Degradation of 5-Dialkylamino-Substituted Chlorsulfuron Derivatives in Alkaline Soil

Sulfonylurea herbicides are widely used as acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors due to their super-efficient activity. However, some sulfonylurea herbicides show toxicity under crop rotation due to their long degradation time, for example, chlorsulfuron. Our research goal is to obtain chlorsulfuron-derived herbicides with controllable degradation time, good crop safety and high herbicidal activities. Based on our previously reported results in acidic soil, we studied the degradation behaviors of 5-dialkylamino-substituted chlorsulfuron derivatives (NL101–NL108) in alkaline soil (pH 8.39). The experimental data indicate that addition of the 5-dialkylamino groups on the benzene ring of chlorsulfuron greatly accelerated degradation in alkaline soil. These chlorsulfuron derivatives degrade 10.8 to 51.8 times faster than chlorsulfuron and exhibit excellent crop safety on wheat and corn (through pre-emergence treatment). With a comprehensive consideration of structures, bioassay activities, soil degradation and crop safety, it could be concluded that 5-dialkylamino-substituted chlorsulfuron derivatives are potential green sulfonylurea herbicides for pre-emergence treatment on both wheat and corn. The study also provides valuable information for the discovery of new sulfonylurea herbicides for crop rotation.     

Synthesis,Herbicidal Activity,Crop Safety and Soil Degradation of Pyrimidine- and Triazine-Substituted Chlorsulfuron Derivatives

Chlrosulfuron, a classical sulfonylurea herbicide that exhibits good safety for wheat but causes a certain degree of damage to subsequent corn in a wheat–corn rotation mode, has been suspended field application in China since 2014. Our previous study found that diethylamino-substituted chlorsulfuron derivatives accelerated the degradation rate in soil. In order to obtain sulfonylurea herbicides with good crop safety for both wheat and corn, while maintaining high herbicidal activities, a series of pyrimidine- and triazine-based diethylamino-substituted chlorsulfuron derivatives (W102–W111) were systematically evaluated. The structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed with ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and HRMS. The preliminary biological assay results indicate that the 4,6-disubstituted pyrimidine and triazine derivatives could maintain high herbicidal activity. It was found that the synthesized compounds could accelerate degradation rates, both in acidic and alkaline soil. Especially, in alkaline soil, the degradation rate of the target compounds accelerated more than 22-fold compared to chlorsulfuron. Moreover, most chlorsulfuron analogs exhibited good crop safety for both wheat and corn at high dosages. This study provided a reference for the further design of new sulfonylurea herbicides with high herbicidal activity, fast degradation rates, and high crop safety.     

磺酰脲类化合物在水稻田中的除草性能

水稻是我国重要的粮食作物,但杂草对水稻的产量和品质产生了严重影响。 化学防除是治理水稻田杂草最有效的途径。 文中设计合成了苯环2,6-取代和2,5-取代两个系列磺酰脲类化合物,并通过核磁共振波谱仪(NMR)和高分辨质谱仪(HRMS)等对其进行了结构表征。 通过水稻田除草活性和安全性测试发现化合物在水稻田中具有较好的除草活性,尤其是化合物10a对水稻田中的主要杂草稗草和醴肠除草活性(目测初筛防效大于90%)优于对照药醚苯磺隆和氯磺隆,安全性与之相当。     

Design,Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of Novel Sulfonylureas Containing Triazole and Oxadiazole Moieties

Three novel series of 5-substituted sulfonylurea derivatives were designed and synthesized via introducing a triazole or oxadiazole ring at the 5th position of the benzene ring in classical sulfonylurea herbicides. All the target compounds were confirmed by means of ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance(NMR), ¹³C NMR and elemental analysis. The bioassay results show that the target compounds containing an oxadiazole ring at the 5th position display moderate to excellent herbicidal activities against Brassica campestris and Amaranthus retroflexus under soil treatment. Especially, compounds zdk20, zdk21 and zdk22 possess 98.6%, 96.5% and 94.5% inhibition rates, respectively, against Amaranthus retroflexus at a concentration of 75 g/ha(1 ha=1×10⁴ m²) under soil treatment, which approach to those of the commercial herbicide chlorsulfuron.     

Research on controllable alkaline soil degradation of 5-substituted chlorsulfuron

Structural modification on the 5^th position of the benzene ring in chlorsulfuron was proved to be an efficient practice to accelerate its degradation in alkaline soil which can resolve the disadvantages of traditional sulfonylurea herbicides. Meanwhile, it could retain high biological activity.     

