As part of our continuing research on isoquinoline acaricidal drugs, this paper reports the preparation of a series of the 2-aryl-1-cyano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines with various substituents on the
N-phenyl ring, their
in vitro acaricidal activities
against
Psoroptes cuniculi, a mange mite, and discusses
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As part of our continuing research on isoquinoline acaricidal drugs, this paper reports the preparation of a series of the 2-aryl-1-cyano-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines with various substituents on the
N-phenyl ring, their
in vitro acaricidal activities
against
Psoroptes cuniculi, a mange mite, and discusses their SAR as well. The structures of all compounds, including 12 new ones, were elucidated by analysis of UV, IR, NMR, ESI-MS, HR-MS spectra and X-ray diffraction experiments. All target compounds showed varying degrees of activity at 0.4 mg/mL. Compound
1 showed the strongest activity, with a 50% lethal concentration value (LC
50) of 0.2421 μg/mL and 50% lethal time value (LT
50) of 7.79 h, comparable to the standard drug ivermectin (LC
50 = 0.2474 μg/mL; LT
50 = 20.9 h). The SAR showed that the substitution pattern on the
N-aromatic ring exerted a significant effect on the activity. The substituents 2'-F, 3'-F, 2'-Cl, 2'-Br and 2'-CF
3 remarkably enhanced the activity. Generally, for the isomers with the same substituents at different positions, the order of the activity was
ortho >
meta >
para. It was concluded that the target compounds represent a class of novel promising candidates or lead compounds for the development of new tetrahydroisoquinoline acaricidal agents.
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