Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2019, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4): 609-615.doi: 10.1007/s40242-019-9029-1

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Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of 3-Acetyl-4-hydroxy-2,1-benzothiazine Derivatives

LEI Kang1,2, LIU Yang1,2, WANG Shiben1, SUN Bin1, HUA Xuewen3, XU Xiaohua2   

  1. 1. School of Pharmacy, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China;
    3. College of Agriculture, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, P. R. China
  • Received:2019-01-29 Revised:2019-03-25 Online:2019-08-01 Published:2019-08-01
  • Contact: LEI Kang, XU Xiaohua E-mail:leikang@lcu.edu.cn;xiaohuaxu@nankai.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31701827) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China(Nos.ZR2017BH037, ZR2017BC053).

Abstract: In order to develop a novel herbicide containing the 2,1-benzothiazine motif, a series of 3-acetyl-4-hydroxy-2,1-benzothiazine derivatives was synthesized. All the target compounds were confirmed by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and high-resolution mass spectrometry(HRMS). In addition, the crystal structure of compound T27 was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The bioassay results showed that some of the 3-acetyl-4-hydroxy-2,1-benzothiazine derivatives(T13, T15, T22, and T24) showed good herbicidal activity at a dosage of 100 µg/mL. Among them, compounds T22 and T24 showed promising post-emergent herbicidal activities against Brassica campestris and Amaranthus retroflexus even at a dosage of 375 g/ha(1 ha=104 m2) in the greenhouse test. Studies on the structure-activity relationship demonstrated that the type of acetyl group played an important role in the herbicidal activity, and that the introduction of a phenoxyacetyl group at the 3-position of 2,1-benzothiazine was beneficial in improving the herbicidal activity. The present study also indicated that 3-phenoxyacetyl-4-hydroxy-2,1-benzothiazine could be a potential lead compound for further development of novel 2,1-benzothiazine-containing herbicides.

Key words: 3-Acetyl-4-hydroxy-2,1-benzothiazine, Herbicidal activity, Structure-activity relationship