Determination of sulfonylurea degradation products in soil by liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detection followed by confirmatory liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.

A method based on liquid extraction followed by sample enrichment on reversed-phase solid-phase extraction was developed for the extraction of five degradation products of four sulfonylurea herbicides (chlorsulfuron, metsulfuron-methyl, thifensulfuron-methyl and tribenuron-methyl) from soil. The compounds have been quantified by LC-UV and identified by tandem LC-MS with electrospray ionization or atmospheric pressure chemical ionization. The limits of detection for the five compounds were between 10 and 50 micrograms kg-1. The method has been applied to the extraction of soil samples after microbial degradation of sulfonylurea herbicides.     

新磺酰脲类化合物的合成及生物活性

以正在开发的新磷磺酰脲除草剂N-[2′-(4′-甲基)嘧啶基]-2-硝基苯磺酰脲的研究为基础,设计合成了19个脲桥经修饰的磺酰脲类化合物以及3个新型嘧啶中间体,产物结构经¹HNMR谱及元素分析确证.盆栽试验和离休ALS酶研究结果表明,所合成的化合物均表现出一定的除草活性,部分化合物的除草活性较好.     

Controllable Effect of Structural Modification of Sulfonylurea Herbicides on Soil Degradation

The study of soil degradation behaviors of sulfonylurea herbicides in relation to their different structural attributes is utmost important for us to comprehend the development of new eco‐friendly herbicides. It is postulated that the structural modification of the chemical structures could influence their degradation rates in soil. Nine devised structures were synthesized to study their herbicidal activity as well as their soil degradation behaviors respectively. The novel compounds I‐3 – I‐7 were characterized by UV, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR, MS and EA. Bioassays indicated that most of target compounds displayed superior herbicidal activities in comparison with Chlorsulfuron. Soil degradation results further confirmed our previous assumption that the introduction of electron‐donating substituents at 5^th position of the benzene ring distinctly increased their degradation rates, among which dimethylamino and diethylamino groups can adjust the degradation rate to a more favorable status.     

A Review of Analytical Methods for Sulfonylurea Herbicides in Soil

Abstract

The sulfonylurea herbicides are a group of about twenty compounds used for the control of broad-leaved weeds and some grasses in cereal crops. These herbicides are non-volatile, and their water solubilities are pH dependent being greater in alkaline than in acidic solutions. Their soil adsorption is generally low, with leaching potential in alkaline field soils. Sulfonylurea herbicides are degraded in soils by both chemical and biochemical mechanisms. Chemical degradation is particularly important in acidic soils where herbicide degradation is considerably more rapid that in soils of pH > 7. Application rates in the order of 10 g ha^?1 necessitate analytical techniques capable of quantifying soil based residues in the sub μ kg^?1 levels. Analytical methodologies based on plant bioassays, and chemical extraction followed by gas chromatographic (GC), high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC), and enzyme immunoassay techniques are described and discussed.     

Molecularly imprinted polymer layer-coated silica nanoparticles toward dispersive solid-phase extraction of trace sulfonylurea herbicides from soil and crop samples

This paper reports the preparation of metsulfuron-methyl (MSM) imprinted polymer layer-coated silica nanoparticles toward analysis of trace sulfonylurea herbicides in complicated matrices. To induce the selective occurrence of surface polymerization, the polymerizable double bonds were first grafted at the surface of silica nanoparticles by the silylation. Afterwards, the MSM templates were imprinted into the polymer-coating layer through the interaction with functional monomers. The programmed heating led to the formation of uniform MSM-imprinted polymer layer with controllable thickness, and further improved the reproducibility of rebinding capacity. After removal of templates, recognition sites of MSM were exposed in the polymer layers. As a result, the maximum rebinding capacity was achieved with the use of optimal grafting ratio. There was also evidence indicating that the MSM-imprinted polymer nanoparticles compared with nonimprinted polymer nanoparticles had a higher selectivity and affinity to four structure-like sulfonylurea herbicides. Moreover, using the imprinted particles as dispersive solid-phase extraction (DSPE) materials, the recoveries of four sulfonylurea herbicides determined by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were 80.2-99.5%, 83.8-102.4%, 77.8-93.3%, and 73.8-110.8% in the spiked soil, rice, soybean, and corn samples, respectively. These results show the possibility that the highly selective separation and enrichment of trace sulfonylurea herbicides from soil and crop samples can be achieved by the molecular imprinting modification at the surface of silica nanoparticles.     

