biological activity, forty-six new ester and six new ether derivatives containing α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone moieties were synthesized, and their fungicidal activities against Colletotrichum lagenarium and Botrytis cinerea were investigated. Most of the synthesized compounds showed moderate to significant fungicidal activity. Among them, halogen atom-containing derivatives showed better activity than others
α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone derivatives B1–B43 were designed and synthesized by structure simplification and active fragment replacement strategies, and their antiviral and antifungal activities were evaluated. The bioassay studies indicated that many target compounds possessed good to excellent antiviral activity against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and some of these compounds exhibited specific antifungal activities
New antifungal scaffold derived from a natural pharmacophore: Synthesis of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactone derivatives and their antifungal activity against Colletotrichum lagenarium
Thirty new and thirty-four known analogues were designed and synthesized to improve the potential use of the alpha-methylene-gamma-butyrolactone ring, a natural pharmacophore. All structures were confirmed by H-1 and C-13 NMR, MS, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. The results of antifungal and cytotoxic activity indicated that the synthesized analogues showed significant inhibitory activity and limited selectivity. Compound 45 exhibited the highest antifungal activity with IC50 = 22.8 mu M but moderate cytotoxic activity with IC50 = 28.5 mu M (against BGC823 cell line) and 7.7 mu M (against HeLa cell line). Analysis of structure-activity relationships revealed that the incorporation of an aromatic ring into the beta, gamma positions of the lactone ring improved antifungal activity, and that the introduction of electron-withdrawing groups into the aromatic rings increased the activity compared with electron-donating groups. The above results identified 4-phenyl-3-phenyl-2-methylenebutyrolactone (33) as a lead scaffold for discovering and developing novel and improved crop-protection agents. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Catalytic Redox Chain Ring Opening of Lactones with Quinones To Synthesize Quinone-Containing Carboxylic Acids
作者:Xiao-Long Xu、Zhi Li
DOI:10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01672
日期:2019.7.5
Catalytic ringopening of five- to eight-membered lactones with quinones is achieved through a redox chain mechanism. With low loading of a simple metal triflate Lewis acid catalyst and a chain initiator, C–H bonds of many quinones were efficiently functionalized with carboxylic acid-containing side chains. This method also features 100% atom economy and wide substrate scope. A novel route to the anti-asthma