Quantitative structure–activity studies of insect growth regulators xiv. Three-dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship of ecdysone agonists including dibenzoylhydrazine analogs

N-tert-Butyl-N,N′-dibenzoylhydrazines such as tebufenozide (RH-5992) mimic the action of a molting hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone, and cause premature molting of larvae leading to their death. Previously, it was shown that one of the benzoyl moieties in dibenzoylhydrazines plays a role similar to that of the aliphatic side chain at the C-17 position of ecdysones. In the present study, N-benzoyl-N′-benzylhydrazine, N,N′-dibenzylhydrazine, and N-alkanoyl-N′-benzoylhydrazine analogs have been synthesized to compare the effects of two carbonyl groups as well as two benzene rings of dibenzoylhydrazine. The quantitative structure–activity relationship of ecdysone agonists including dibenzoylhydrazine analogs was analyzed three-dimensionally using the CoMFA (comparative molecular field analysis) procedure. The CoMFA results suggested that the two carbonyl oxygen atoms of the diacylhydrazine skeleton probably correspond to the oxygens of the 20- and 22-OH groups of ecdysones, and that the benzoyl moiety located closer to the tert-butyl group is important for retaining high activity. © 1998 SCI     

Three‐dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship analysis of acyclic and cyclic chloronicotinyl insecticides

The binding activity of chloronicotinyl insecticides, including acetamiprid, nitenpyram and related compounds, to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) of houseflies was measured. These compounds were defined as ‘acyclic’ compounds. Variations in the binding activity were analysed using comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) which is a technique for the analysis of three‐dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationships. The CoMFA results showed that steric interactions were more significant for the acyclic compounds than for imidacloprid and its derivatives (cyclic compounds). It was also shown that the acyclic compounds could bind to housefly‐nAChR in a similar manner to the cyclic compounds, and that the electrostatic natures of the acyclic amino‐ and cyclic imdazolidine‐moieties affected their binding activity. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Quantitative structure–fungicidal activity relationships of N-(4-difluoromethoxybenzyl)­pyrimidin-4-amines against wheat and barley fungi

A set of N-(4-difluoromethoxybenzyl)pyrimidinamines with various substituents at the 4- and 5-positions of the pyrimidine ring and at the benzyl position were prepared, and their fungicidal activities against wheat brown rust, Puccinia recondita, and barley powdery mildew, Erisiphe graminis, were measured. Variations in each of these activities were quantitatively analysed by the use of physicochemical substituent parameters and a regression analysis. Each of these activities was parabolically correlated with the steric bulkiness of the pyrimidine substituents and with the bulkiness or the hydrophobicity of the benzylic substituents. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry     

Quantitative structure–activity relationships in aquatic toxicology

Quantitative structure–activity relationships (QSARs) enable the toxicity of aquatic pollutants to be predicted from their physicochemical properties. This paper reviews several techniques that can be used to obtain QSARs and examples of QSAR studies are presented for some important groups of aquatic pollutants; reactive organic halides, anilines, phenols and for some relatively unreactive, non-ionised compounds. Finally the possibility of applying predicted toxicities in environmental hazard assessment is discussed.     

Synthesis and structure–activity relationships for anticipated molluscicidal activity of some 2-amino-5-substituted pyridine derivatives

A series of 2-amino-5-substituted pyridine derivatives was synthesized and their molluscicidal activity against white garden, Theba pisana (Müller), and brown garden, Helix aspersa (Müller), snails was investigated by two methods of application. Some of these compounds showed strong activity under laboratory conditions against the two types of snail. T pisana was more sensitive to the tested compounds than H aspersa. The most effective compounds were 2-amino-5-(benzotriazole-1-ylmethyl)-3-methylpyridine, 2-amino-5-[1-(benzotriazole-1-yl)nonyl]-3-methylpyridine and 2-[(1,2,4-triazole-1-ylmethyl)amino]-3-methylpyridine which exhibited high molluscicidal activity. The toxicity results are discussed in relation to the chemical structures. © 1999 Society of Chemical Industry     

Synthesis and structure–activity relationship analysis of bicyclophosphorothionate blockers with selectivity for housefly γ‐aminobutyric acid receptor channels

