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Definitions

• the present invention generally relates to methods of blocking ethylene responses in plants and plant materials, and particularly relates to methods of inhibiting various ethylene responses including plant maturation and degradation by applying cyclopropene derivatives and compositions thereof to plants.
• Ethylene is known to mediate a variety of growth phenomena in plants. See generally Fritz et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,879,188. This activity is understood to be achieved through a specific ethylene receptor in plants. Many compounds other than ethylene interact with this receptor: some mimic the action of ethylene; others prevent ethylene from binding and thereby counteract its action. Many compounds that block the action of ethylene do so by binding to the ethylene binding site. Unfortunately, they often diffuse from the binding site over a period of several hours. See E. Sisler and C. Wood, Plant Growth Reg. 7, 181-191 (1988). These compounds may be used to counteract ethylene action. A problem with such compounds, however, is that exposure must be continuous if the effect is to last for more than a few hours.
• one such method comprises applying to the plant an effective ethylene response-inhibiting amount of a cyclopropene derivative or a composition thereof described further in detail herein.
• Long-chain cyclopropene derivatives are particularly preferred as described below.
• Another aspect of the present invention is a method of blocking ethylene receptors in plants by applying to the plants an effective ethylene receptor-blocking amount of a cyclopropene derivative or a composition thereof.
• Also disclosed is a method of inhibiting abscission in a plant comprising applying to the plant an effective abscission-inhibiting amount of a cyclopropene derivative or a composition thereof.
• Also disclosed is a method of inhibiting the ripening of a picked vegetable comprising applying to the picked vegetable an effective inhibiting amount of a cyclopropene derivative or a composition thereof.
• the methods described herein may be carried out in a number of suitable manners, such as by contacting the plant with a cyclopropene derivative or a composition thereof, whether in solid, liquid, or gaseous form, or by introducing the plant, cut flower, picked fruit or picked vegetable into an atmosphere infused with the cyclopropene derivative or a composition thereof.
• n is a number from 1 to 4.
• n is 1 or 2, and most preferably n is
• R is a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched-chain, unsubstituted or substituted, C 5 to C 20 alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyi.
• alkyl refers to linear or branched alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyi substituents.
• the terms should be interpreted broadly and may include compounds in which one or more of the carbons in one or more of the R groups is replaced by a group such as ester groups, nitriles, amines, amine salts, acids, acid salts, esters of acids, hydroxyl groups, halogen groups, and heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen and nitrogen or where such chains include halogen, amino, alkoxy, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, oxycarbonylalkyl, or hydroxy substituents.
• R groups can contain, for example, hydroxyl, ether, ketone, aldehyde, ester, acid, acid salt, amine, amine salt, amide, oxime, nitrile, and halogen groups.
• Cyclopropene derivatives which may be used to carry out the present invention may be prepared by various methods known to those skilled in the art. For example, the reaction of a bromo-olefin with dibromocarbene gives a tribromocyclopropane, which can be converted to the cyclopropene with methyllithium or other organolithium compounds as shown, (see Baird, M. S.; Hussain, H. H.; Nethercott, W; J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 1986,1845- 1854 and Baird, M. S.; Fitton, H. L; Clegg, W; McCamley, A.; J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1, 1993, 321-326).
• the bromo-olefins can be prepared by standard methods. Additionally, 3,3-Substituted cyclopropenes can be prepared using methods described by N.I. Yakushkina and I.G. Bolesov in Dehydrohalogenation of Monohalogenocyclopropanes as a Method for the Synthesis of Sterically Screened Cyclopropenes, RUSSIAN J. OF ORGANIC CHEM. 15:853-59 (1979). Furthermore, a 1 ,1 -disubstituted olefin can also react with dibromocarbene to give a dibrominated intermediate. This can be reduced with zinc to the mono-brominated cyclopropane. Elimination of the bromide with base gives the cyclopropene (see Binger, P.; Synthesis 1974 190).
• Cyclopropene can be deprotonated with a strong base such as sodium amide in liquid ammonia and alkylated with an alkyl halide or other alkylating agent to give a substituted cyclopropene (reference: Schipperijn, A. J.; Smael, P.; Reel. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1973, 92, 1159).
• the lithium salt of substituted cyclopropenes generated from the cyclopropene or by reaction of the tribromocyclopropane with an alkyllithium, can be alkylated to give new cyclopropene derivatives.
• Methyl sterculate was formed by the procedure of Gensler et. al. (Gensler, W. J.; Floyd, M. B.; Yanase, R.; Pober, K. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 1970, 92, 2472).
