State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Center for R&D of Fine Chemicals of Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
J Agric Food Chem. 2024 Aug 7;72(31):17153-17165. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02343. Epub 2024 Jul 25.
The different configurations of chiral pesticides generally have significant influence on their biological activities. Chiral agrochemicals with high optical purities have become a prominent topic in the research field of new pesticides due to their advantages including lower toxicity, higher efficiency, and reduced residue levels. However, most commercially available pesticides that possess chiral elements are still used in their racemic forms. To date, asymmetric catalysis has emerged as a versatile tool for the enantioselective synthesis of various chiral agrochemicals and novel chiral pesticide active molecules. This perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the applications of diverse asymmetric catalytic approaches in the facile preparation of numerous novel pesticide active molecules, and our own outlook on the future development of this highly active research direction is also presented at the end of this review.
手性农药的不同构型通常对其生物活性有显著影响。由于具有毒性低、效率高、残留少等优点,高光学纯度的手性农用化学品已成为新农药研究领域的一个突出课题。然而,大多数具有手性元素的商业上可用的农药仍以外消旋形式使用。迄今为止,不对称催化已成为各种手性农用化学品和新型手性农药活性分子对映选择性合成的通用工具。本综述全面概述了各种不对称催化方法在手性农药活性分子的简便制备中的应用,并在最后展望了这一极具活力的研究方向的未来发展。