Novel anthranilic amide derivatives bearing the chiral thioether and trifluoromethylpyridine: Synthesis and bioactivity

Abstract Ten anthranilic amides bearing skeletons of chiral thioether and trifluoromethylpyridine (5a-5j) were designed and synthesized. Bioassays indicated that some of compounds had excellent insecticidal activity. For example, compounds 5a, 5e and 5g had the median lethal concentrations (LC50) against Plutella xylostella of 7.3, 8.7 and 8.1 µg/mL respectively. The LC50 of 5a against Ostrinia nubilalis and Pseudaletia separata were 21.7 and 44.2 µg/mL respectively. Anti-TMV tests indicated that some compounds also showed good antiviral activity. For instance, the curative activities of compounds 5b and 5e were 57.2% and 63.6%, and with half maximal effective concentration (EC50) of 304.5 and 203.0 µg/mL, respectively, which were much higher than these of ribavirin (39.4%, EC50 = 819.8 µg/mL) and ningnanmycin (56.2%, EC50 = 361.4 µg/mL). The molecular docking between the most active compounds and ryanodine receptor of the Plutella xylostella were also discussed. Those results indicated that the novel anthranilic amide derivatives in present work were worthy of further research and development as novel pesticides.