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	Kai Hultzsch Assistant Professor Email
	Contact   Links Phone: (732) 445-1785 Fax: (732) 445-5312 Lab: (732) 445-???? Dept: (732) 445-2618 Office: WL-A102 Mail: Chemistry & Chemical Biology, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 Rutgers, New Brunswick Main Site Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Synthesis of chiral organometallic complexes, with special emphasis on rare earth metals. The complexes are applied as catalysts in stereoselective and enantioselective small molecule syntheses (e. g. hydroamination, hydrophosphination, hydrosilylation, hydrogenation), as well as catalysts for the stereospecific (co)polymerization of nonpolar and polar monomers or epoxide/carbon dioxide copolymerization.

• Prediploma (B.S.), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, 1993
• Diplom (M.S.), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, 1996
• PhD in Inorganic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany, 1999
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999-2001
• Independent Group Leader, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 2001-2006
• Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 2005-2006
• Habilitation in Organic and Organometallic Chemistry, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 2006
• Private lecturer, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 2006-2007
• Visiting Full Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Germany, 2007
• Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 2007

• Overseas Exchange Award, 1994/1995, German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, DAAD)
• Predoctoral Scholarship, 1997-1998, Foundation of the German Chemical Industry (Stiftung Stipendien-Fonds des Verbandes der Chemischen Industrie, FCI)
• Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, 1998, Adolf Todt-Foundation
• PhD with honors (summa cum laude), 1999
• Feodor-Lynen Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1999-2001, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
• Liebig Fellowship, 2001, Foundation of the German Chemical Industry (Stiftung Stipendien-Fonds des Verbandes der Chemischen Industrie, FCI)
• Emmy Noether Fellowship, 2001-2007, German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
• Wöhler Young Investigator Award, 2004, Wöhler Association of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, GDCh)
• ADUC Young Investigator Award, 2005, Consortium of German Chemistry Professors (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Universitätsprofessoren und -professorinnen für Chemie, ADUC)
• Lieseberg Award, 2006, Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Emmy Noether Habilitation Award, 2006, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

1. "Synthesis and Characterization of New Biphenolate and Binaphtholate Rare Earth Metal Amido Complexes. Catalysts for Asymmetric Olefin Hydroamination/Cyclization." Gribkov, D. V.; Hultzsch, K. C.; Hampel, F. Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 4796-4810.
2. "Kinetic resolution of chiral aminoalkenes via asymmetric hydroamination/cyclisation using binaphtholate yttrium complexes" Gribkov, D. V.; Hultzsch, K. C. Chem. Commun. 2004, 730-731.
3. "New Yttrium Complexes Bearing Diamidoamine Ligands as Efficient and Diastereoselective Catalysts for the Intramolecular Hydroamination of Alkenes and Alkynes" Hultzsch, K. C.; Hampel, F.; Wagner, T. Organometallics 2004, 23, 2601-2612.
4. "Hydroamination/Cyclization of Aminoalkenes Using Cationic Zirconocene and Titanocene Catalysts" Gribkov, D. V.; Hultzsch, K. C. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 44, 5542-5546; Angew. Chem. 2004, 116, 5659-5663.
5. "Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydroamination of Alkenes (AHA)" Hultzsch, K. C.; Adv. Synth. Catal., 2005, 347, 367-391.
6. "Catalytic asymmetric hydroamination of non-activated olefins" Hultzsch, K. C. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2005, 3, 1819-1824.
   This work was featured on the front cover of Organic Biomolecular Chemistry (Volume 3, Issue no. 10, May 21st 2005).
7. "Rare Earth Metal Complexes Based on b-Diketiminato and Novel Linked Bis(b-Diketiminato) Ligands: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Catalytic Application in Epoxide/CO₂-Copolymerization." Vitanova, D. V.; Hampel, F.; Hultzsch, K. C. J. Organomet. Chem., 2005, 690, 5182-5197.
8. "3,3’-Bis(trisarylsilyl)-Substituted Binaphtholate Rare Earth Metal Catalysts for Asymmetric Hydroamination" Gribkov, D. V.; Hultzsch, K. C.; Hampel, F. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 3748-3759.
9. "Base catalysed asymmetric hydroamination/cyclisation of aminoalkenes utilising a chiral dimeric diamidobinaphthyl dilithium salt" Horrillo Martínez, P.; Hultzsch, K. C.; Hampel, F. Chem. Commun. 2006, 2221-2223.
   This work was featured on the inside front cover of Chemical Communications (Issue no. 21, June 4th 2006).

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