Synthesis and nematicidal activity of piperazinedione derivatives based on the natural product Barettin

Nematodes are serious constraints of crop production worldwide. However, the traditional nematicides suffer from the side-effects, including environmental and human toxicity. Herein, more than 70 novel piperazinedione derivatives based on the natural product Barettin were synthesized and evaluated against the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita (M. incognita). While most of synthesized compounds exhibited certain nematicidal activity at high concentration, the best one showed a nematicidal activity of 75% at 2.4 μmol/L.