A series of aurones were prepared from various phenols via phenoxy acetic acids and coumaranones and evaluated for insect antifeedant activity against the common cutworm (Spodoptera litura). The naturally occurring aurone was most active at an ED50 of 0.12 mu mol/cm(2). The synthetic precursor, coumaranones, showed that the introduction of methoxyl and methyl groups to the benzene ring increased insect antifeedant activity. Similarly, the tested aurones showed that the introduction of methoxyl group to the A and/or B rings increased the insect antifeedant activity, but 4,5,6- and 3',4',5'-trisubstituted compounds did not show this activity in this test. The hydroxylation of aurones in the B ring should be disadvantageous for insect antifeedant activity against S. litura. Although the melting points did not correlate well with the insect antifeedant activity, compounds that were nearly inactive had high melting points. A significant correlation was noted between biological activity (pED(50)) and a hydrogen-bonding parameter calculated from the R-f value obtained from SiOH thin-layer chromatography and a lipophilicity parameter (log k) calculated from the retention time in ODS high-performance liquid chromatography. The respective correlation coefficients (r) were -0.83 and -0.70. The introduction of alkoxy and alkyl groups along with adequate hydrogen bonding seems to contribute to the antifeedant activity of the compounds tested.
Base-catalyzed cascade [3 + 2] spiroannulation/aromatization of in situ generated tosyldiazomethane (TsDAM) with (Z)-aurones: An efficient access to polysubstituted pyrazole derivatives
作者:Jie Huang、Shaofa Sun、Ping Ma、Clairissa Yom、Yalan Xing、Yang Wu、Gangqiang Wang
DOI:10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.153840
日期:2022.6
An Unusual Triazole Synthesis from Aurones
作者:Scott T. Handy、Arjun Kafle、Shrijiana Bhattarai
DOI:10.1055/s-0040-1708019
日期:2020.8
Attempts to prepare azido-substituted aurones via a copper-catalyzed azidation failed to afford the desired product, but instead resulted in an unusual triazole formation reaction. Further efforts noted that copper was not required for this reaction, but simply thermal treatment with sodium azide in a polar aprotic solvent. A wide range of substitution patterns were tolerated in this reaction to afford
A Lewis Acid-Promoted Michael Addition and Ring-Expansion Cascade for the Construction of Nitrogen-Containing Medium-Sized Rings
作者:Jiaming Wang、Jia Li、Changgui Zhao
DOI:10.3390/molecules28041650
日期:——
A Lewis acid-promoted annulation of azadienes and cyclobutamines was developed. This reaction proceeded through Michael addition and ring-expansion cascade, affording the corresponding nitrogen-containing medium-sized rings with a broad scope in moderate to high yields. The catalytic asymmetric version of this reaction has also been explored using a chiral base.