Abstract:
To discover and exploit novel fungicidal compounds, twenty two novel strobilurin derivatives were designed and synthesized by sub-structural combination method using azoxystrobin as the lead compound. Their structures were characterized by
1H NMR,
13C NMR and HRMS. Some compounds exhibited high fungicidal activity against
Sphaerotheca fuliginea. In greenhouse tests, compound
7b displayed 85% fungicidal activity against cucumber powdery mildew at 50 mg/L. In field trials, compound
7b (281.25 g a.i./hm
2) for cucumber powdery mildew proved to be approximately equivalent to commercial products azoxystrobin (281.25 g a.i./hm
2) and ethirimol (300.00 g a.i./hm
2).