• a diazo compound to an acetylene is another method that can be used for the synthesis of cyclopropenes (Mueller, P.; Cranisher, C; Helv. Chim. Ada 1993, 76, 521 ).
• the commercially available ethyl diazo acetate can be added to the acetylene to give the compound:
• R'" being ethyl.
• This compound can be hydrolyzed to the carboxylic acid, and reacted with oxalyl chloride to give the acid chloride.
• the acid chloride can then be reacted with an alcohol to give the ester.
• R 1 -R 4 are as described above for R.
• compositions comprising the compounds defined by Formula (I) described above are also encompassed by the invention.
• the compositions comprise between a lower limit of 0.005, 5, 10, 20 or 30% and an upper limit of 70, 80, 90, 95 or 99% by weight of the active compounds of the present invention.
• These compositions may optionally include various additives typically found in agricultural compositions including, but not limited to, carriers, adjuvants, wetting agents and the like.
• organic solvents may be used as carriers for the active compounds of the present invention, e.g., hydrocarbons such as hexane, benzene, toluene, xylene, kerosene, diesel oil, fuel oil and petroleum naphtha, ketones such as acetone, methyl ethyl ketone and cyclohexanone, chlorinated hydrocarbons such as carbon tetrachloride, esters such as ethyl acetate, amyl acetate and butyl acetate, ethers, e.g., ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, alcohols, e.g., ethanol, methanol, isopropanol, amyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butyl carbitol acetate and glycerine.
• hydrocarbons such as hexane, benzene, toluene, xylene, ke
• the active compounds of the present invention may also include adjuvants or carriers such as talc, pyrophyllite, synthetic fine silica, attapulgus clay (attaclay), kieselguhr, chalk, diatomaceous earth, lime, calcium carbonate, bentonite, fuller's earth, cottonseed hulls, wheat flour, soybean flour pumice, tripoli, wood flour, walnut shell flour, redwood flour and lignin.
• adjuvants or carriers such as talc, pyrophyllite, synthetic fine silica, attapulgus clay (attaclay), kieselguhr, chalk, diatomaceous earth, lime, calcium carbonate, bentonite, fuller's earth, cottonseed hulls, wheat flour, soybean flour pumice, tripoli, wood flour, walnut shell flour, redwood flour and lignin.
• wetting agent it may be desirable to incorporate a wetting agent in the compositions of the present invention.
• Such wetting agents may be employed in both the solid and liquid compositions.
• the wetting agent can be anionic, cationic or nonionic in character.
• Typical classes of wetting agents include alkyl sulfonate salts, alkylaryl sulfonate salts, alkyl sulfate salts, alkylamide sulfonate salts, alkylaryl polyether alcohols, fatty acid esters of polyhydric alcohols and the alkylene oxide addition products of such esters, and addition products of long chain mercaptans and alkylene oxides.
• Typical examples of such wetting agents include the sodium alkylbenzene sulfonates having 10 to 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, alkylphenol ethylene oxide condensation products, e.g., p- isooctylphenol condensed with 10 ethylene oxide units, soaps, e.g., sodium stearate and potassium oleate, sodium salt of propylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (di-2-ethylhexyl), ester of sodium sulfosuccinic acid, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium stearate and potassium oleate, sodium salt of the sulfonated monoglyceride of coconut fatty acids, sorbitan, sesquioleate, lauryl trimethyl ammonium chloride, octadecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, polyethylene glycol lauryl ether, polyethylene esters of fatty acids and rosin acids (e.g., sodium
• the solid, liquid, and gaseous formulations can be prepared by various conventional procedures.
• the active ingredient, in finely divided form if a solid may be tumbled together with finely divided solid carrier.
• the active ingredient in liquid form including mixtures, solutions, dispersions, emulsions and suspensions thereof, may be admixed with the solid carrier in finely divided form.
• the active ingredient in solid form may be admixed with a liquid carrier to form a mixture, solution, dispersion, emulsion, suspension or the like.
• the active compounds of the present invention can be applied to plants by various suitable means. For example, an active compound may be applied alone in gaseous, liquid, or solid form by contacting the compound with the plant to be treated.
• compositions containing one or more active compounds of the present invention may be formed.
• the compositions may be applied in gaseous, liquid, or solid form by contacting the composition with the plant to be treated.
• Such compositions may include an inert carrier. Suitable solid carriers include dusts.
• the compound when in gaseous form, may be dispersed in an inert gaseous carrier to provide a gaseous solution.
