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Carnegie Mellon University
4400 Fifth Avenue
Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Education
University of Rostock (Germany) // Leibniz-Institute for Catalysis e.V. (Germany) // University of La Coruña (Spain)
2007 Diploma, Homogenous Catalysis
Leibniz-Institute for Catalysis e.V. (Germany) // University of Girona (Spain)
2010 Dr. rer. nat. Organic Chemistry/Homogenous Catalysis: Bio-inspired Oxidation Catalysis (Prof. Dr. Matthias Beller)
Research
- Reaction mechanisms and kinetics for ATRP reactions
- Ligand and catalyst design for controlled/living polymerizations
- Iron based atom transfer radical polymerizations
Publications
- Y. Zhang, Y. Kwak, K. Schröder, K. Matyjaszewski, “Reversible-deactivation Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene Mediated by Alkyl Dithiocarbamates and Copper Acetylacetonates”, Macromolecules 2013, submitted.
- K. Schröder, D. Konkolewicz, R. Poli, K. Matyjaszewski, “Formation and Possible Reactions of Organometallic Intermediates with Active Copper(I) Catalysts in ATRP” Organometallics 2012, 31, 7994–7999.
- D. Konkolewicz, K. Schröder, J. Buback, S. Bernhard, K. Matyjaszewski, “Visible Light and Sunlight Photoinduced ATRP with ppm of Cu Catalyst” ACS Macro Lett. 2012, 1, 1219-1223.
- K. Schröder, R. T. Mathers, J. Buback, D. Konkolewicz, A. J. D. Magenau, K. Matyjaszewski, “Substituted Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine Ligands for Highly Active ATRP Catalysts ”, ACS Macro Lett. 2012, 1, 1037-1040.
- A. J. D. Magenau, Y. Kwak, K. Schröder, K. Matyjaszewski, “Highly Active Bipyridyne Based Ligands for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, ACS Macro Lett. 2012, 1, 508-512.
- B. Join, K. Möller, C. Ziebart, K. Schröder, D. Gördes, K. Thurow, A. Spannenberg, K. Junge, M. Beller, “Selective Iron-Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzylic and Allylic Alcohols”, Adv. Synth.Catal. 2011, 353, 3023-3030.
- K. Junge, K. Schröder, M. Beller, “Iron catalysed reduction reactions”, Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 4849-4859.
- K. Schröder, B. Join, A. A. Jose, K. Junge, X. Ribas, M. Costas, M. Beller, “A biomimetic iron catalyst for the oxidation of olefins with molecular oxygen at Room Temperature“, Angew. Chem. 2011, 123, 1461-1465; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 1425-1429.
- K. Möller, G. Wienhöfer, K. Schröder, B. Join, K. Junge, M. Beller, “Selective Iron-catalyzed Oxidation of Phenols and Arenes with Hydrogen Peroxide: Synthesis of Vitamin E intermediates and Vitamin K3”, Chem. Eur. J. 2010, 16, 10300-10303.
- G. Wienhöfer, K. Schröder, K. Möller, K. Junge, M. Beller, “A Novel Process for Selective Ruthenium-catalyzed Oxidation of Naphthalenes and Phenols” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 1615-1620.
- K. Schröder, S. Enthaler, B. Join, K. Junge, M. Beller, “Bio-inspired Iron-catalyzed Epoxidation of Aromatic Olefins and 1,3-Dienes”, Adv. Synth. Catal. 2010, 352, 1771-1778.
- K. Schröder, K. Junge, A. Spannenberg, M. Beller, “Design of a Bio-inspired Imidazole-based Iron Catalyst for Epoxidation of Olefins: Mechanistic Insights”, Catal. Today 2010, 364-370.
- S. Enthaler, K. Schröder, S. Inuoe, B. Eckhardt, K. Junge, M. Beller, M. Driess, “Formamidines - Versatile Ligands for Zinc-catalyzed Hydrosilylation and Iron-catalyzed Epoxidation Reactions”, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2010, 4893-4901.
- K. Schröder, S. Enthaler, B. Bitterlich, T. Schulz, A. Spannenberg, M. K. Tse, K. Junge, M. Beller, "Design and Mechanistic Studies of a Biomimetic Iron-Imidazole Catalyst System for the Epoxidation of Olefins with Hydrogen Peroxide", Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 5471-5481.
- B. Bitterlich, K. Schröder, M. K. Tse, M. Beller, “An Improved Iron-Catalyzed Epoxidation of Aromatic and Aliphatic Olefins with Hydrogen Peroxide as Oxidant”, Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4867-4870.
- D. Li, K. Schröder, B. Bitterlich, M. K. Tse, M. Beller, “Iron-catalyzed hydroxylation of cyclic β-ketoesters with hydrogen peroxide”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 5976-5979.
- S.Enthaler, G. Erre, K. Junge, K. Schröder, D. Addis, D. Michalik, M. Hapke, D. Redkin, M. Beller, "Development of Iridium Catalysts Containing Single Monodentate H8-Phosphoramidites for the Hydrogenation of Dehydroamino Acid Derivatives", Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2008, 2252-3362.
- K. Schröder, X. Tong, B. Bitterlich, M. K. Tse, F. G. Gelalcha, A. Brückner, M. Beller, “Biomimetic iron-catalysts for environmentally benign epoxidations”, Tetrahedron Lett. 2007, 48, 6339-6342.
- H. M. Kaiser, I. Zenz, W. F. Lo, A. Spannenberg, K. Schröder, H. Jiao, D. Gördes, M. Beller, M. K. Tse, “Preparation of Novel Unsymmetrical Bisindoles under Solvent-Free Conditions: Synthesis, Crystal Structures, and Mechanistic Aspects”, J. Org. Chem. 2007, 72, 8847-8858.
Presentations
- Berichtekolloquim des Graduiertenkolleg 1213 (Neue Methoden für Nachhaltigkeit in Katalyse und Technik) Rostock, 23. March 2009.
- 6th World Congress on Oxidation Catalysis Lille (France), 5.-10. July 2009.
- Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu (USA), 15.-20. December 2010.
- 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia (USA), 17.-21. August 2012
Fellowships
- 2011-2012 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the DFG (German Research Foundation)
- 2010-2011 Scholarship of the Leibniz association
- 2008-2010 Scholarship of the Max-Buchner Stiftung DECHEMA
- 2007-2010 Scholarship of the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1213/05
- 2005-2006 Scholarship od the ERASMUS programme
Affiliations
- German Chemical Society (GdCh)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)