Molecules (Aug 2024)

Design, Synthesis, and Acaricidal Activity of 2,5-Diphenyl-1,3-oxazoline Compounds

  • Yuming Chen,
  • Jiarui Tian,
  • Yuhao Tan,
  • Yuxiu Liu,
  • Qingmin Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29174149
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 17
p. 4149

Abstract

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By using a scaffold hopping/ring equivalent and intermediate derivatization strategies, a series of compounds of 2,5-diphenyl-1,3-oxazoline with substituent changes at the 5-phenyl position were prepared, and their acaricidal activity was studied. However, the synthesized 2,5-diphenyl-1,3-oxazolines showed lower activity against mite eggs and larvae compared to the 2,4-diphenyl-1,3-oxazolines with the same substituents. We speculate that there is a significant difference in the spatial extension direction of the substituents between the two skeletons of compounds, resulting in differences in their ability to bind to the potential target chitin synthase 1. This work is helpful in inferring the internal structure of chitin synthase binding pockets.

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