A bioisosteric carboxamide - sulfonamide replacement explored during the optimization of an insecticide lead compound led to the surprising discovery of a formerly unknown subclass of the Carboxylic Acid Amide (CAA) fungicides, which is the very first CAA fungicide group without a carboxamide function. In this paper we present invention pathway, racemic and stereoselective synthesis routes, structure-activity relationship studies as well as resistance profile of this novel family of fungicides.
Keywords: Carboxylic acid amide fungicides; Crop protection; Mandipropamid; Oomycetes diseases; Sulfonamide.
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