Liang Guo , Shijin Zhou , Yanju Liu , Huaixia Yang , Mingsan Miao , Wei Gao
{"title":"Facile and controllable hybrid-nanoengineering of MWCNTs/Au@ZIF-8 and AuPt@CeO2 based sandwich electrochemical aptasensor for AFB1 determination in foods and herbs","authors":"Liang Guo , Shijin Zhou , Yanju Liu , Huaixia Yang , Mingsan Miao , Wei Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101946","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101946","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Herein, a sandwich electrochemical sensing strategy for aflatoxin b<sub>1</sub> (AFB<sub>1</sub>) detection based on hybrid-nanoengineering was presented. First, Au nanoparticle was doped into zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) to form Au@ZIF-8 by in-situ growth method, followed by multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) addition to synthesize MWCNTs/Au@ZIF-8 via self-assembly. The structural “confinement effect” of ZIF-8 afforded a microenvironment for Au nanoparticles and SMCNTs in a certain spatial region, giving MWCNTs/Au@ZIF-8 excellent electrochemical property as the substrate material. In addition, Au-Pt bimetallic nanoparticle, which exhibited excellent stability and catalytic activity was loaded on the hollow cerium oxide (CeO<sub>2</sub>) to form AuPt@CeO<sub>2</sub> nanoparticle through one-step aqueous phase reduction. Owning to its high surface-to-volume ratio, satisfied electron transfer efficiency and biocompatibility, massive toluidine blue (TB) and AFB<sub>1</sub> antibody (Ab) could be modified on the AuPt@CeO<sub>2</sub> to form AuPt@CeO<sub>2</sub>-Ab-TB, which acted as signal tag for the ultrasensitive assay of AFB<sub>1</sub>. The proposed electrochemical sensing system exhibited wide detection range (2 × 10<sup>-5</sup> − 20 ng/mL) and low detection limit (2.13 fg/mL), which has been successfully applied to AFB<sub>1</sub> determination in four real samples. The hybrid nanoengineering presented in this work is an active attempt to prepare high-performance substrate material and signal tag, which provides a new insight for the development of highly sensitive and specific electrochemical sensing systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101946"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358266","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaogang Li , Xuesong Wang , Yan Wang , Yinfeng Tan , Dong Liu , Xueying Zhang , Youbin Li , Junyu Xu
{"title":"Discovery of tetrazole thioethers: An efficient, environmentally friendly and metal-free S-arylation using diaryliodonium salts","authors":"Xiaogang Li , Xuesong Wang , Yan Wang , Yinfeng Tan , Dong Liu , Xueying Zhang , Youbin Li , Junyu Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101943","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101943","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>An efficient, environmentally friendly, and metal-free method for the synthesis of functionalized tetrazole thioethers via the S-arylation of tetrazole-5-thiones using diaryliodonium salts as aryl transfer reagents has been developed. This novel methodology provides rapid access to tetrazole thioether derivatives under facile conditions. Our study underscores the chemoselectivity of unsymmetrical diaryliodonium salts, emphasizing their preference for the transfer of sterically hindered and electron-deficient aryl groups. Notably, the synthesized compound <strong>3h</strong> exhibits antitumor activity against A2780 (ovarian cancer) and MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer) tumor cells. In silico studies predict these compounds to possess good drug-likeness and low toxicity risk. These findings highlight the potential of functionalized tetrazole thioethers as antiproliferative agents and pave the way for further development and optimization in future investigations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101943"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142531784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cu(II) complex heterogenized on magnetic mesoporous nanocomposite (SBA-16@Fe3O4) as an efficient catalyst for the reduction of nitro compounds","authors":"Yuanlin Shi","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101944","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101944","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the present study, a novel magnetic heterogeneous copper catalyst was developed by the immobilization of a Cu(II) complex on the surface of magnetic mesoporous nanocomposite (SBA-16@Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) through post-synthetic method. The synthesized catalyst was analyzed by various characterization methods including FT-IR, EDS, XRD, Nitrogen physisorption, TEM, TGA, VSM, and ICP-OES. After complete characterization, its catalytic efficiency was evaluated in the hydrogenation of nitroarenes to amines. Taking the nitrobenzene reduction of as an example of a reaction, the reaction conditions were optimized by changing diverse parameters like solvent, temperature, time, amount of catalyst, as well as the type and amount of hydrogen source. The catalyst revealed highly efficient catalytic activity in the hydrogenation of numerous nitroarenes to the corresponding aminoarenes in pure water as the solvent with sodium borohydride as a H<sub>2</sub> source at room temperature. Additionally, the catalyst could be simply recovered from the mixture of reaction via magnetic separation and was able to mediate the reaction for multiple times with undiminished catalytic performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101944"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142421992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joselito P. Labis , Hamad A. Albrithen , Muhammad Ali Shar , Abdulaziz Alhazaa , Ahmed Algarni , Mohammad A. Alduraibi , Ahamad Imran , Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni
