Elias Picazo

!! Our group's first publication is now available in the J. Am. Chem. Soc.! We developed a scalable, iron-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling and used it in a number of applications! We sincerely thank reviewers for strengthening our report. Please join me in congratulating Julius (@Ju_Seme) and Yuanjie! Learn more here, pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Congratulations to the team for discovering and publishing a distinct, robust, and selective C3–C4 bond isomerization available to sulfonyl amino DASAs! Read more here, pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

@R2G_UCSD Great talk, Erik! Glad I was able to get this scheduled before the freeze!

Had fun presenting our research at USC and chatting with students and faculty! Thanks for the invite ⁦⁦⁦@_Picazo⁩ 😁. Keep pushing brother and #fighton ✌️✌️

Congratulations to team Ackerman-Biegasiewicz on their awesome new study entitled "Elucidation of Mononuclear Fe Photocatalysts for Visible Light-Induced Bond Homolysis (VLIH)" now available @ChemRxiv! Super cool study! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

Check out our latest article in @J_A_C_S! We developed a new cascade reaction that combines alkylation, Heck carbopalladation, and C(sp3)–H annulation to generate cyclopropane or cyclobutane heterocycles. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

KFB Lab Alert: Our general biocatalytic platform for the oxidative rearrangement of indoles is now online at @ChemRxiv! Congratulations to @HJLChem and @sp3intermediate for leading this work with Sergio, Raina, Ana, Sophie, and John! chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxi…

RT @xiongyih: After a long search, we have finally achieved cross-coupling chemistry with nonheme enzymes (doi.org/10.26434/chemr…)! In thi…

Catalytic Markovnikov Hydrothiolation of Dehydroamino Acids: Unified Total Synthesis of Enteropeptin Sactipeptides | Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Our latest in @J_A_C_S, we report a general strategy to access antimicrobial sactipeptides by Markovnikov hydrothiolation of dehydroamino acids. Congratulations to Yiwei, Shuvendu, Steven and Yannik for their hard work! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

Our Iron-photocatalysis approach to small-ring transfer is now live in its final form @angew_chem! Great collaboration with Julian West @pushingarrows. Congratulations to everyone involved 🚀 @DCBPunibern @SwissChemistry #chemistry Check it out here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/an…

It was great seeing @_Picazo today at UC San Diego. Great takeaways on Iron catalysis and DASA chemistry. I always leave feeling inspired by our conversations about organic chemistry. By the way, I have never seen a speaker get so jolly about post-presentation questions 🤣

@FindlaterGroup Thank you, Michael!

@_Picazo This is wonderful - outstanding work Linette!

I was incredibly honored to have awarded the inaugural "Dr. Elias Picazo Scholarship" to Linette Barajas from Shafter High School, CA in recognition of her outstanding academic performance, including scientific success, and desire to pursue a career in medicine! Congratulations and best wishes, Linette! Funds are provided by the recently established "Dr. Elias Picazo Endowed Scholarship Fund", created by Sterling Franklin, a Trustee of the Morris S. Smith Foundation!

@TMS25720281 Thank you, Thomas!

@_Picazo This is great!

We are thrilled to share our latest study, just published in @NatureSynthesis, on azacyclic 1,2,3-trienes. Congrats to Dominick, Dani, and Ana! nature.com/articles/s4416… @ucla @uclachem @houk1000

Richmond has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences! nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-…

I had a wonderful time sharing our research at #CSULA on Tuesday! Meeting students was awesome! Special thanks to Profs Foster, Hayes, Selke, Liu, Vozka, and Rounds for sharing their time and thoughts with me! Photographed is one of the buildings I spent much of the day in!

Check out our review on the use of geometric distortion as an enabling tool for organic synthesis, just published in @NatureSynthesis! Congrats to Luca, @zachwalterschem, and Allison! Read it here: nature.com/articles/s4416… @uclachem