Synthesis of new, potent avermectin-like insecticidal agents.

Lijun Wei, Guohua Wei, Houcheng Zhang, Peng G Wang, Yuguo Du

Index: Carbohydr. Res. 340(9) , 1583-90, (2005)

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Abstract

4'-Modified avermectin derivatives were designed and synthesized. Some of the new synthetic compounds showed excellent in vivo bioactivity against cabbage larvae when compared to commercially available avermectin B1a. In this synthesis, uncommon thioglycosyl sugar donors, prepared from the hydrolysis of natural antibiotics, proved compatible with sugar-macrolide synthesis in the presence of N-iodosuccinimide (NIS) or I2 in N-methylpyrrolidone at room temperature.