Background: To discover more efficient antimicrobial agents in agriculture, a series of new quinazoline derivatives bearing both sulfonate ester and piperidine-4-carboxamide moieties were synthesized and assessed for their antimicrobial effects.
Results: All of the target compounds were fully characterized by proton (1 H) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), carbon-13 (13 C) NMR, and high-resolution mass spectroscopy (HRMS), and compound III-6 containing a 3-bromophenyl substituent was clearly confirmed via single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The bioassay results indicated that some compounds displayed noticeable inhibitory effects in vitro against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc). Further measurements of median effective concentration (EC50 ) values showed that compound III-17 bearing a 4-methoxyphenyl group had the best anti-Xoc efficacy (EC50 = 12.4 μg mL-1 ), far better than the commercialized bismerthiazol (77.5 μg mL-1 ). Moreover, this compound also demonstrated good protection and curative activities in vivo against rice bacterial leaf streak caused by Xoc.
Conclusion: Compound III-17 had a good potential for further development as a new bactericide for controlling Xoc. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
Keywords: antibacterial mechanisms; antimicrobial activities; piperidine-4-carboxamide group; quinazoline derivatives; sulfonate ester.
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