The Synthesis and Biological Activities of [5-(4-Substituted Phenylsulfinyl/Sulfonyl)-1,3-Dimethyl-1<i>H</i>-Pyrazol-4-Yl]-Arylmethanones

<div><p></p><p>A novel series of pyrazole derivatives containing substituted phenylsulfinyl/sulfonyl group have been synthesized via the oxidation of intermediate pyrazole sulfoether with H₂O₂ in acetic acid. The novel compounds were characterized by melting point, ¹H NMR, FT-IR, MS, and elemental analysis or HRMS. The biological activity results showed that most of the title compounds exhibit significant fungicidal activities against Alternaria solani Sorauer, Phytophthora capsici, and Corynespora cassiicola.</p> <p>[Supplementary materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of <i>Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements</i> for the following free supplemental files: Additional text and figures.]</p> </div

Novel Ultrasound-Promoted Parallel Synthesis of Trifluoroatrolactamide Library via a One-Pot Passerini/Hydrolysis Reaction Sequence and Their Fungicidal Activities

An ultrasound-promoted one-pot Passerini/hydrolysis reaction sequence has been developed for the synthesis of trifluoroatrolactamide derivatives using a diverse range of trifluoroacetophenones and isonitriles in acetic acid. Parallel synthesis in a centrifuge tube using a noncontact ultrasonic cell crusher was used in this study as an efficient method for the rapid generation of combinatorial trifluoroatrolactamide libraries, and subsequent biochemical evaluation of the resulting compounds indicated that they possessed excellent broad-spectrum fungicidal activities. <i>N</i>-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(4-ethylphenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxypropanamide and <i>N</i>-(4-chlorophenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoro-2-hydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)­propanamide, in particular, showed significant fungicidal activities against all of the fungal species tested in the current study