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Functional Characterization of Carboxylesterases in Insecticide Resistant House Flies, Musca Domestica
Published on: August 23, 2018
Synthesis of some monosaccharide-related ester derivatives as insecticidal and acaricidal agents
Xiaobo Huang1, Bingchuan Zhang1, Hui Xu2
1Research Institute of Pesticidal Design & Synthesis, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi Province, China.
Abstract:
To develop natural-product-based pesticidal agents, a series of monosaccharide-related ester derivatives (17a-q and 18a-f), glucose (xylose)-piperic acid/piperic acid-like conjugates, were synthesized. Three-dimensional structures of compounds 17b, 17g, 17h, and 17n were unambiguously determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Especially compounds 18e and 18f exhibited the most potent insecticidal and acaricidal activities against Mythimna separata and Tetranychus cinnabarinus. Their structure-activity relationships were also discussed.
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