An invocation for computational evaluation of isomerization transforms: cationic skeletal reorganizations as a case study

This review article describes how cationic rearrangement reactions can be used in natural product total synthesis as a case study for the many productive ways by which isomerization reactions are enabling for synthesis.

Computational and Synthetic Investigation of Cationic Rearrangement in the Putative Biosynthesis of Justicane Triterpenoids

<div> <div> <div> <p>A biomimetic cationic structural rearrangement of the oleanolic acid framework is reported for the gram-scale synthesis and structural reassignment of justicioside E aglycone. The mechanism of the putative biosynthetic rearrangement is investigated with kinetic, computational, and synthetic approaches. The precursor to rearrangement was accessed through two strategic advancements: (1) synthesis of a 1,3-diketone via oxidation of a β-silyl enone, and (2) diastereoselective 1,3-diketone reduction to form a syn-1,3-diol using SmI2 with PhSH as a key additive. </p> </div> </div> </div>

Computational and Synthetic Investigation of Cationic Rearrangement in the Putative Biosynthesis of Justicane Triterpenoids

<div> <div> <div> <p>A biomimetic cationic structural rearrangement of the oleanolic acid framework is reported for the gram-scale synthesis and structural reassignment of justicioside E aglycone. The mechanism of the putative biosynthetic rearrangement is investigated with kinetic, computational, and synthetic approaches. The precursor to rearrangement was accessed through two strategic advancements: (1) synthesis of a 1,3-diketone via oxidation of a β-silyl enone, and (2) diastereoselective 1,3-diketone reduction to form a syn-1,3-diol using SmI2 with PhSH as a key additive. </p> </div> </div> </div>

Computational and Synthetic Investigation of Cationic Rearrangement in the Putative Biosynthesis of Justicane Triterpenoids

<div> <div> <div> <p>A biomimetic cationic structural rearrangement of the oleanolic acid framework is reported for the gram-scale synthesis and structural reassignment of justicioside E aglycone. The mechanism of the putative biosynthetic rearrangement is investigated with kinetic, computational, and synthetic approaches. The precursor to rearrangement was accessed through two strategic advancements: (1) synthesis of a 1,3-diketone via oxidation of a β-silyl enone, and (2) diastereoselective 1,3-diketone reduction to form a syn-1,3-diol using SmI2 with PhSH as a key additive. </p> </div> </div> </div>