{"title":"Synthesis of Sn-ZnO nanostructures on MgO<0001> by hybrid pulsed laser ablation and RF magnetron sputtering tandem system for CO gas-sensing application","authors":"Joselito P. Labis , Hamad A. Albrithen , Muhammad Ali Shar , Abdulaziz Alhazaa , Ahmed Algarni , Mohammad A. Alduraibi , Ahamad Imran , Ahmed Mohamed El-Toni","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101941","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101941","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An exceptional method of incorporating Sn ions into Zinc Oxide (ZnO) using a tandem system of Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) and Radio-Frequency Magnetron Sputtering (RFMS) to synthesize and functionalize ZnO nanostructures is demonstrated in this study for gas-sensing application. The RFMS power was varied up to 50 W to sputter a pure Sn metal target, while simultaneously or successively growing ZnO nanostructures on a templated MgO < 0001 > substrate and on an Au-plated Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> gas sensor, via PLD process at the substrate temperature of 700 °C in 100–500 millitorr oxygen/argon gas background. The morphologies of the grown Sn-ZnO nanostructures were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), and X-ray Diffraction (XRD), and while their chemical/oxidation states and optical properties were analyzed by X-ray photospectroscopy (XPS) and photoluminescence (PL), respectively. For simultaneous deposition, the resulting (0002)-dominated 2D grain-like ZnO nanostructures were influenced by the interaction of the dynamic PLD plasma with static RFMS plasma at different powers. For successive growth, at 50 W-RF power, a remarkable increase in the sensor response to 50-ppm carbon monoxide (CO) gas was observed at 250 °C, which could be attributed to the creation of more adsorption sites in the Sn-ZnO depletion region caused by the replacement of some Zn sites with Sn ions in the ZnO matrix. This study, therefore, exhibits the viability of this hybrid system to design, synthesize, and functionalize Sn-ZnO nanomaterials, either by simultaneous/successive deposition, for gas-sensing applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101941"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610324001364/pdfft?md5=fc3853e1510a40089b4ca396d1eceb54&pid=1-s2.0-S1319610324001364-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142270773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu Zheng , Qing Shen , Jie Gao , Tian Liang , Xiao-Bing Han , Yuan Zhao , Tao Chen
{"title":"Pine sawdust immobilized zeolitic imidazolate framework-67 derived magnetic composites: An efficient and recycable adsorbent for norfloxacin removal","authors":"Yu Zheng , Qing Shen , Jie Gao , Tian Liang , Xiao-Bing Han , Yuan Zhao , Tao Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101939","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101939","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Antibiotic contamination is a global environmental problem. The emerging contaminant norfloxacin (NOR) may increase the risk of drug resistance and thereby harm human health. The practical application of metal–organic framework crystals is usually limited by their powder form and difficulty in recovery. In this study, a magnetic Co-MPS-800 composite was prepared from carbonization with ZIF-67@pine sawdust, and significantly raised the NOR removing ability from wastewater. The changes in functional group composition, elemental contents, morphology, thermal stability and adsorption mechanism of the magnetic Co-MPS-800 composite were interpreted using FT-IR, XRD, SEM, BET, TGA and XPS. The Co-MPS-800 has an isoelectric point of 9.15 and a large specific surface area (174.58 m<sup>2</sup>·g<sup>−1</sup>). The impacts of pH, contact time, temperature and dosage on the performance of Co-MPS-800 were also studied. The adsorption capacity over NOR reached 221.98 mg·g<sup>−1</sup> at 303 K, pH=6.0. The NOR adsorption is best suited a pseudo-2nd-order kinetic model and the Freundlich isotherm. Co-MPS-800 also had excellent reusability, and the removal rate reached 82.94 % after four repeated uses. Therefore, the magnetic Co-MPS-800 composite is effective in removing NOR from aqueous solutions. Altogether, this functional MOF-derived porous carbon may serve as a promising pollutant biosorbent, and its preparation strategy may provide insights for future studies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101939"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610324001340/pdfft?md5=1707ff61c413333dede1f1e4a46b7817&pid=1-s2.0-S1319610324001340-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Wu , Wanyue Wang , Jiacheng Huang , Xin Ren , Xuesong Zhao , Tianyu Zhou