基于十八烷基三甲基溴化铵修饰的磁性粒子在线磁性固相萃取-高效液相色谱法测定水样中磺酰脲类农药

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备表面修饰了十八烷基三甲基溴化铵的磁性粒子作为萃取剂，研制了一种在线磁性固相萃取（on-line MSPE）装置，建立了on-line MSPE与高效液相色谱联用测定水样中两种磺酰脲类农药（氯磺隆、苄嘧磺隆）的方法。实验优化了在线磁性固相萃取条件并进行方法学考察，证明该方法具有良好的线性关系（两种目标物的线性相关系数均≥ 0.9997）和较低的检出限（两种目标物的检出限分别为0.32和1.12 μg/L）。将此法用于3种环境水样中两种磺酰脲类农药的检测，水样中均检出氯磺隆，均未检出苄嘧磺隆。两种目标物加标回收率为70.0%~113.4%。该方法高效、简便，在分离富集环境水样中磺酰脲类农药方面有一定的应用前景。     

苯环5位取代磺酰脲类化合物的水解动力学及三维定量构效关系初步研究

研究了除草活性较好的9个新型苯环5位取代的磺酰脲类化合物(A~I)分别在酸性、中性及碱性水溶液中的水解情况.采用HPLC-MS对水解产物进行分离鉴定,推测了水解产物的结构及水解路径.采用比较分子力场(Co MFA)方法,对化合物的结构与水解半衰期之间的关系进行了三维定量构效关系(3D-QSAR)研究.结果表明,苯环5位取代的苯磺酰脲类化合物的水解遵循一级动力学反应,容易发生酸性条件下的水解,水解反应第一步主要为酸催化下磺酰脲桥的断裂,形成5位取代的苯磺酰胺和氨基杂环.苯环5位取代的苯磺酰胺进一步发生5位酰胺基的水解,最后得到化合物c(6-氨基糖精)和d(糖精).苯环5位经修饰改造后,在相同条件下,其水解速度明显高于改造前的母体化合物单嘧磺酯和甲磺隆.苯环5位为酰胺基取代的化合物的水解速度随酰胺基上烷基碳原子数的增加及烷基体积的增大而降低.经计算所得的Co MFA模型能够对该系列化合物的水解半衰期进行较好的预测.     

In Silico Structure-Guided Optimization and Molecular Simulation Studies of 3-Phenoxy-4-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyridazines as Potent Phytoene Desaturase Inhibitors

A series of novel 3-phenoxy-4-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyridazines 2–5 were designed, based on the structure of our previous lead compound 1 through the in silico structure-guided optimization approach. The results showed that some of these new compounds showed a good herbicidal activity at the rate of 750 g ai/ha by both pre- and post-emergence applications, especially compound 2a, which displayed a comparable pre-emergence herbicidal activity to diflufenican at 300–750 g ai/ha, and a higher post-emergence herbicidal activity than diflufenican at the rates of 300–750 g ai/ha. Additionally, 2a was safe to wheat by both pre- and post-emergence applications at 300 g ai/ha, showing the compound’s potential for weed control in wheat fields. Our molecular simulation studies revealed the important factors involved in the interaction between 2a and Synechococcus PDS. This work provided a lead compound for weed control in wheat fields.     

Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of Novel 5-Substituted Benzenesulfonylureas

Sulfonylurea herbicides have been widely used because of their low application rates,good crop selectivities and low mammalian toxicities.However,some sulfonylureas might persist unfavourably in the environment with residual problems.In order to look for ecologically safer and environmentally benign sulfonylureas,and on keeping the pyrimidine ring being monosubstituted,15 novel C5-monosubstituted benzenesulfonylurea compounds were synthesized.The structures of all the compounds synthesized were confirmed by elemental analysis and 1H NMR.Preliminary herbicidal activities of these new sulfonylurea compounds were determined by ALS screening(in vitro)and pot bioassay experiments(in vivo).The herbicidal results show that some novel sulfonylureas are comparable to commercial Foramsulfuron and Monosulfuron.     

