Based on the strategies of receptor structure-guided neonicotinoid design, a series of novel cis-nitenpyram analogues bearing diglycine esters were designed and synthesized. Preliminary bioassays indicated that the insecticidal spectra of the target compounds were expanded compared with our previous work, while all the target compounds presented excellent insecticidal activities against Nilaparvata lugens and Aphis medicagini at 100 mg/L. Among these analogues, 6b showed 100% mortality against Nilaparvata lugens (LC 50 = 0.163 mg/L) and 90% against Aphis medicagini at 4 mg/L. SARs suggested that the insecticidal potency of our designed cis-nitenpyram analogues was dual-controlled by the size and species of the ester groups. The molecular docking simulations revealed that the structural uniqueness of these analogues may lead to a unique molecular recognition and binding mode compared with the previously designed compounds. Introduction of the peptide bond gave rise to more significant hydrogen bonds between the nitenpyram analogues bonding with the amino acid residues of insect nAChRs. The docking results explained the SARs observed in vitro, and shed light on the novel insecticidal mechanism of these cis-nitenpyram analogues.
A novel series of cb-nitenpyram analogues （2a--2p） were designed and prepared by introducing the 1,4-dihydropyridine, with their eis-configuration confirmed by X-ray diffraction. Preliminary bioassays showed that most compounds exhibited good insecticidal activities at 20 mg/L against Aphis medicagini, and analogues 2a and 2d aflbrded the best activity, and both of them had 100% mortality at 4 mg/L. In addition, molecular docking studies were also performed to model the ligand-receptor complexes, and the results explained the structure-activity relationships observed in vitro, which may provide some useful information for future design of new insecticides.
A novel neonicotinoid analogue（C13H19N5O5,3a）had been synthesized,the structure was characterized by elemental analysis,IR and 1H NMR spectra,and the S-（＋）-（E）-configuration was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.The crystal belongs to monoclinic,space group P21 with a = 8.7076（17）,b = 8.3211（17）,c = 10.642（2）,β = 92.370（3）o,V = 770.4（3）3,Z = 2,Dc = 1.402 g/cm3,μ = 0.110 mm-1,Mr = 325.33,F（000）= 344,S = 1.027,R = 0.0543 and wR = 0.1229 for 3601 unique reflections with 2919 observed ones（I 2σ（I））.Compound 3a is stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonds and intermolecular force.In addition,the structure of compound 3a was optimized by the B3LYP/6-31G（d,p）.DFT/B3LYP optimizations were performed based on X-ray geometries applying 6-31G（d,p）basis set.The optimized structure of compound 3a by the B3LYP/6-31G（d,p）method is more bent than in the crystal.IR spectrum of the solid compound is consistent with the X-ray structure.The HOMO-LUMO gap in 3a（5.3 eV）indicates high kinetic stabilities of compound 3a.The preliminary bioassay test showed that 3a exhibited good activities against Nilaparvata legen,Pseudaletia separate Walker and Aphis medicagini at 500 mg/L.
A series of novel 2H-pyrazolo[4,3-c]hexahydropyridine derivatives （II） have been designed and synthesized. The target com- pounds have been identified by elemental analysis and spectral （1H NMR, IR, and MS） data and the absolute configuration of compound （IIl） was confirmed by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The cytotoxicity of the target compounds have been evalu- ated in vitro against two human breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 by MTT assay. Most compounds exhibited good inhibition, and compounds II21 （IC50 = 4.7 μM for MCF-7 and IC50 = 9.3 μM for MDA-MB-231）, 1133 （IC50 = 2.4 μM for MCF-7 and IC50 = 4.2 gM for MDA-MB-231） and 114o （IC50 = 3.3 μM for MCF-7 and IC5o =8.6 μM for MDA-MB-231） dis- played better inhibitory activity than 5-fluorouracil （IC50 = 4.8 μM for MCF-7 and IC50 = 9.6 I, tM for MDA-MB-231, respec- tively）. Flow cytometric analysis and DNA fragmentation suggest that II33 is cytotoxic and able to induce the apoptosis of MCF-7 cells. The fluorescence properties of compounds IIl, II6, II11,II16, II23, Il2s, and II3s were also studied and compound Ilzs afforded the highest photoluminescence quantum yield （38%）.
PANG ChunChengSUN ChuanWenWANG JingXIAO DiDING LiBU HongFei