{"title":"Fabricating 3D hierarchical hollow CoAl-LDHs@CoSx-rGO ball-flower for degrading sulfamethoxazole via visible-light coupling PMS activation: Performance and mechanism insight","authors":"Tao Wu , Wanyue Wang , Jiacheng Huang , Xin Ren , Xuesong Zhao , Tianyu Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101940","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101940","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) is an extensively applied antibacterial drug, and it is also a pollutant that poses a serious threat to human and ecosystem health. In this research, a 3D hierarchical hollow ball-flower structure catalyst (CoAl-LDHs@CoS<sub>x</sub>-rGO) was tailored for the first time to efficiently degrade SMX via visible light coupling PMS activation. A series of characterizations confirm that the target catalyst is successfully prepared and the optimized 0.1CoAl-LDHs@CoS<sub>x</sub>-rGO sample possesses superior specific surface area of 306.0 m<sup>2</sup>/g, and significantly higher photocurrent response and lower electrochemical impedance. More importantly, 0.5 g/L of the sample can degrade 98.59 % of SMX within 50 min via visible light coupling PMS activation, and after 7 degradation cycles, the degradation rate only decreased by 8.49 %. A series of parameters that affect degradation rate have been optimized in detail. Capture experiments and ESR indicate that e<sup>−</sup>, •OH and SO<sub>4</sub><sup>•−</sup> make major contributions to degradation, and visible light coupling PMS activation generates stronger signals than alone visible-light or PMS system. LC-MS, TEST toxicity assessment and theoretical calculation were conducted to elucidate degradation route and intermediate toxicity. The research provides a new approach to design catalysts with highly exposed activity sites for efficiently removing SMX from environmental water.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101940"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610324001352/pdfft?md5=469ab44a6f756711939d39388f5c6f01&pid=1-s2.0-S1319610324001352-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142232377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamid Karami , Saeed Soltanali , Mozhdeh Amanati , Weiyu Song , Jian Liu , Khashayar Sharifi
{"title":"The promotion effects of alkaline earth metals on the properties of Cr/η-Al2O3 catalysts for propane dehydrogenation","authors":"Hamid Karami , Saeed Soltanali , Mozhdeh Amanati , Weiyu Song , Jian Liu , Khashayar Sharifi","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101929","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101929","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Cr/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalyst, a prevalent system in commercial applications, plays a significant role in propane dehydrogenation (PDH). Notable improvements in this catalyst’s efficiency are essential for its continued use. In order to examine the effect of alkaline earth metals on the catalyst performances in the propane dehydrogenation reaction, a series of Cr/η-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> were synthesized by the impregnation method. The synthesized catalysts were designated as Cr-T/η-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>, where T represents Ca, Mg, Sr, and Ba. The supports and the catalysts were studied using the following techniques: XRD, N<sub>2</sub> adsorption–desorption, temperature-programmed desorption and reduction, UV–Vis and Raman spectroscopy, and XPS analyses. The findings reveal that the Cr-Ba/η-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> catalyst exhibits better catalytic performance, with significantly higher propane conversion and propylene selectivity (with initial values of 66 % and 86.2 %, respectively) compared to other catalysts. The enhanced performance is attributed to the increased dispersion of Cr species, stabilization of Cr<sup>6+</sup> species, and reducing the total amount of acid sites and strong acid sites, which are crucial for maintaining active sites and minimizing coke deposition. The Ba-modified catalyst also demonstrated excellent stability, with a lower deactivation rate (Ba(0.201 h<sup>−1</sup>) < Sr(0.213 h<sup>−1</sup>) < Ca(0.270 h<sup>−1</sup>) < Mg(0.310 h<sup>−1</sup>) < parent(0.338 h<sup>−1</sup>)) and robust regenerative capacity over multiple cycles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101929"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610324001248/pdfft?md5=b9e04321a7b244f955cc3a5fe82425e8&pid=1-s2.0-S1319610324001248-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142164136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Song Il Han, Song Hyok Jon, Un Hyang Kim, Gang Hyok Kim, Sang Mo Jon
