Hymexazol is an efficient and low-toxicity soil fungicide. In this work, a fully continuous flow process for the synthesis of hymexazol has been developed. This process begins with combining ethyl acetoacetate and hydroxylamine hydrochloride to form a hydroxamic acid intermediate. The reaction solution is then quenched with concentrated hydrochloric acid to obtain the final product, hymexazol. Under the optimized process conditions, the total yield of the target product reached 86%. In addition, production was successfully scaled-up to a kilogram scale. The continuous flow method not only greatly decreases the reaction time but also significantly inhibits the side reactions.
Li Yan,Qin Yukun,Liu Song,Li Pengcheng,Xing Rong’e
In this study, three hymexazol-linked chitosan derivatives (HML-CS) were synthesized and their structures confirmed by Fourier transform infrared and elemental analysis. Linkage ratios were measured by high performance liquid chromatography. The derivatives’ antifungal activity against the plant pathogenic fungi Rhizoctonia solani CGMCC 3.28 and Gibberella zeae CGMCC 3.42 were investigated at concentrations of 100, 200, and 400 mg/L. These HML-CS derivatives exhibited stronger antifungal activity than CS alone. HML-CS-1 showed the best antifungal activity against G. zeae , whose antifungal index was 65.9% at 400 mg/L, and also showed the best antifungal activity against R. solani , whose antifungal index was 52.7% at 400 mg/L. This conjugation of CS and HML suggested the presence of synergistic effects between the moieties and indicated that these derivatives possessed great potential as novel fungicides and require further research for the development of applications in crop protection.
Graphical Host-guest inclusion complexes of hymexazol with three different cucurbit[ n ]uril, cucurbit[7]uril (Q[7]), hemimethyl-substituted cucurbit[6]uril (HHMeQ[6]), and twisted cucurbit[14]uril ( t Q[14]) have been investigated by means of 1 H NMR spectroscopy, quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (Q-TOF), and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). 1 H NMR experimental results revealed that hymexazol resides within the respective cavities of the selected Q[ n ], and mass spectrometric experimental results revealed that it interacts with these three Q[ n ] through the formation of 1 : 1 inclusion complexes. ITC experimental results indicated moderate binding constants. In vitro assays showed that the complexation of hymexazol by the Q[ n ] increased its inhibitory effect on the mycelia growth of Botrytis cinerea Pers .