PUBLICATION
Asymmetric Synthesis and Bioactivity Evaluation of Chiral Oxazoline Skeleton Molecules
- Authors
- Zhang, Z., Cheng, X., Huang, Y., Wang, D., Lv, X., Chang, X.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-250207-4
- Date
- 2025
- Source
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry : (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- antifungal/antioomycete activity, asymmetric synthesis, chiral fungicides, oxazoline derivatives
- MeSH Terms
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- Stereoisomerism
- Zebrafish*
- Molecular Structure
- Oxazoles*/chemical synthesis
- Oxazoles*/chemistry
- Oxazoles*/pharmacology
- Antifungal Agents/chemical synthesis
- Antifungal Agents/chemistry
- Antifungal Agents/pharmacology
- Ascomycota/drug effects
- Fungicides, Industrial*/chemical synthesis
- Fungicides, Industrial*/chemistry
- Fungicides, Industrial*/pharmacology
- Phytophthora*/drug effects
- Animals
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- PubMed
- 39913168 Full text @ J. Agric. Food Chem.
Citation
Zhang, Z., Cheng, X., Huang, Y., Wang, D., Lv, X., Chang, X. (2025) Asymmetric Synthesis and Bioactivity Evaluation of Chiral Oxazoline Skeleton Molecules. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. :.
Abstract
The utilization of novel organic synthesis methods is increasingly critical in the development of innovative agrochemicals. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of chiral oxazoline derivatives using a one-pot method. This method involved first catalyzing the asymmetric aldol addition reaction of oxazolinyl esters with paraformaldehyde, followed by esterification with various pharmacophore-containing carboxylic acids. Unexpectedly, many of the target compounds exhibited promising antifungal and antioomycete activities, with their absolute configurations showing pronounced enantioselective activities. Notably, compound (R)-5c demonstrated significant biological activities against Valsa mali and Phytophthora capsica (EC50 = 1.023 mg/L and EC50 = 0.149 mg/L, respectively), which were markedly superior to its enantiomer (S)-5c (EC50 = 9.565 mg/L and EC50 = 0.924 mg/L, respectively). In vivo experiments confirmed that this compound exhibited both curative and protective effects against V. mali and P. capsici. CLSM and SEM analyses further indicated that compounds 5c had distinct physiological effects on P. capsici hyphae. Moreover, acute toxicity tests in zebrafish (Danio rerio) revealed that compound (R)-5c had significantly lower toxicity compared to the control drugs tebuconazole and dimethomorph. Consequently, this study provides valuable insights for the development of novel chiral oxazoline analogues as potential antifungal and antioomycete agrochemicals.
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