Journal
PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Volume 77, Issue 9, Pages 3910-3920Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/ps.6418
Keywords
antifungal activity; anti‐ oomycete activity; molecular docking; pyrazolyl oxime ethers; succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor; structure‐ based design
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFD0200504]
- Scientific Research Project of Liaoning Education Department [LSNJC201907]
- High-tech R&D Program of Liaoning [2019JH2/10200012]
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Innovative pyrazolyl oxime ethers were designed to discover SDHI compounds with a novel bridge, showing substantial differences in biological activities between Z- and E-isomers against fungi and oomycetes. These novel compounds have the potential for future SDHI development, and the strategy of replacing an amide bond with oxime ether may provide an alternative option in SDHI fungicide discovery.
BACKGROUND Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs) play an increasingly important role in controlling plant diseases. However, the similar structures of SDHIs result in rapid development of cross-resistance development and a clear bottleneck of poor activity against oomycetes, therefore the need to seek new SDHI fungicides with novel structures is urgent. RESULTS Innovative pyrazolyl oxime ethers were designed by replacing amide with oxime ether based on the succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) structure, and 19 pairs of Z- and E-isomers were efficiently prepared for the discovery of SDHI compounds with a novel bridge. Their biological activities against four fungi and two oomycetes were evaluated, and substantial differences were observed between the Z- and E- isomers of the title compounds. Furthermore, most of these compounds exhibited remarkable activities against Rhizoctonia solani with EC50 values of less than 10 mg L-1 in vitro, and bioassay in vivo further confirmed that E-I-6 exhibited good protective efficacy (76.12%) at 200 mg L-1. In addition, Z-I-12 provided better activity against the oomycetes Pythium aphanidermatum and Phytophthora capsici (EC50 = 1.56 and 0.93 mg L-1) than those of boscalid. Moreover, E-I-12 exhibited excellent SDH inhibition (IC50 = 0.21 mg L-1) thanks to its good binding ability to the SDH by hydrogen-bonding interactions, pi-cation interaction and hydrophobic interactions. CONCLUSION Novel pyrazolyl oxime ethers have the potential as SDHI compounds for future development, and the strategy of replacing an amide bond with oxime ether may offer an alternative option in SDHI fungicide discovery.
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