Eco-friendly synthesis and study of new plant growth promoters: 3,3'-Diindolylmethane and its derivatives

Churala Pal; Sumit Dey; Sanjit Kumar Mahato; Jayaraman Vinayagam; Prasun K Pradhan; Venkatachalam Sesha Giri; Parasuraman Jaisankar; Tanvir Hossain; Shikhi Baruri; Debjit Ray; Suparna Mandal Biswas

doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.06.025

Eco-friendly synthesis and study of new plant growth promoters: 3,3'-Diindolylmethane and its derivatives

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2007 Sep 1;17(17):4924-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.06.025. Epub 2007 Jun 10.

Authors

Churala Pal¹, Sumit Dey, Sanjit Kumar Mahato, Jayaraman Vinayagam, Prasun K Pradhan, Venkatachalam Sesha Giri, Parasuraman Jaisankar, Tanvir Hossain, Shikhi Baruri, Debjit Ray, Suparna Mandal Biswas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (Unit of CSIR), 4, Raja SC Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Calcutta, India.

PMID: 17583501
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.06.025

Abstract

3,3'-Diindolylmethane (DIM) derivatives 3a-k, prepared in one-pot from indoles 1a-k and hexamethylenetetramine (2) using ionic liquid [Bmim]BF(4) as eco-friendly recyclable solvent as well as catalyst, showed good plant growth promoting activity on Oryza sativa. Among the DIM derivatives synthesized 3c shows potent auxin like growth promoting activity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Catalysis
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical
Conservation of Natural Resources
Drug Design
Indoles / chemistry
Indoles / pharmacology*
Models, Chemical
Oryza / metabolism
Plant Extracts / metabolism*
Plant Growth Regulators / metabolism
Plant Physiological Phenomena / drug effects
Plants / metabolism

Substances

Indoles
Plant Extracts
Plant Growth Regulators
3,3'-diindolylmethane