Synthetic method and insecticidal activity of ricinine

Ricinine의 합성법 및 살충활성

In order to obtain leading compound for the development of new pesticide through the organic synthesis of natural products, the synthesis of ricinine, an active compound of Ricinus communis, was established and biological activities of synthetic compounds against insects were examined. The synthetic scheme of ricinine was composed of four steps by the spontaneous condensation of the cyanoacetyl chloride. A modified synthetic process was also estabilshed to enhance the synthetic yield by simple cyclization of ethoxymethylene malononitrile. In the bioassay results of synthetic ricinine and intermediates on four insects, the mortality of ricinine on brown planthopper (BPH, Nilaparvata lugens) and pea weevil(PW, Bruchus rufimanus) was 80% and 75% at the concentration of 1,000 ${\mu}g/ml$ respectively. Chloronorricinine and chlororicinic acid having chloride group in molecular structure gave 60% mortality on two-spotted mite (TSSM, Tetranychus urticae) at the concentration of 500 ${\mu}g/ml$. The mortality of compounds on house mosquito (HM, Culex pipens pallens) was meager at 10 ${\mu}g/ml$ level.

유기합성을 통한 천연물기원 신농약 선도물질을 얻기 위해 피마자잎으로부터 동정된 활성물질 ricinine의 합성방법을 설정한 후 살충활성을 조사하였다. Ricinine은 4단계과정의 cyanoacetic acid 중합반응과 malono nitrile의 단순고리화 반응 2가지 방법으로 합성하였으며 합성 수율은 중합반응보다 단순고리화 반응에서 높은 수율을 나타냈다. 합성된 ricinine및 중간생성물의 살충활성 조사결과 1,000 ${\mu}g/ml$ 농도수준에서 ricinine은 벼멸구와 콩바구미에 대해 각각 80%, 75%의 살충력을 나타냈다. 점박이응애의 경우 분자구조내에 chloride 기가 존재하는 chloronorricinine과 chlororicinic acid가 500 ${\mu}g/ml$ 수준에서 60%의 살충효과를 보여주었으며, 10 ${\mu}g/ml$ 수준에서 빨간집모기 유충에 대한 활성은 chlororicinine이 44%의 살충력을 나타냈다.