title: Delta(2)-oxazolines-1,3 and N-acylaziridines as potential proinsecticides of carboxylic acids. V. Direct thin-layer chromatography monitoring of the metabolism in locust tissues.
abstract: Modern thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was used for the evaluation of delta2-oxazolines-1,3 I and N-acylaziridine VII structures, as potential proinsecticides of carboxylic acids III. Thus the unmasking2 of the active principles III from delta2-oxazolines-1,3 Ia-c and N-acylaziridine VIIc was monitored by spotting aliquots directly onto RP-18 TLC plates, without any sample pretreatment during in vitro assays performed in concentrated locust tissues. To achieve a good separation of carboxylate IIIa from endogenous components of the tissues, a short preliminary development with methanol or ion-pairing was necessary. From UV-TLC chromatograms (densitograms) it appeared that in a phosphate buffer at pH 7.4, the oxazoline Ia with a C2 substituent devoid of alpha-ramification or alpha,beta-insaturation hydrolysed slowly into the corresponding beta-hydroxylamide VIa and intermediate aminoester Va. Significantly, locust mesenteron (or fat body) efficiently triggered the unmasking of IIIa, a transformation which corresponds to the expected proinsecticide behavior of Ia. Conducting TLC monitoring in the same locust tissues also revealed that the oxazolines Ib and Ic with an alpha-ramification and an alpha,beta-insaturation, respectively, cannot be considered as proinsecticides of the corresponding carboxylic acids IIIb and IIIc. In contrast, the N-acylaziridine VIIc appeared as a convenient proinsecticide structure for masking the carboxylic acid IIIc.
authors.affiliation: Université de Versailles, Département de Chimie, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beaufour
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cherton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carlin-Sinclair
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001388:Aziridines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer / Q000379:methods*; D006110:Grasshoppers / Q000378:metabolism*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D001388:Aziridines; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D007306:Insecticides; D010080:Oxazoles