. 2017, 23, 11509-11512. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702824
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A20. Dehydrogenation of Cyclic Amines by a Coordinatively Unsaturated Cp*Ir(III) Phosphoramidate Complex
 Drover, M.W.; Schafer, L.L.; Love, J.A. 
 Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 8621-8625. DOI: 10.1039/C7DT01499F 
**Special issue dedicated to CSC 100: Celebrating Canadian Chemistry
**Special themed collection: Celebrating Excellence in Research: 100 Women in Chemistry
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R19. 1,3-N,O-Complexes of Late Transition Metals: Ligands with Flexible Bonding
​Modes and Reaction Profiles 

Drover, M.W.; Love, J.A.; Schafer, L.L.
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 2913-2940. DOI: 10.1039/c6cs00715e
**Special themed collection: Celebrating Excellence in Research: 100 Women in Chemistry
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C18. C(sp³​)-H Bond Activation Induced by Monohydroborane Coordination at an
Ir(III)-Phosphoramidate Complex
 

Drover, M.W.; Christopherson, C.J.; Schafer, L.L.; Love, J.A. 
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 20, 2639-2642. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201601518 
**Very Important Paper (VIP)
**Invited Front Cover: DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700485
**Invited Cover Profile: DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700486
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A17. Accessing 𝛿-B-H Coordinated Complexes of Rh(I) and Ir(I) Using Mono- and
​Dihydroboranes: Cooperative Stabilization by a Phosphoramidate Coligand

Drover, M.W.; Bowes, E.G.; Love, J.A.; Schafer, L.L. 
 Organometallics 2017, 36, 331-341. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00784
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C16. Redox-Triggered Changes in Coordination Mode: Amidate-Supported
​Two-Coordinate Ni(I) Complexes 

Beattie, D.D.; Bowes, E.G.; Drover, M.W.; Love, J.A.; Schafer, L.L.
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 13290-13295. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201607243
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C15. Toward Anti-Markovnikov 1-Alkyne O-Phosphoramidation: Exploiting Metal-Ligand
​Cooperativity in a 1,3-N,O-Chelated Cp*Ir(III) Complex 

Drover, M.W.; Love, J.A.; Schafer, L.L. ​
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8396-8399. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b05143
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C14. Phosphoramidate-Supported Cp*Ir(III) Aminoborane H₂B=NR₂ Complexes:
​Synthesis, Structure, and Solution Dynamics 

Drover, M.W.; Bowes, E.G.; Schafer, L.L.; Love, J.A.; Weller, A.S. 
Chem. –Eur. J. 2016, 22, 6793-6797. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600951 
**Invited frontispiece
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A13. Exploring Regioselective Bond Cleavage and Cross-Coupling Reactions Using a Low-Valent Nickel Complex
 Desnoyer, A.N.; Freise, F.; Chiu, W.C.; Drover, M.W.; Patrick, B.O.; Love, J.A.
Chem. –Eur. J. 2016, 22, 4070-4077. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504959
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C12. Enhancing the Reactivity of Directly Observable B-H-Pt Interactions Through Conformational Rigidity 
Pal, S.; Drover, M.W.; Patrick, B.O.; Love, J.A. 
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2016, 15-16, 2403-2408. DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201501305 
**Invited for a Special issue dedicated to Swiatoslaw Trofimenko
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C11. Capturing HBCy₂: Employing N,O-Chelated Complexes of Rhodium(I) and
​Iridium(I) for Chemoselective Hydroboration

Drover, M.W.; Schafer, L.L.; Love, J.A. 
Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2016, 51, 3181-3186. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201511448
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-2015-
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A10. Application of ⁷Li NMR Spectroscopy to the Structural Characterization of a
​Tetrametallic Diamine-bis(phenolate) Complex of Lithium and Synthesis of a Related Bismuth Complex

Drover, M.W.; Murphy, J.N.; Flogeras, J.C.; Schneider, C.M.; Dawe, L.N.; Kerton, F.M. 
Polyhedron 2015, 102, 60-68. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2015.07.071 
**Invited for a Special issue dedicated to Canadian coordination chemistry
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A9. Isocyanate Reinsertion from κ¹-O Amidates: Facile Access to Perfluoroaryl Rhodium(I) Complexes 
Drover, M.W.; Schafer, L.L.; Love, J.A.
Dalton Trans. 2015, 44, 19487-19493. DOI: 10.1039/C5DT01981H 
**Invited for a Special Issue dedicated to Fluorine chemistry
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A8. Reactivity of an Unsaturated Iridium(III) Phosphoramidate Complex, [Cp*Ir{κ²-N,O}][BArᶠ₄]
Drover, M.W.; Johnson, H.C.; Schafer, L.L.; Love, J.A.; Weller, A.S. 
Organometallics 2015, 34, 3849–3856. DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.5b00397
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C7. Formation of Azarhodacyclobutanes With Varying N-substitution 
Dauth, A.; Drover, M.W.; Hajiashrafi, T.; Tehrani, A.A.; Love, J.A.  
J. Organomet. Chem. 2015, 791, 192-195. DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2015.05.051
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C6. Amidate-Ligated Complexes of Rhodium(I): A Showcase of Coordination Flexibility  
Drover, M.W.; Schafer, L.L.; Love, J.A. 
Organometallics 2015, 34, 1783-1786. DOI: 10.1021/om501209c 
**Invited Front Cover
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-2014-
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A5. 3-Rhoda-1,2-diazacyclopentanes: A Series of Novel Metallacycle Complexes
​Derived From C-N Functionalization of Ethylene

​Drover, M.W.; Beh, D.W.; Kennepohl, P.; Love, J.A. 
 Chem. -Eur. J. 2014, 20, 13345-13355. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201403682
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A4. Polynuclear Complexes of a Series of Hydrazone and Hydrazone-oxime
​Ligands – M
₂ (Fe), M₄ (Mn, Ni, Cu), and Mn (Cu) examples

Drover, M.W.; Tandon, S.S.; Anwar, M.U.; Shuvaev, K.V.; Dawe, L.N.; Collins, J.L.; Thompson, L.K.
 Polyhedron 2014, 68, 94-102. DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2013.10.018
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A3. Self-assembled Ln(III)₄ (Ln = Gd, Dy, Ho, Yb, Eu) [2x2] Square Grids – a New Class
​of Lanthanide Cluster

Randell, N.M.; Anwar, M.U.; Drover, M.W.; Dawe, L.N.; Thompson, L.K.
  Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 6731–6742. DOI: 10.1021/ic4008813
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-2012-
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A2. Aluminum Methyl and Chloro Complexes Bearing Monoanionic Aminephenolate Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization and Use in Polymerization

Ikpo, N.; Barbon, S.M.; Drover, M.W.; Dawe, L.N.; Kerton, F.M.
 Organometallics 2012, 31, 8145-8158. DOI: 10.1021/om300757u
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C1. Formation of a Renewable Amide, 3-acetamido-5-acetylfuran, via Direct Conversion
​of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine

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​Drover, M.W.; Omari, K.W.; Murphy, J.N.; Kerton, F.M.
 RSC Adv. 2012, 2, 4642-4644. DOI: 10.1039/C2RA20578E
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Structure communications (ccdc)
non peer-reviewed
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1. Drover, M.W., CCDC 1905100: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2019. 
DOI:
 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc21ydv8

2. Drover, M.W., CCDC 1905101: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2019. 
DOI: 
10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc21ydw9
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3. Drover, M.W., CCDC 1905102: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2019.
​ DOI: 
10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc21ydxb
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