Aiping Liu, Shaofei Guan, Ping Zhang
Feb 20, 2023
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Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
Abstract
To search for novel pesticides, the synthesis around commercialized insecticide tebufenpyrad accidentally led us to the discovery of the fungicidal lead compound, 3-ethyl-1-methyl-N-((2-phenylthiazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide (1a) and its pyrimidin-4-amine-based optimization derivative 5-chloro-2,6-dimethyl-N-(1-(2-(p-tolyl)thiazol-4-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-4-amine (2a). Compound 2a not only demonstrates fungicidal activity superior to commercial fungicides such as diflumetorim but also exhibits the good features that come with pyrimidin-4-amines, such as unique modes of action and no cross-resistance to other pesticide classes. However, 2a is highly toxic to rats. Further optimization of 2a by introducing pyridin-2-yloxy substructure finally led to the discovery of 5b5-6 (HNPC-A9229) (5-chloro-N-(1-((3-chloropyridin-2-yl)oxy)propan-2-yl)-6-(difluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-amine). HNPC-A9229 exhibits excellent fungicidal activities with EC50 values of 0.16 mg/L against Puccinia sorghi and 1.14 mg/L against Erysiphe graminis, respectively. Not only that its fungicidal potency is significantly superior to or comparable to commercial fungicides including diflumetorim, tebuconazole, flusilazole, and isopyrazam, HNPC-A9229 possesses low toxicity to rats.