Substituent effects of cis-cinnamic acid analogues as plant growh inhibitors
摘要:
1-O-cis-Cinnamoyl-beta-D-glucopyranose is one of the most potent allelochemicals that has been isolated from Spiraea thunbergii Sieb by Hiradate et al. It derives its strong inhibitory activity from cis-cinnamic acid (cis-CA), which is crucial for phytotoxicity. By preparing and assaying a series of cis-CA analogues, it was previously found that the key features of cis-CA for lettuce root growth inhibition are a phenyl ring, cis-configuration of the alkene moiety, and carboxylic acid. On the basis of a structure-activity relationship study, the substituent effects on the aromatic ring of cis-CA were examined by systematic synthesis and the lettuce root growth inhibition assay of a series of cis-CA analogues having substituents on the aromatic ring. While ortho- and para-substituted analogues exhibited low potency in most cases, meta-substitution was not critical for potency, and analogues having a hydrophobic and sterically small substituent were more likely to be potent. Finally, several cis-CA analogues were found to be more potent root growth inhibitors than cis-CA. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Control of the Solid-state photodimerization of some derivatives and analogs of trans-cinnamic acid by ethylenediamine
作者:Yoshikatsu Ito、Bozena Borecka、Gunnar Olovsson、James Trotter、John R Scheffer
DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)01210-9
日期:1995.8
Some of double salts derived from ethylenediamine (en) and a variety of trans-cinnamic acids and their analogs underwent photodimerization in the solid state, giving predominantly β-truxinic dimers. X-Ray studies demonstrate that (a) the conformation of en is gauche for the highly photoreactive double salts (o-1b·en and m-1e·en), whereas it is anti for lessphotoreactive o-1a·en or photoinert 1d·en
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