First Discovery of Insecticidal Activity of 9,9′-Epoxylignane and Dihydroguaiaretic Acid against Houseflies and the Structure–Activity Relationship
摘要:
The insecticidal activity of (-)-(8R,8'R)-3,3'-dimethoxy-9,9'-epoxylignane-4,4'-diol (1) against houseflies was clarified for the first time. The activities of other stereoisomers were weaker than that of the (8R,8'R)-stereoisomer. In the course of research into structure activity relationships involving 30 newly synthesized (8R,8'R)-derivatives, 5-fold higher activity (ED50 = 0.91 nmol/fly) was observed for (-)-(8R,8'R)-3,3',4-trimethoicy-9,9'-epoxylignan-4'-ol (21) than for the naturally occurring compound (1). The activity of I was weaker than that of (-)-(8R,8'R)-dihydroguaiaretic acid ((-)-DGA) (4); however, compound 21 showed almost the same level of activity as 4.
An efficient approach for the synthesis of several types of lignans (dibenzylbutanediols, dibenzylbutanes, substituted tetrahydrofurans, aryldihydronaphthalenes, arylnaphthalenes, and aryltetralins) was developed. The regioselectiveoxidative coupling of ethyl ferulate was used as the key step.
Total synthesis of (±)-divanillyltetrahydrofuran ferulate
作者:Ya-Mu Xia、Jia You、Qi Wang
DOI:10.1007/s12039-010-0050-7
日期:2010.5
A convenient method for the synthesis of sesquilignan threo- and erythro-(±)-divanillyltetrahydrofuran ferulate is described. The synthesis was based on a unified synthetic strategy involving two Stobbe condensations to give the skeleton of lignan, and then reduction reaction to form meso- and threo-(±)-secoisolanciresinol. meso- and threo-(±)-secoisolanciresinol were separated by flash column chromatography
The insecticidal activity of (-)-(8R,8'R)-3,3'-dimethoxy-9,9'-epoxylignane-4,4'-diol (1) against houseflies was clarified for the first time. The activities of other stereoisomers were weaker than that of the (8R,8'R)-stereoisomer. In the course of research into structure activity relationships involving 30 newly synthesized (8R,8'R)-derivatives, 5-fold higher activity (ED50 = 0.91 nmol/fly) was observed for (-)-(8R,8'R)-3,3',4-trimethoicy-9,9'-epoxylignan-4'-ol (21) than for the naturally occurring compound (1). The activity of I was weaker than that of (-)-(8R,8'R)-dihydroguaiaretic acid ((-)-DGA) (4); however, compound 21 showed almost the same level of activity as 4.