SYNTHESIS OF A PHTHALOYLGLYCINE-DERIVED STRIGOL-ANALOG AND ITS GERMINATION STIMULATORY ACTIVITY TOWARD SEEDS OF THE PARASITIC WEEDS STRIGA-HERMONTHICA AND OROBANCHE-CRENATA
Ghl. Nefkens et al., SYNTHESIS OF A PHTHALOYLGLYCINE-DERIVED STRIGOL-ANALOG AND ITS GERMINATION STIMULATORY ACTIVITY TOWARD SEEDS OF THE PARASITIC WEEDS STRIGA-HERMONTHICA AND OROBANCHE-CRENATA, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 45(6), 1997, pp. 2273-2277
The newly designed strigol analogue Nijmegen 1 (rac 7) was prepared in
high overall yield starting from N-phthaloylglycine, This relatively
simple analogue exhibits high bioactivity in the stimulation of germin
ation of seeds of the parasitic weeds Striga hermonthica and Orobanche
crenata. Nijmegen 1 was resolved in its enantiomers 7 and ent 7 by us
ing the homochiral latent D-rings ent 11 and ent 12. The enantiomers 7
and ent 7 show significant differences in germination activity.