文摘
Fourteen benzohydrazides have been synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro antifungal activityagainst the phytopathogenic fungus Botrytis cinerea. The best antifungal activity was observed forthe N',N'-dibenzylbenzohydrazides 3b-d and for the N-aminoisoindoline-derived benzohydrazide 5.A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) study has been developed using a topologicalsubstructural molecular design (TOPS-MODE) approach to interpret the antifungal activity of thesesynthetic compounds. The model described 98.3% of the experimental variance, with a standarddeviation of 4.02. The influence of an ortho substituent on the conformation of the benzohydrazideswas investigated by X-ray crystallography and supported by QSAR study. Several aspects of thestructure-activity relationships are discussed in terms of the contribution of different bonds to theantifungal activity, thereby making the relationships between structure and biological activity moretransparent.