Accession Number:

ADA495027

Title:

Synthesis and Bioassay of Improved Mosquito Repellents Predicted From Chemical Structure

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

FLORIDA UNIV GAINESVILLE DEPT OF CHEMISTRY

Personal Author(s):

• Katritzky, Alan R.
• Wang, Zuoquan
• Slavov, Svetoslav
• Tsikolia, Maia
• Dobchev, Dimitar
• Akhmedov, Novruz G.
• Hall, C. D.
• Bernier, Ulrich R.
• Clark, Gary G.
• Linthicum, Kenneth J.

Report Date:

2008-05-27

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Mosquito repellency data on acylpiperidines derived from the U.S. Department of Agriculture archives were modeled by using molecular descriptors calculated by CODESSA PRO software. An artificial neural network model was developed for the correlation of these archival results and used to predict the repellent activity of novel compounds of similar structures. A series of 34 promising N-acylpiperidine mosquito repellent candidates 4a-4q were synthesized by reactions of acylbenzotriazoles 2a-2p with piperidines 3a-3f. Compounds 4a-4q were screened as topically applied mosquito repellents by measuring the duration of repellency after application to cloth patches worn on the arms of human volunteers. Some compounds that were evaluated repelled mosquitoes as much as three times longer than N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide DEET, the most widely used repellent throughout the world. The newly measured durations of repellency were used to obtain a superior correlation equation relating mosquito repellency to molecular structure.

Descriptors:

• *AEDES
• *INSECT REPELLENTS
• *PIPERIDINES
• BIOASSAY
• MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
• SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)
• REPRINTS
• CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Organic Chemistry
• Cybernetics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE