Etienne LaPierre

@uvic.ca

Research Group Manager
University of Victoria

EDUCATION

University of British Columbia, BSc (Hons, Fryzuk) 2013

University of Calgary, PhD (Piers) 2018

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
319

Scholar Citations

10

Scholar h-index

10

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Synthesis and Ring-Opening Polymerization of Antimony (III)-Bridged [1] Ferrocenophanes
    HKS Young, HNL Leslie, BO Patrick, EA LaPierre, I Manners
    Inorganic Chemistry , 2026
    2026
  • Synthesis and Redox Properties of a Thermally Stable bis-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Adduct of Phosphorus Mononitride
    H Leslie, B Patrick, E LaPierre, I Manners
    ChemRxiv 2025 (1212) , 2025
    2025
  • Isocyanates and Isocyanides as Substrates for the Acid-Mediated Ring Expansion of Cyclotriphosphanes: Access to 1-imino-2-oxo-3, 4, 5-triphospholanes and 1-imino-2, 3, 4 …
    H Leslie, M Nascimento, B Patrick, E LaPierre, I Manners
    ChemRxiv 2025 (1203) , 2025
    2025
  • Bismuth-oxo Clusters for Next Generation Extreme Ultraviolet Light Photolithography
    HK MacKenzie, EA LaPierre, Q Zhang, O Kostko, HKS Young, I Manners
    Chemistry of Materials 37 (22), 9116-9123 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • In (II) the Void: Mausolate Complexes of Divalent Diindium
    J Smart, A Oliver, E LaPierre, D Berg, JS McIndoe
    ChemRxiv 2025 (0930) , 2025
    2025
  • Probing the Heteroepitaxial Seeded Growth and Self‐Sorting Processes of Segmented Co‐Micelles With Chemically Distinct Crystalline Cores
    S Pearce, HK MacKenzie, H Shaikh, Z Liu, R Harniman, JC Eloi, S Davis, ...
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (32), e202506872 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Synthesis of a Transient Cationic Phosphaborene and its Trapping by Facile Aliphatic C− H Bond Activation
    EA LaPierre, A Kehrig, BO Patrick, HM Tuononen, I Manners
    Chemistry–A European Journal 31 (16), e202404514 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Multi-site reduction of hexachlorophosphazene to low-valent PN heterocycles and extension to the reduction of poly-chlorophosphazene
    EA LaPierre, RA Suvinen, BO Patrick, HM Tuononen, I Manners
    Chemical Science 16 (22), 9820-9832 , 2025
    2025
  • Synthesis of carbene-stabilized PNPN fragments and their carbene-dependent redox properties
    EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (9), 6326-6335 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 13
  • 1, 3-Dipolar cyclisation reactions of nitriles with sterically encumbered cyclic triphosphanes: synthesis and electronic structure of phosphorus-rich heterocycles with tunable …
    MA Nascimento, EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, JET Watson, L Watanabe, ...
    Chemical Science 15 (30), 12006-12016 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • C-Term Faraday Rotation in Low Symmetry tert -Butyl Substituted Polyferroceniums
    L Delage-Laurin, HKS Young, EA LaPierre, MC Warndorf, I Manners, ...
    ACS macro letters 12 (5), 646-652 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Synthesis of a carbene-stabilized (diphospha) aminyl radical and its one electron oxidation and reduction to nonclassical nitrenium and amide species
    EA LaPierre, LK Watanabe, BO Patrick, JM Rawson, HM Tuononen, ...
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (16), 9223-9232 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • A Crystalline Monomeric Phosphaborene
    EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (13), 7107-7112 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 27
  • Transition‐Metal‐Free Dehydropolymerization of Phosphine–Boranes at Ambient Temperature
    MA Wiebe, S Kundu, EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners
    Chemistry–A European Journal 29 (2), e202202897 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • Ambient Temperature Carbene-Mediated Depolymerization: Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions of N -Heterocyclic- and Cyclic(Alkyl)Amino Carbenes with Poly( N -Methylaminoborane) [MeNH …
    NL Oldroyd, SS Chitnis, EA LaPierre, VT Annibale, HTG Walsgrove, ...
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (50), 23179-23190 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 12
  • Trivalent Titanocene Alkyls and Hydrides as Well-Defined, Highly Active, and Broad Scope Precatalysts for Dehydropolymerization of Amine-Boranes
    EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (51), 20009-20015 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 47
  • Synthesis and Structures of Stable Pt II and Pt IV Alkylidenes: Evidence for π‐Bonding and Relativistic Stabilization
    EA Lapierre, WE Piers, JB Lin, C Gendy
    Chemistry–A European Journal 25 (17), 4305-4308 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • Divergent Reactivity of CO 2 , CO, and Related Substrates at the Nickel Carbon Double Bond of (PC carbene P)Ni(II) Pincer Complexes
    EA LaPierre, WE Piers, C Gendy
    Organometallics 37 (20), 3394-3398 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 33
  • Oxygen Atom Transfer to Cationic PCPNi(II) Complexes Using Amine- N -Oxides
    EA LaPierre, ML Clapson, WE Piers, L Maron, DM Spasyuk, C Gendy
    Inorganic Chemistry 57 (1), 495-506 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 24
  • Redox-state dependent activation of silanes and ammonia with reverse polarity (PC carbene P) Ni complexes: electrophilic vs. nucleophilic carbenes
    EA LaPierre, WE Piers, C Gendy
    Dalton Transactions 47 (46), 16789-16797 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 40

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Activation of Si–H bonds across the nickel carbene bond in electron rich nickel PC carbene P pincer complexes
    EA LaPierre, WE Piers, DM Spasyuk, DW Bi
    Chemical Communications 52 (7), 1361-1364 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 73
  • Trivalent Titanocene Alkyls and Hydrides as Well-Defined, Highly Active, and Broad Scope Precatalysts for Dehydropolymerization of Amine-Boranes
    EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (51), 20009-20015 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 47
  • Redox-state dependent activation of silanes and ammonia with reverse polarity (PC carbene P) Ni complexes: electrophilic vs. nucleophilic carbenes
    EA LaPierre, WE Piers, C Gendy
    Dalton Transactions 47 (46), 16789-16797 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 40
  • Divergent Reactivity of CO 2 , CO, and Related Substrates at the Nickel Carbon Double Bond of (PC carbene P)Ni(II) Pincer Complexes
    EA LaPierre, WE Piers, C Gendy
    Organometallics 37 (20), 3394-3398 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 33
  • A Crystalline Monomeric Phosphaborene
    EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (13), 7107-7112 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 27
  • Oxygen Atom Transfer to Cationic PCPNi(II) Complexes Using Amine- N -Oxides
    EA LaPierre, ML Clapson, WE Piers, L Maron, DM Spasyuk, C Gendy
    Inorganic Chemistry 57 (1), 495-506 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 24
  • Synthesis of a carbene-stabilized (diphospha) aminyl radical and its one electron oxidation and reduction to nonclassical nitrenium and amide species
    EA LaPierre, LK Watanabe, BO Patrick, JM Rawson, HM Tuononen, ...
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 145 (16), 9223-9232 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 16
  • Synthesis of carbene-stabilized PNPN fragments and their carbene-dependent redox properties
    EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (9), 6326-6335 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 13
  • Ambient Temperature Carbene-Mediated Depolymerization: Stoichiometric and Catalytic Reactions of N -Heterocyclic- and Cyclic(Alkyl)Amino Carbenes with Poly( N -Methylaminoborane) [MeNH …
    NL Oldroyd, SS Chitnis, EA LaPierre, VT Annibale, HTG Walsgrove, ...
    Journal of the American Chemical Society 144 (50), 23179-23190 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 12
  • Synthesis and Structures of Stable Pt II and Pt IV Alkylidenes: Evidence for π‐Bonding and Relativistic Stabilization
    EA Lapierre, WE Piers, JB Lin, C Gendy
    Chemistry–A European Journal 25 (17), 4305-4308 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • Transition‐Metal‐Free Dehydropolymerization of Phosphine–Boranes at Ambient Temperature
    MA Wiebe, S Kundu, EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, I Manners
    Chemistry–A European Journal 29 (2), e202202897 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 8
  • C-Term Faraday Rotation in Low Symmetry tert -Butyl Substituted Polyferroceniums
    L Delage-Laurin, HKS Young, EA LaPierre, MC Warndorf, I Manners, ...
    ACS macro letters 12 (5), 646-652 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Probing the Heteroepitaxial Seeded Growth and Self‐Sorting Processes of Segmented Co‐Micelles With Chemically Distinct Crystalline Cores
    S Pearce, HK MacKenzie, H Shaikh, Z Liu, R Harniman, JC Eloi, S Davis, ...
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition 64 (32), e202506872 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • 1, 3-Dipolar cyclisation reactions of nitriles with sterically encumbered cyclic triphosphanes: synthesis and electronic structure of phosphorus-rich heterocycles with tunable …
    MA Nascimento, EA LaPierre, BO Patrick, JET Watson, L Watanabe, ...
    Chemical Science 15 (30), 12006-12016 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Bismuth-oxo Clusters for Next Generation Extreme Ultraviolet Light Photolithography
    HK MacKenzie, EA LaPierre, Q Zhang, O Kostko, HKS Young, I Manners
    Chemistry of Materials 37 (22), 9116-9123 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Synthesis of a Transient Cationic Phosphaborene and its Trapping by Facile Aliphatic C− H Bond Activation
    EA LaPierre, A Kehrig, BO Patrick, HM Tuononen, I Manners
    Chemistry–A European Journal 31 (16), e202404514 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Synthesis and Ring-Opening Polymerization of Antimony (III)-Bridged [1] Ferrocenophanes
    HKS Young, HNL Leslie, BO Patrick, EA LaPierre, I Manners
    Inorganic Chemistry , 2026
    2026
  • Synthesis and Redox Properties of a Thermally Stable bis-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Adduct of Phosphorus Mononitride
    H Leslie, B Patrick, E LaPierre, I Manners
    ChemRxiv 2025 (1212) , 2025
    2025
  • Isocyanates and Isocyanides as Substrates for the Acid-Mediated Ring Expansion of Cyclotriphosphanes: Access to 1-imino-2-oxo-3, 4, 5-triphospholanes and 1-imino-2, 3, 4 …
    H Leslie, M Nascimento, B Patrick, E LaPierre, I Manners
    ChemRxiv 2025 (1203) , 2025
    2025
  • In (II) the Void: Mausolate Complexes of Divalent Diindium
    J Smart, A Oliver, E LaPierre, D Berg, JS McIndoe
    ChemRxiv 2025 (0930) , 2025
    2025