Cinchona alkaloid derivative-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis via a Mannich-type reaction and antifungal activity of β-amino esters bearing benzoheterocycle moieties

Molecules. 2014 Apr 1;19(4):3955-72. doi: 10.3390/molecules19043955.

Abstract

An efficient synthesis of highly functionalized chiral β-amino ester derivatives containing benzothiophene and benzothiazole moieties is developed by a Mannich-type reaction using a cinchona alkaloid-derived thiourea catalyst. The desired products were obtained in good yields and high enantioselectivities (~86% yield, >99% ee) using to the optimized reaction conditions. The synthesized compounds were characterized by 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, IR, and HREI-MS analyses. The bioassays identified that compound 5dr has excellent antifungal activity, with a 60.53% inhibition rate against F. oxysporum, higher than that of the commercial agricultural fungicide hymexazol, whose inhibition rate was 56.12%.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemical synthesis*
  • Amino Acids / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / chemical synthesis*
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Benzothiazoles / chemistry*
  • Catalysis
  • Cinchona Alkaloids / chemistry*
  • Esters
  • Fusarium / drug effects
  • Fusarium / growth & development
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Oxazoles / pharmacology
  • Stereoisomerism
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Thiophenes / chemistry*
  • Thiourea / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Benzothiazoles
  • Cinchona Alkaloids
  • Esters
  • Oxazoles
  • Thiophenes
  • hymexazol
  • Thiourea