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Dimethoxypyrimidines as novel herbicides. Part 4. Quantitative structure-activity relationships of dimethoxypyrimidinyl(thio)salicylic acids

✍ Scribed by Nezu, Yukio; Wada, Nobuhide; Yoshida, Fumitaka; Miyazawa, Takeshige; Shimizu, Tsutomu; Fujita, Toshio


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
276 KB
Volume
52
Category
Article
ISSN
1526-498X

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✦ Synopsis


The activity of a number of O-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)salicylic acids and their thio analogs inhibiting acetolactate synthase (ALS) preparation was measured. The e †ects of substituents on the salicylic-benzene ring on the inhibitory activity were analyzed quantitatively with physicochemical substituent parameters. For 6-substituted (thio)salicylic acids, the activity was shown to vary parabolically with the "intramolecularÏ steric parameter

In addition, the (E s ). higher steric dimension of substituents in terms of the STERIMOL width or length parameter lowered the activity. The Ðeld-inductive electron-withdrawing property of the 6-substituents in terms of the SwainÈLuptonÈHansch F was favorable for the activity of salicylic acid series. In 5-substituted salicylic acids, the activity was increased by electron-donating substituents with smaller size. The relationships between ALS inhibitory and herbicidal activities were also analyzed with some weed species. Both pre-and post-emergence activities against barnyard grass, Echinochloa crus-galli, were linearly related to the ALS inhibitory activity after allowing for the hydrophobic factor that may contribute to the transport processes. Those against two broad-leaved weed species, Polygonum convolvulus and Abutilon theophrasti were linearly related to the in-vitro activity with no signiÐcant participation of the hydrophobic factor.

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