Design,synthesis and biological activity of novel substituted pyrazole amide derivatives targeting Ec R/USP receptor

In order to discover highly active ecdysone analogs, a series of new substituted pyrazole amide derivatives were obtained using structure-guided optimization method and further screened for their insecticidal activities, in the basis of the core structures of the two active compounds N-（3-methoxyphenyl）-3-（tert-butyl）-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide（6e） and N-（4-（tert-butyl）phenyl）-3-（tert-butyl）-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide（6i）, previously presented by us. The chemical structures of the title compounds were identified by spectral analyses. The preliminary bioassay results indicated that one among the synthesized pyrazole derivatives, compound 34, endowed with good activity against Mythimna Separata at 10 mg/L, which was equal to that displayed by the positive control tebufenozide. In addition, examples of molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies demonstrated that 34 may be the potential inhibitor to Ec R and its docking conformation was similar to that of tebufenozide. In addition, increasing the hydrophobic effect and considering the suitable bulk effect on pyrazole ring are beneficial to the inhibiting activity to Ec R and activity in vivo.

Target-based design, synthesis and biological activity of new pyrazole amide derivatives

Based on the similarities in the conformation of VS008（N-（4-methylphenyl）-3-（tert-butyl）-1-（phenylmethyl）-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide） and BYIO6830（N＇-（3,5-dimethylbenzoyl）-N＇-tert-butyl-5-methyl-2,3-dihydro-l,4-benzodioxine-6-carbohydrazide） bound to the active site of the EcR subunit of the ecdysone receptor（EcR）-ultraspiracle protein（USP） heterodimeric receptor,a series of new pyrazole amide derivatives were designed and synthesized.Their structures were confirmed by IR,~1H NMR,^（13）C NMR and elemental analysis.Results from a preliminary bioassay revealed that two of the pyrazole derivatives exhibited promising insecticidal activity.Specifically,compounds 6e and 6i exhibited good activity against Helicoverpa armigera（cotton bollworm） at low concentration.Symptoms displayed by tebufenozide-treated H.armigera were identical with those displayed by its treated counterpart.6i showed the same poisoning symptoms as those of tebufenozide.In addition,results from molecular docking result indicated that the binding modes of 6e and 6i at the active site of the EcR subunit of the heterodimeric receptor were similar to that of the bound tebufenozide.

Synthesis,Crystal Structure and Insecticidal Activity of N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-1-phenyl-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydrocyclohepta[c]pyrazole-3-carboxamide

The title compound N-（pyridin-2-ylmethyl）- 1-phenyl- 1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydrocy-clohepta[c]pyrazole-3-carboxamide 5 （C21I-I22N40, Mr = 346.42） has been synthesized andstructurally characterized by IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, H RMS and single-crystal X-raydiffraction. The crystal crystallizes in monoclinic system, space group P21/n with a = 8.668（2）,b = 22.236（4）, c = 9.539（2） A, β = 108.68（3）°, V = 1786.4（7）/k3, Z = 4, Dx= 1.288 g/cm3,F（000） = 736,μ（MoKa） = 0.649 mm^-1, the final R = 0.0354 and wR = 0.0933 with 3234observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（/）. The benzene and pyrazole rings are nearly coplanar with adihedral angle of 50.977（46）°. The dihedral angle between the central pyrazole and pyridinerings is 11.688（46）°. No classical hydrogen bonds were found in the molecules. Two adjacentmolecules in crystal packing of compound 5 were linked by two intramolecularhydrogen-bonding interactions C（15）-H（15）…O（1） to generate a stable structure. Compound 5had weak insecticidal activity against the diamondback moth （Plutella xylostella）, butexhibited good activity against cotton bollworm （Helicoverpa armigera）.

Synthesis and biological activity of novel N-(3-furan-2-yl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl) amides derivatives

A series of novel N-（3-furan-2-yl-l-phenyl-lH-pyrazol-5-yl） amides derivatives were designed and synthesized. Their structures were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR and HRMS. All title compounds were evaluated for their herbicidal and antifungal activities. Preliminary bioassay results indicated that the title compounds showed good to moderate herbicidal activity at 1000 mg/L. Compound 6q presented the best activity against Digitaria sanguinalis （L） Scop., Amaranthus retroflexus L. and Arabidopsis thaliana with an inhibition degree of five. Compound 6d also showed an inhibition degree of five against D. sanguinalis. In addition, at 50 mg/L, most compounds exhibited good in vitro antifungal activity against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, with compound 6c showing over 90% antifungal activity against S. sclerotiorum and Pellicularia sasakii.