磺酰脲类除草剂残留检测技术及其研究进展

磺酰脲类除草剂具有高效、低毒、低残留等特点,已经成为当前使用量最大的一类除草剂.随着该类除草剂在农业生产中的广泛使用,其残留问题以及对后茬作物产生的危害已经引起关注.由于磺酰脲类除草剂在环境和生物样品中痕量存在,且其化学和热不稳定,酸性条件下易水解,以及最大残留限量值日益严格,使其残留分析成为一项极具挑战性的工作.该文综述了近年来磺酰脲类除草剂残留分析的前处理方法和检测技术的研究进展,并详细介绍了分子印迹技术、在线联用技术和液相色谱-串联质谱技术在该类除草剂检测中的应用及其前景,为今后分析检测各类样品基质中磺酰脲类除草剂的残留提供参考和依据.     

Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of Novel Sulfonylurea Derivatives

Sulfonylurea herbicides have been applied worldwide in agriculture. Some sulfonylurea residues might exist in soil longer than that people expected. However, flupyrsulfuron-methyl-sodium which was firstly reported as a new 5-substituted sulfonylurea herbicide has less than one month residual life. Therefore, 5-substituted benzenesulfonylureas are potential molecules to regulate its residual situation. In order to develop new sulfonylurea derivatives, the substituent on the critical 5-posotion of the benzene...     

磺酰脲类除草剂的合成及其除草活性

磺酰脲类除草剂具有用量低,活性高、选择性好、毒性小的优点。为开发和应用此类除草剂,我们合成了在氮原子上连正丁基的8个新的衍生物,并进行了室内药效测定。     

分子印迹固相萃取-高效液相色谱法同时检测烟叶中磺酰脲类农药残留

以氯磺隆（CS）为模板分子,甲基丙烯酸为功能单体,三羟甲基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸酯为交联剂,在二氯甲烷氛围中,经沉淀聚合制备氯磺隆分子印迹聚合物（CS-MIP）微球。将该聚合物微球作为填料制得分子印迹固相萃取柱用于样品前处理,建立了分子印迹固相萃取-高效液相色谱（MIP-SPE-HPLC）同时检测烟叶中6种磺酰脲类除草剂残留的分析方法。针对氯磺隆、甲磺隆、苄嘧磺隆、苯磺隆、胺苯磺隆和烟嘧磺隆6种磺酰脲类除草剂,在烟叶中加标0.50~50 μg/g,经氯磺隆分子印迹固相萃取柱（CS-MIP-SPE）净化和富集,高效液相色谱（HPLC）检测,其平均回收率为77.60%~102.05%,相对标准偏差为0.16%~7.07%,检出限为0.08~0.46 μg/g。将MIP-SPE-HPLC方法用于实际农药残留检测,结果表明可同时满足烟叶中多种磺酰脲类除草剂残留量的检测要求。     

新型含苯基取代嘧啶基磺酰脲衍生物的设计、 合成及生物活性

将苯基引入到嘧啶环的4位, 设计、 合成了2个系列共24个结构新颖的磺酰脲类衍生物, 并对其生物活性进行了研究. 抑菌实验结果表明, 目标化合物对苹果轮纹病菌和小麦纹枯病菌表现出优异的抑制率, 其中化合物9f对5种病菌的抑制率均超过65%. 进一步研究发现, 化合物9f对苹果轮纹病菌的EC₅₀值为8.63 mg/L, 略高于对照药百菌清(7.33 mg/L); 化合物8k和9k对小麦纹枯病菌的EC₅₀值分别为5.48和6.09 mg/L, 与百菌清(4.26 mg/L)接近. 同时, 盆栽法除草测试结果表明, 在75 g/ha剂量下, 化合物8d和9d对油菜具有较好的芽前除草活性, 分别为86%和73%; 化合物9h对反枝苋的土壤处理抑制活性为100%, 优于对照药氯磺隆(96%).     

Design,Synthesis and Herbicidal Activity of Novel Sulfonylureas Containing Tetrahydrophthalimide Substructure

To develop novel sulfonylurea herbicides, a series of chlorsulfuron derivatives was designed and synthesized through introducing tetrahydrophthalimide substructure taken from protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase(PPO) inhibitors onto the critical 5-position of the classical benzene ring. The structures of title compounds were confirmed by infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet spectroscopy, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectrometry, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. In addition, the crystal structure of compound II-5 was further determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. Bioassay results showed that individual compounds exhibited good herbicidal activities, especially compound II-8, which displayed 100% inhibition rate against Echinochloa crusgalli at 150 g/ha(1 ha=10⁴ m²) with the method of foliage spray in the pot experiment.