- Synthesis and bio-evaluation of natural butenolides-acrylate conjugates
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A series of novel 3-aryl-4-hydroxy-2(5H) furanone-acrylate hybrids were designed and synthesized based on the natural butenolides and acrylates scaffolds. The structures of the prepared compounds were characterized by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), and the bioactivity of the target compounds against twelve phytopathogenic fungi was investigated. The preliminary in vitro antifungal activity screening showed that most of the target compounds had moderate inhibition on various pathogenic fungi at the concentration of 100 mg·L?1, and presented broad-spectrum antifungal activities. Further studies also indicated that compounds 7e and 7k still showed some inhibitory activity against Pestallozzia theae, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Gibberella zeae on rape plants at lower concentrations, which could be optimized as a secondary lead for further research.
- Bao, Longzhu,Wang, Shuangshuang,Song, Di,Wang, Jingjing,Cao, Xiufang,Ke, Shaoyong
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- 3-Aryltetronic acids: Efficient preparation and use as precursors for vulpinic acids
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3-Aryltetronic acids were prepared in one step by treatment of a mixture of methyl arylacetates and methyl hydroxyacetates with potassium tert-butoxide, via tandem transesterification/Dieckmann condensation. Several mushroom or lichen pigments, vulpinic acids, were synthesized from 3-(4-methoxyphe-nyl) tetronic acid in three steps involving the reaction of the corresponding dianion with an α-ketoester and the dehydration of the tertiary alcohols obtained into mixtures of (E)-and (Z)-alkenes, which were converted under UV irradiation at 254 nm to natural (E)-isomers. Syntheses of pinastric acid, 4,4′-dimethoxyvulpinic acid, and the first synthesis of recently isolated methyl 3′,5′-dichloro-4,4′-di-0-methylatromentate were hence achieved in an efficient manner.
- Mallinger, Aurelie,Gall, Thierry Le,Mioskowski, Charles
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 1124 - 1129
(2009/07/11)
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- Synthesis of (E)- and (Z)-Pulvinones
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Two new routes to pulvinones have been developed, one of which involves a novel Wittig reaction.For the first time, members of the E-series, including the parent (E)-pulvinone, are reported and the structural elucidation of the geometric isomers is descri
- Campbell, Alexander C.,Maidment, Maurice S.,Pick, John H.,Stevenson, Donald F. M.
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p. 1567 - 1576
(2007/10/02)
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