501368-22-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Dialkoxybenzene and dialkoxyallylbenzene feeding and oviposition deterrents against the cabbage looper, trichoplusia ni: Potential insect behavior control agents
Akhtar, Yasmin,Yu, Yang,Isman, Murray B.,Plettner, Erika
, p. 4983 - 4991 (2011/08/06)
The antifeedant, oviposition deterrent, and toxic effects of individual dialkoxybenzene compounds/sets and of hydroxy- or alkoxy-substituted allylbenzenes, obtained through Claisen rearrangement of substituted allyloxybenzenes, were assessed against the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni, in laboratory bioassays. Most of the compounds/sets strongly deterred larval feeding, with some exhibiting mild toxic and oviposition deterrent effects as well. Some of the compounds/sets were more active than the commercial insect repellent, DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide), as both feeding and oviposition deterrents against the cabbage looper. On the basis of the obtained oviposition data a general hypothesis was proposed regarding the oviposition sites: one binding mode with the alkyl and allyl groups on the same side of the benzene ring resulted in deterrence, the other with alkyl and allyl groups on opposite sides of the benzene ring resulted in stimulation. The results suggest some structure-activity relationships useful in improving the efficacy of the compounds and designing new, nontoxic insect control agents for agriculture.
A new synthesis of substituted 2,5-dihydro[b]-oxepines
Wang, Eng-Chi,Hsu, Ming-Kun,Lin, Yu-Li,Huang, Keng-Shiang
, p. 1997 - 2010 (2007/10/03)
Based on Claisen rearrangement, Baeyer-Villiger oxidation, and ring-closing metathesis (RCM), a series of substituted 2,5-dihydrobenzo[b]-oxepines were synthesized from isovanillin in good over-all yields. Other appropriate substituted 2,5-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepines prepared from corresponding phenol derivatives were also described.