{"title":"High durable SPEEK/TiO2 nanopaper composite membrane for vanadium redox flow battery","authors":"Song Il Han, Song Hyok Jon, Un Hyang Kim, Gang Hyok Kim, Sang Mo Jon","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101931","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101931","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) (SPEEK) ion exchange membranes for VRFB are promising alternatives to Nafion, but require improved mechanical and chemical stability for long-term operation. Here, we have fabricated composite membranes using SPEEK as proton conductive medium and TiO<sub>2</sub> nanopapers as reinforcing framework to improve the mechanical and chemical stabilities of SPEEK membranes. The SPEEK/TiO<sub>2</sub> nanopaper composite membranes exhibited almost twice the tensile strength and only one-third the vanadium ion permeability compared to pristine SPEEK (DS=60 %). Due to the excellent cell performance such as high EE, slow capacity degradation and long-term lifetime, these high durable composite membranes could be found their potential use as ion exchange membranes for commercial VRFBs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101931"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610324001261/pdfft?md5=8fbb588597f96e1f8e783317eeca9d06&pid=1-s2.0-S1319610324001261-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142172952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dameng Gao , Jiawei Liang , Lin Hong , Dan Zheng , Zhi Yang , Jiren Wang
{"title":"Effect of small-molecule organic matter on methane adsorption in anthracite","authors":"Dameng Gao , Jiawei Liang , Lin Hong , Dan Zheng , Zhi Yang , Jiren Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101930","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101930","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study employs the grand canonical ensemble Monte Carlo (GCMC) method to investigate the effect of small-molecule organic matter on methane adsorption in anthracite. Specifically, the adsorption characteristics of methane in anthracite are analyzed considering the type and concentration of single-component and multi-component small-molecular organic matter, alongside parameters such as adsorption heat, adsorption potential energy, interaction energy, and charge transfer amount. Results indicate that methane adsorption exhibits physical adsorption behavior, with adsorption heat decreasing with increasing temperature and adsorption potential energy inversely correlated with adsorption capacity. The influence of different types and concentrations of small-molecular organic matter on methane adsorption varies. The presence of small-molecular organic matter alters the charge transfer amount of methane, with a greater absolute value corresponding to enhanced anthracite adsorption capacity. The interaction hierarchy among single-component small-molecule organic compounds and methane is as follows: methyl benzene > tetrahydrofuran > n-hexane. Additionally, in the presence of multi-component small-molecule organic matter, the simultaneous occurrence of methyl benzene and n-hexane or tetrahydrofuran inhibits adsorption due to chemical reactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101930"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S131961032400125X/pdfft?md5=aef1a11b311fd242a76e92f2d4fa25fa&pid=1-s2.0-S131961032400125X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fei Jin , Feng Peng , Wen-Rui Li , Jian-Qi Chai , Min Chen , Ai-Min Lu , Chun-Long Yang , Ming-Guo Zhou
{"title":"Design, synthesis, and antifungal activity of novel cyanoacrylate derivatives containing a naphthalene moiety as potential myosin-5 inhibitor","authors":"Fei Jin , Feng Peng , Wen-Rui Li , Jian-Qi Chai , Min Chen , Ai-Min Lu , Chun-Long Yang , Ming-Guo Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101928","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jscs.2024.101928","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In search of innovative antifungal solutions for the control of plant diseases, a series of cyanoacrylate derivatives containing naphthalene groups were designed and synthesized, and their inhibition activity against four plant pathogenic fungi was evaluated. The results of <em>in vitro</em> bioassay revealed that some target compounds possessed obvious antifungal effect against <em>Fusarium graminearum</em>. As the most prominent one, compound <strong>A2</strong> showed a inhibition rate of 98.46 % at 10 µg/mL and an EC<sub>50</sub> value of 0.26 µg/mL, which was close to that of the positive control phenamacril (with a inhibition rate of 100 % at 10 µg/mL and EC<sub>50</sub> value of 0.14 µg/mL). The compound <strong>A2</strong> also markedly inhibited the growth of <em>F. graminearum</em> inoculated on rice leaves at 200 μg/mL with the protective and curative efficiencies of 89.03 % and 90.91 %, respectively, which were close to that of the positive control phenamacril (with the protective and curative efficiencies of 94.54 % and 96.36 %, respectively). The observation under scanning electron microscopy and measurement of relative conductivity revealed that compound <strong>A2</strong> caused the hyphal surface become shrunken and rough, and made the cell membrane permeability increased. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation analyses showed that compound <strong>A2</strong> interacted with the key residues in the active site of myosin-5 in a similar mode as phenamacril. These results suggested that target compounds were potential myosin-5 inhibitors, they could serve as the lead compounds for further structural optimization to develop new fungicides against <em>F. graminearum</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Saudi Chemical Society","volume":"28 6","pages":"Article 101928"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319610324001236/pdfft?md5=ac0a26afb1117918b62f51bd2061c09c&pid=1-s2.0-S1319610324001236-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142149827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}