Design, Characterization and SAR Studies of Novel Bioactive Benzylideneacetophenone Derivatives as Insecticidal Agents against Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Abstract

AbstractUnintentional environmental effects brought on by insecticides encourage the creation of safer substitutes. A very polyphagous migrating lepidopteran pest species in Africa called S. Frugiperda causes terrible damage. In the current paper, treatment of 4‐acetylphenyl 4‐methylbenzenesulfonate with different aromatic aldehydes in the presence of NaOH afforded benzylideneacetophenones. The structure of the newly prepared compounds were proved by different spectroscopic techniques such as IR, 1H‐NMR, 13C NMR, and elemental analysis. We looked at the association between contact with S. frugiperda and stricture reaction to examine their harmful effect. Additionally, S. frugiperda was used for testing the newly created compounds for their ability to kill insects. The majority of substances have been proven to be effective and promising. It has been found that 4‐[3‐(4‐Methylphenyl)prop‐2‐enoyl]phenyl‐4‐methyl benzenesulfonate (4) was the most active with an LC50=3.46 mg/L of 2nd instar larvae and LC50=9.45 mg/L of 4th instar larvae. Moreover, some of biological and histopathological aspects of the synthesized products were investigated under laboratory conditions.