Publications

Publications at UC San Diego

Demonstrating the Chemoselective Lewis Acid Activity of Pyridine(Diimine) Bismuth Cations

Anthony Alfaro and Valerie Schmidt

Organometallics 2026, accepted

Silyl Radical Formation from Silanethiols via Sulfur Atom Transfer with Phosphinites

Victoria Lerda and Valerie Schmidt

J. Org. Chem. 2026, 91 (28), 9953. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6c00965

Polarity-Driven Thiyl Radical Catalyzed Aerobic Debenzylation of Alcohols and Amines

Samuel Lardy, Victoria Lerda, and Valerie Schmidt

J. Org. Chem. 2024 89, 15062. DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01796

Intermolecular 2+2 Imine-Olefin Photocycloadditions Enabled by Cu(I)-Alkene MLCT

Daniel M. Flores, Michael L. Neville and Valerie A. Schmidt

Nat. Commun. 2022 13, 2764. DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-30393-6

Getting Excited about Cycloadditions

Valerie A. Schmidt

Science 2021, 371 , 1313. DOI: 10.1126/science.abg7834.

Game-Changing Recipe for Chemical Building Blocks

Valerie A. Schmidt

Nature 2020, 584, 46-47. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02283-8.

Intermolecular Phosphite-Mediated Radical Desulfurative Alkene Alkylation Using Thiols

John M. Lopp and Valerie A. Schmidt

Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 8031-8036. DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03018.

Formal Aniline Synthesis from Phenols via Deoxygenative N-Centered Radical Substitution

Samuel W. Lardy, Kristine C. Luong, and Valerie A. Schmidt

Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 15267-15271. DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904288

Regioselective Radical Alkene Amination Strategies by Using Phosphite-Mediated Deoxygenation

Samuel W. Lardy and Valerie A. Schmidt

Synlett 2019, 30, A-E. DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1611911

Intermolecular Aminoallylation of Alkenes Using Allyl-Oxyphthalimide Derivatives: A Case Study in Radical Polarity Effects

Samuel W. Lardy and Valerie A. Schmidt

Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 6796– 6799. DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201901071

Intermolecular 2 + 2 Carbonyl–Olefin Photocycloadditions Enabled by Cu(I)–Norbornene MLCT

Daniel M. Flores and Valerie A. Schmidt

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 8741-8745. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03775

Intermolecular Radical Mediated Anti-Markovnikov Alkene Hydroamination Using N-Hydroxyphthalimide

Samuel W. Lardy and Valerie A. Schmidt

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 12318-12322. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06881

Prior Publications

Selective [1,4]-Hydrovinylation of 1,3-Dienes with Unactivated Olefins Enabled by Iron Diimine Catalysts

Valerie A. Schmidt, Rose C. Kennedy, Mate J. Bezdek, and Paul J. Chirik

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 3443-3453.

Iron-Catalyzed Intermolecular [2+2] Cycloadditions of Unactivated Alkenes

Jordan M. Hoyt, Valerie A. Schmidt, Aaron M. Tondreau, and Paul J. Chirik

Science 2015, 349, 960-963.

Cobalt-Catalyzed [2π + 2π] Cycloadditions of Alkenes: Scope, Mechanism, and Elucidation of Electronic Structure of Catalytic Intermediates

Valerie A. Schmidt, Jordan M. Hoyt, Grant M. Margulieux, and Paul J. Chirik

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 7903-7914.

Site-Selective Aliphatic C-H Bromination Using N-Bromoamides and Visible Light

Valerie A. Schmidt, Ryan K. Quinn, Andrew T. Brusoe, Erik J. Alexanian

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 14389-14392.

Radical Carbooxygenations of Alkenes using Hydroxamic Acids

Ryan K. Quinn, Valerie A. Schmidt, Erik J. Alexanian

Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 4030-4034.

Metal-Free, Aerobic Ketooxygenation of Alkenes Using Hydroxamic Acids

Valerie A. Schmidt and Erik J. Alexanian

Chem. Sci. 2012, 3, 1672-1674.

Metal-Free, Aerobic Dioxygenation of Alkenes Using Simple Hydroxamic Acid Derivatives

Benjamin C. Giglio, Valerie A. Schmidt, and Erik J. Alexanian

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 13320-13322.

Metal-Free Oxyaminations of Alkenes Using Hydroxamic Acids

Valerie A. Schmidt and Erik J. Alexanian

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 11402-11405.

Metal-Free, Aerobic Dioxygenation of Alkenes Using Hydroxamic Acids

Valerie A. Schmidt and Erik J. Alexanian

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2010, 49, 4491-4494.

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