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A carboxylic ester group was introduced to three series of isoindolinedione substituted benzoxazinone derivatives. Some of these analogues exhibited good herbicidal activities, and the injury symptoms against weeds included leaf cupping, crinkling, bronzing, and necrosis, typical of protox inhibitor herbicides. Structurally, they were classified as Chemical Group A (4-carboxylic ester group-6-isoindolinyl-benzoxazinones), B (4-carboxylic ester group-7-isoindolinyl-benzoxazinones), and C (4-carboxylic ester group-6- tetrahydroisoindolinyl-benzoxazinones). All of the tested compounds were structurally confirmed by (1)H NMR, IR, mass spectroscopy, and elemental analysis. Preliminary bioassay data of these three classes of compounds showed that, in general, the order of the herbicidal effectiveness is C > A > B. Several of the lead compounds, for example, C10 (methyl 2-(6-(1,3-dioxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindol-2(3H)-yl)-7-fluoro-2-methyl-3-oxo-2H-benzo[b][1,4] oxazin-4(3H)-yl) propano-ate), C12 (ethyl 2-(6-(1,3-dioxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindol-2(3H)-yl)-7-fluoro-2- methyl-3-oxo-2H-benzo[b][1,4]oxazin-4(3H)-yl) propanoate), and C13 (ethyl 2-(6-(1,3-dioxo-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1H-isoindol-2(3H)-yl)-7-fluoro-2-methyl-3-oxo-2H-benzo-[b][1,4]oxazin-4(3H)-yl) butanoate), exhibited greater than 80% control at 75 g a.i./ha in both pre- and postemergence treatments against dicotyledonous weeds, such as Abutilon theophrasti Medic, Chenopodium album L., and Amaranthus ascendens L., and monocotyledon weeds, such as Digitaria sanguinalis L., Echinochloa crus-galli L., and Setaria viridis L. On the basis of advanced screening tests and crop selectivity, compounds C10, C12, and C13 are safer to crops than flumioxazin. Compounds C10, C12, and C13 are potent to develop as pre-emergent herbicides used in peanut, soybean, maize, and cotton fields.

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A series of novel 2-aryl-pyrrole derivatives containing ester groups were synthesized, and their structures were characterized by (1)H NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The insecticidal activities against oriental armyworm, mosquito, diamondback moth, green rice leafhopper, and bean aphids and acaricidal activities against spider mite of these new compounds were evaluated. The results of bioassays indicated that some of these title compounds exhibited excellent insecticidal and acaricidal activities. The insecticidal activities against oriental armyworm of compounds IVa, IVd, IVe, IVf, IVg, IVi, IVk, and IVp were equal to commercialized Chlorfenapyr, and the insecticidal activities of most of compounds IVb, IVc, IVd, IVf, IVg, IVj, IVk, IVl, IVs, IVt, IVu, IVw, IVx, IVz, and Chlorfenapyr against mosquito at 0.10 mg kg (-1) were 100%, and the acaricidal activities of compounds IVd, IVe, IVf, IVg, IVh, IVi, and IVk were equal or superior to Chlorfenapyr. Especially, the results indicated that the acaricidal activity of [4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-cyano-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrrol-1-yl]methyl 3-methylbutanoate ( IVg) against spider mite was 2.65-fold as high as that of Chlorfenapyr from the value of LC 50.