In 2022,Luo, Ling; Liu, Dan; Lan, Shichao; Gan, Xiuhai published an article in Frontiers in Chemistry (Lausanne, Switzerland). The title of the article was 《Design, synthesis and biological activity of novel chalcone derivatives containing an 1,2,4-oxadiazole moiety》.Category: nitriles-buliding-blocks The author mentioned the following in the article:
To discover a lead compound for agricultural use, 34 novel chalcone derivatives I [R1 = H, 4-MeO, 2,4-di-Cl, etc; R2 = H, 4-Me, 4-F, 4-Cl] and II [R1 = H, 4-Me, 4-MeO, 2-Cl, 2,4-di-Cl; R2 = H, 4-Me, 4-F, 4-Cl] containing an 1,2,4-oxadiazole moiety were designed and synthesized. Their nematocidal activities against Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, Aphelenchoides besseyi and Ditylenchus dipsaci and their antiviral activities against tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) and tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) were evaluated. Biol. assay results indicated that compounds I [R1 = 3-MeO, 4-MeO, R2 = H] showed good nematocidal activities against B. xylophilus, A. besseyi and D. dipsaci, with LC50 values of 35.5, 44.7 and 30.2μg/mL and 31.8, 47.4 and 36.5μg/mL, resp., which are better than tioxazafen, fosthiazate and abamectin. Furthermore, compound I [R1 = 2-MeO, R2 = H] demonstrated excellent protective activity against TMV, PMMoV and TSWV, with EC50 values of 210.4, 156.2 and 178.2μg/mL, resp., which are superior to ningnanmycin (242.6, 218.4 and 180.5μg/mL). In the experimental materials used by the author, we found 4-Fluorobenzonitrile(cas: 1194-02-1Category: nitriles-buliding-blocks)
4-Fluorobenzonitrile(cas: 1194-02-1) is used in the synthesis of flurenones, pharmaceutical prerequisites, as well as opiod receptor antagonists.Category: nitriles-buliding-blocks
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