Synthesis and insecticidal activity of new 1,2-diacyl-1-alkyl hydrazines containing fragments of methyl- and methoxybenzoic acids

Abstract

The methods for synthesis of new 1,2-diacyl-1-alkylhydrazines, close structural analogues of a known ecdysteroid agonist, methoxyfenozide, containing tert-butyl group at N-1 of the hydrazine moiety and 3,5-dimethyl benzoic acid fragment (as in the methoxyfenozide molecule) have been developed. The insecticidal activity of compounds prepared have been studied on the Colorado potato beetle larvae of second age. Among the synthesized compounds, sufficiently active insecticides have been found, that are promising for further study in order to clarify their possible use as active ingredients in modern formulations of biorational pesticides.