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Measuring Rates of Herbicide Metabolism in Dicot Weeds with an Excised Leaf Assay
Published on: September 7, 2015
Synthesis and herbicidal activity of diphenyl ether derivatives containing unsaturated carboxylates
Haibo Yu1, Huibin Yang, Dongliang Cui
1State Key Laboratory of the Discovery and Development of Novel Pesticide, Shenyang Research Institute of Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., Shenyang 110021, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
A series of novel diphenyl ether derivatives containing unsaturated carboxylates were designed and synthesized. Their structures were identified by (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance and elemental analyses. The bioassays indicated that the compounds 5b and 5c exhibited good herbicidal activities against velvetleaf at a concentration of 30-40 g/hm(2). The relationship between structure and herbicidal activity was also discussed. Among unsaturated carboxylates group, butenoate is the most promising one. Amonst them, 4-ethoxy-4-oxobutenyl 5-(2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy)-2-nitrobenzoate 5b was identified as the most promising candidate due to its high protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase inhibition effect (pI(50) = 6.64) and good herbicidal activity against broadleaf weeds with selectivity to soybean and low toxicity to mammals.
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