BACKGROUND: Bicyclophosphorothionates (2,6,7‐trioxa‐1‐phosphabicyclo[2.2.2]octane‐1‐sulfides) are blockers (or non‐competitive antagonists) of γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor channels. Twenty‐two bicyclophosphorothionates with different 3‐ and 4‐substituents were synthesised, and [³H]4′‐ethynyl‐4‐n‐propylbicycloorthobenzoate (EBOB) binding assays were performed to evaluate their affinities for housefly and rat GABA receptors. RESULTS: Introduction of an isopropyl group at the 3‐position enhanced the affinity of bicyclophosphorothionates for housefly GABA receptors and reduced the affinity towards rat GABA receptors. The 4‐isopentyl‐3‐isopropylbicyclophosphorothionate showed the highest affinity for housefly GABA receptors (IC₅₀ = 103 nM ) among the analogues tested, while the 4‐cyclohexylbicyclophosphorothionate showed the highest affinity for rat GABA receptors (IC₅₀ = 125 nM ). Among the bicyclophosphorothionates synthesised to date, the former analogue exhibited the highest selectivity for housefly GABA receptors, with an IC₅₀^rat/IC₅₀^fly ratio of approximately 97. Three‐dimensional GABA receptor models successfully explained the structure–activity relationships of the bicyclophosphorothionates. CONCLUSION: The results indicate that minor structural modifications of blockers can change their selectivity for insect versus mammalian GABA receptors. The substituent at the 3‐position of the bicyclophosphorothionates dictates selectivity for housefly versus rat GABA receptors. This information should prove useful for the design of safer insecticides and parasiticides. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

氘标记稻瘟酯的合成及其杀菌活性

氘标记农药作为探针或者内标在农药代谢、毒理研究或者农药残留分析中发挥着重要作用。由于动力学同位素效应,C-D键比C-H键更为稳定,因此氘标记农药可能具有更长的半衰期,以及对非靶标生物更小的毒性。稻瘟酯是一种对水稻恶苗病和稻瘟病有良好防治效果的农用杀菌剂。本项研究利用单电子转移还原氘化反应和氘标记中间体,成功合成了4个不同位点被选择性氘代的稻瘟酯,其中3个化合物未见文献报道,并对其进行了杀菌活性测试。离体杀菌活性测试结果显示,上述4种氘代稻瘟酯对水稻稻瘟病菌和水稻恶苗病菌均具有良好的生物活性,与未被标记的稻瘟酯无显著差异。氘标记稻瘟酯未来可作为代谢、毒理研究的探针及农药残留分析中的内标。     

Novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of phthalimide alkyloxyphenyl N,N-dimethylcarbamate derivatives

Based on the multiple binding sites of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), a series of AChE inhibitors: phthalimide alkyloxyphenyl N,N-dimethylcarbamate were designed and synthesized. AChE inhibitory activity and structure–activity relationship of the compounds were researched also. The influence of structural variations on the inhibitory potency was carefully investigated by modifying different alkyloxy chain length and position between phthalimide and phenyl N,N-dimethylcarbamate (PDM). The biological properties of the series were investigated by considering the activity on isolated enzyme. Some of the newly synthesized derivatives, when tested on isolated AChE from head of housefly (Musca domestica), were more active than PDM. The compounds J1, J2 and K1–K8 demonstrated higher inhibitory activity (5- to 404-fold) for AChE than that of PDM. In particular, compound K1 displayed the best AChE inhibition (404-fold higher than PDM), which suggested that phthalimide group of K1 strongly bound at the residues lining the gorge while phenyl N,N-dimethylcarbamate bound at the catalytic site.     

