Daylight LED promotes photochemical ring contraction of 2-amine-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles with consequent loss of their antifungal activity
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2021
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The initial objective of our work was to synthesize a series of 2-amino-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles to be tested for their antifungal activities against economically relevant phytopathogenic fungi. Fourteen compounds were prepared in up to 94% yield and shown percentages of Botrytis cinerea inhibition above 70%. Despite the promising biological results, we observed that stock solutions prepared for biological tests showed color changing when kept for a few days on the laboratory bench, under room conditions, illuminated by common LED daylight tubes (4500–6000 k). This prompted us to investigate the possible photo-induced degradation of our compounds. FT-IR ATR experiments evidenced variations in the expected bands for functional of -amino-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles stored under LED daylight. Following, HPLC–UV analysis showed reductions in the intensity of chromatographic peaks of 2-amino-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles, and but not for solutions kept in the dark. A solution of (E)-2-amino-8-(4-nitrobenzylidene)-4-(4-nitrophenyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-chromene-3-carbonitrile underwent 84.4% of conversion after 72 h of exposure to continuous LED daylight in a BOD chamber, and the reaction product was isolated in 36% yield and characterized as (E)-7-cyano-5-(4-nitrobenzylidene)-8-(4-nitrophenyl)bicyclo[4.2.0]oct-1(6)-ene-7-carboxamide (7*). Despite freshly prepared solutions of 2-amino-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles produced antifungal activities, these solutions lost biological activity when left on the bench for a week. Besides, compound 7* formed from photo-induced degradation of 7 also showed no antifungal activity. With this, we hope to bring two contributions: (1) production of cyclobutenes through photochemical reactions of 2-amino-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles can be carried out through exposure to simple white LED daylight; (2) biological applications of such 2-amino-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles may be impaired by their poor photostability.
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4H-pyran, Photoconversion, Photoreaction, Cyclobutenes, Antifungals, Botrytis cinerea
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SILVA, Ueveton Pimentel da et al. Daylight LED promotes photochemical ring contraction of 2-amine-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles with consequent loss of their antifungal activity. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, London,v. 20, p. 1309-1321, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s43630-021-00108-9. Disponível em: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43630-021-00108-9. Acesso em: 28 jun. 2023.