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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2007 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Karl A. Scheidt is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Chemistry, with an emphasis on Organic Chemistry. Other areas of study in their work include Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Physiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main topics within these fields, including:

  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Radical Photochemical Reactions
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques
  • N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
  • Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions

Frequent co-authors in their work include Anna V. Bay, Eric R. Miller, Paul Ha-Yeon Cheong, Cullen R. Schull, and Keegan P. Fitzpatrick.

Key publication venues for their research are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis

Selected recent papers include:

  • Computational planning of the synthesis of complex natural products (2020), Nature
  • Combined Photoredox and Carbene Catalysis for the Synthesis of Ketones from Carboxylic Acids (2020), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Single-electron carbene catalysis in redox processes (2022), Trends in Chemistry
  • Light-Driven Carbene Catalysis for the Synthesis of Aliphatic and α-Amino Ketones (2021), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Synthesis of Cyclohexanones by a Tandem Photocatalyzed Annulation (2022), Journal of the American Chemical Society

Karl A. Scheidt has been recognized with fellowships from notable organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011 and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Metal–organic framework materials as catalysts

    JeongYong Lee;Omar K. Farha;John T. Roberts;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Pyrrolidinyl-spirooxindole natural products as inspirations for the development of potential therapeutic agents.

    Chris V. Galliford;Karl A. Scheidt

  • A facile synthesis of UiO-66, UiO-67 and their derivatives

    Michael J. Katz;Zachary J. Brown;Yamil J. Colón;Paul W. Siu

  • A frequency domain existence proof of single-molecule surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

    Jon A. Dieringer;Robert B. Lettan;Karl A. Scheidt;Richard P. Van Duyne

  • A Continuum of Progress: Applications of N-Hetereocyclic Carbene Catalysis in Total Synthesis

    Javier Izquierdo;Gerri E. Hutson;Daniel T. Cohen;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Cooperative Catalysis and Activation with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

    Michael H. Wang;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Natürliche Pyrrolidinylspirooxindole als Vorlagen für die Entwicklung medizinischer Wirkstoffe

    Chris V. Galliford;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Single-Molecule Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Crystal Violet Isotopologues: Theory and Experiment

    Samuel L. Kleinman;Emilie Ringe;Nicholas Valley;Kristin L. Wustholz;Kristin L. Wustholz

  • Cooperative Lewis acid/N-heterocyclic carbene catalysis

    Daniel T. Cohen;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Conversion of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes into saturated esters: an Umpolung reaction catalyzed by nucleophilic carbenes.

    Audrey Chan;Karl A Scheidt

  • Cooperative catalysis by carbenes and Lewis acids in a highly stereoselective route to γ-lactams

    Dustin E. A. Raup;Benoit Cardinal-David;Dane Holte;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Urea Metal–Organic Frameworks as Effective and Size-Selective Hydrogen-Bond Catalysts

    John M. Roberts;Branden M. Fini;Amy A. Sarjeant;Omar K. Farha

  • A Dual Lewis Base Activation Strategy for Enantioselective Carbene-Catalyzed Annulations

    Javier Izquierdo;Ane Orue;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of flavanones and chromanes

    Karl Scheidt;Margaret Marie Biddle

  • Highly Stereoselective Formal [3 + 3] Cycloaddition of Enals and Azomethine Imines Catalyzed by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

    Audrey Chan;Karl A. Scheidt

  • A continuing challenge: N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed syntheses of γ-butyrolactones

    Kathleen J. R. Murauski;Ashley A. Jaworski;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Discovering New Reactions with N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis.

    Eric M. Phillips;Audrey Chan;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Enantioselective Synthesis of α,α-Disubstituted Cyclopentenes by an N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Desymmetrization of 1,3-Diketones

    Manabu Wadamoto;Eric M. Phillips;Troy E. Reynolds;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Cooperative N-heterocyclic carbene/Lewis acid catalysis for highly stereoselective annulation reactions with homoenolates.

    Benoit Cardinal-David;Dustin E. A. Raup;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Tandem oxidation of allylic and benzylic alcohols to esters catalyzed by N-heterocyclic carbenes.

    Brooks E. Maki;Audrey Chan;Eric M. Phillips;Karl A. Scheidt

  • Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylations catalyzed by bis(oxazolinyl)pyridine-scandium(III) triflate complexes.

    David A. Evans;Keith R. Fandrick;Hyun Ji Song;Karl A. Scheidt

Frequent Co-Authors

William R. Roush
William R. Roush Scripps Research Institute
Omar K. Farha
Omar K. Farha Northwestern University
Joseph T. Hupp
Joseph T. Hupp Northwestern University
John M. Torkelson
John M. Torkelson Northwestern University
David A. Evans
David A. Evans Harvard University
SonBinh T. Nguyen
SonBinh T. Nguyen Northwestern University
Franz M. Geiger
Franz M. Geiger Northwestern University
Amy A. Sarjeant
Amy A. Sarjeant Bristol Myers Squibb
Wayne F. Anderson
Wayne F. Anderson Northwestern University
Richard P. Van Duyne
Richard P. Van Duyne Northwestern University

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