一元取代苯甲酸酯的合成与杀菌活性

以一元取代苯甲酸为原料合成了17个取代苯甲酸酯类化合物,其中有8个是新化合物,其结构均通过核磁共振氢谱和电喷雾电离质谱确证。精密毒力测定结果表明,3j对黄瓜褐斑病菌 Corynespora cassiicola、3l对水稻恶苗病菌 Fusarium moniliforme 的EC50值分别为22.80和12.34 mg/L。     

取代苯甲酸酯类化合物的合成与杀菌活性

以取代苯甲酸和异戊醇为原料,合成了14个未见文献报道的取代苯甲酸酯类化合物,其结构均通过红外光谱、核磁共振氢谱和气相色谱-质谱联用（GC-MS）确证。生物活性测定结果表明:14个新化合物对灰霉病菌Botrytis cinerea、稻瘟病菌Piricularia oryzae和纹枯病菌Rhizoctonia solani的活体杀菌活性均好于离体杀菌活性,尤其是化合物3j在500 μg/mL下对黄瓜灰霉病的活体防效达96.4%,3e（500 μg/mL）对水稻稻瘟病的活体防效为96.3%。     

Design,synthesis and structure–activity relationships of novel ALS inhibitors

The paper describes the biophore models of sulfonylurea, imidazolinone, triazolopyrimidinesulfonamide and 5‐pyrimidyltriazolo‐3‐sulfonamides established by the Apex‐3D method. A series of N‐phenylsulfonyl‐N ′‐(thiadiazol‐2‐yl)oxamides and three types of triazolopyrimidinesulfonamide were synthesised and their herbicidal activities determined to assess the validity of the model. In general, the model gave useful leads to activity, although the actual level was not always predicted accurately. In only a few cases did compounds predicted as being active prove to be inactive in the bioassay, and compounds with little or no activity were clearly indicated. As a result of this work, the compound N,N ′‐[1‐(5,7‐dimethyl‐1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5‐a]pyrimidin‐2‐yl‐thio)butane‐2,3‐di‐imino]bis(2‐chlorobenzenesulfonamide) was selected as showing good activity against a range of species, and will be used as a lead for further development. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Synthesis and fungicidal activity of ethaboxam against Oomycetes

This study describes the chemical synthesis and intrinsic fungicidal activity of ethaboxam [(RS)-N-(alpha-cyano-2-thenyl)-4-ethyl-2-(ethylamino)-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxamide], a new Oomycetes fungicide. In in vitro tests, ethaboxam showed inhibitory activity against isolates of Phytophthora and some Pythium spp, with MIC values ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 mg litre(-1) for nine isolates of Phytophthora infestans (Montagne) de Bary and from 1.0 to 5.0 mg litre(-1) for eight isolates of Phytophthora capsici Leonian. In tests to determine time and concentration for complete inactivation of each pathogen (five isolates of P infestans and five isolates of P capsici), ethaboxam inactivated all isolates of P infestans within 48h at 10 mg litre(-1) and those of P capsici within 96 h at 10 mg litre(-1). Ethaboxam effectively suppressed development of tomato late blight caused by P infestans and pepper Phytophthora blight caused by P capsici in the studies conducted to determine its preventive, curative, persistent and systemic activity. These results show that ethaboxam has desirable fungicidal characteristics as an Oomycetes fungicide.     

2-吡啶酰氨基环己烷基磺酰胺的合成与杀菌活性

为了进一步研究环烷基磺酰胺类化合物的杀菌活性与构效关系,在前期工作基础上,对先导化合物进一步展开研究,合成了15个未见文献报道的2-吡啶酰氨基环己烷基磺酰胺类化合物。首先以2-氧代环己烷基磺酰胺为原料,经过还原胺化后得到2-氨基环己烷基磺酰胺;再与取代吡啶甲酰氯反应,得到目标化合物。分别通过菌丝生长速率法与黄瓜活体叶片法测定了目标化合物对番茄灰霉病菌Botrytis cinerea及其他5种植物病原菌的杀菌活性。结果表明:目标化合物对番茄灰霉病菌表现出较好的抑制活性,其中化合物V-8在离体条件下对番茄灰霉病菌的EC50值为1.41 mg/L,在500 mg/L下的活体防效为79.17%;此外,部分目标化合物在50 mg/L下,对水稻纹枯病菌、水稻稻瘟病菌、大豆根腐病菌、黄瓜绵腐病菌和辣椒疫霉的抑制率高于60%,其中,化合物V-7对黄瓜绵腐病菌的EC50值为2.7 mg/L,其活性高于对照药剂多菌灵（EC50值为4.4 mg/L）,有进一步研究的价值。