• the active compound may also be suspended in a liquid solution such as an organic solvent or an aqueous solution that may serve as the inert carrier. Solutions containing the active compound may be heterogeneous or homogeneous and may be of various forms including mixtures, dispersions, emulsions, suspensions and the like.
• the active compounds and compositions thereof can also be applied as aerosols, e.g., by dispersing them in air using a compressed gas such as dichlorodifluoromethane, trichlorofluoromethane, and other Freons, for example.
• a compressed gas such as dichlorodifluoromethane, trichlorofluoromethane, and other Freons, for example.
• Plant is used in a generic sense herein, and includes woody-stemmed plants such as trees and shrubs. Plants to be treated by the methods described herein include whole plants and any portions thereof, such as field crops, potted plants, cut flowers (stems and flowers), and harvested fruits and vegetables.
• Plants treated with the compounds and by the methods of the present invention are preferably treated with a non-phytotoxic amount of the active compound.
• the present invention can be employed to modify a variety of different ethylene responses. Ethylene responses may be initiated by either exogenous or endogenous sources of ethylene. Ethylene responses include, for example, the ripening and/or senescence of flowers, fruits and vegetables, abscission of foliage, flowers and fruit, the shortening of life of ornamentals such as potted plants, cut flowers, shrubbery, seeds, and dormant seedlings, in some plants (e.g., pea) the inhibition of growth, and in other plants (e.g., rice) the stimulation of growth.
• Additional ethylene responses or ethylene- type responses that may be inhibited by active compounds of the present invention include, but are not limited to, auxin activity, inhibition of terminal growth, control of apical dominance, increase in branching, increase in tillering, changing bio-chemical compositions of plants (such as increasing leaf area relative to stem area), abortion or inhibition of flowering and seed development, lodging effects, stimulation of seed germination and breaking of dormancy, and hormone or epinasty effects.
• Methods according to embodiments of the present invention inhibit the ripening and/or senescence of vegetables.
• Vegetable ripening includes the ripening of the vegetable while still on the vegetable- bearing plant and the ripening of the vegetable after having been picked from the vegetable-bearing plant.
• Vegetables which may be treated by the method of the present invention to inhibit ripening and/or senescence include leafy green vegetables such as lettuce (e.g., Lactuea sativa), spinach (Spinaca oleracea), and cabbage (Brassica oleracea), various roots, such as potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) and carrots (Daucus), bulbs, such as onions (Allium sp.), herbs, such as basil (Ocimum basilicum), oregano (Origanum vulgare), dill (Anethum graveolens), as well as soybean (Glycine max), lima beans (Phaseolus limensis), peas (Lathyrus spp.), corn (Zea mays), broccoli (Brassica
• fruit ripening includes the ripening of fruit while still on the fruit-bearing plant as well as the ripening of fruit after having been picked from the fruit-bearing plant.
• Fruits which may be treated by the method of the present invention to inhibit ripening include tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum), apples (Malus domestica), bananas (Musa sapientum), pears (Pyrus comrnunis), papaya (Carica papaya), mangoes (Mangifera indica), peaches (Prunus persica), apricots (Prunus armeniaca), nectarines (Prunus persica nectarina), oranges (Citrus sp.), lemons (Citrus limonia), limes (Citrus aurantifolia), grapefruit (Citrus paradisi), tangerines
• Ornamental plants which may be treated by the method of the present invention to inhibit senescence and/or to prolong flower life and appearance (e.g., delay wilting), include potted ornamentals, and cut flowers.
• Potted ornamentals and cut flowers which may be treated with the present invention include azalea (Rhododendron spp.), hydrangea (Macrophylla hydrangea), hybiscus (Hibiscus rosasanensis), snapdragons (Antirrhinum sp.), poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherima), cactus (e.g.
• Plants which may be treated by the method of the present invention to inhibit abscission of foliage, flowers and fruit include cotton (Gossypium spp.), apples, pears, cherries (Prunus avium), pecans (Carva illinoensis), grapes (Vitis vinifera), olives (e.g. Vitis vinifera and Olea europaea), coffee (Coffea arabica), snapbeans (Phaseolus vulgaris), and weeping fig (ficus benjamina), as well as dormant seedlings such as various fruit trees including apple, ornamental plants, shrubbery, and tree seedlings.
• shrubbery which may be treated according to the present invention to inhibit abscission of foliage include privet (Ligustrum sp.), photinea (Photinia sp.), holly (Ilex sp.), ferns of the family Potypodiaceae, schefflera (Schefflera sp.), aglaonema (Aglaonema sp.), Laceaster (Cotoneastersp.), barberry (Berbe s sp.), waxmyrtle (Myrica sp.), abelia (Abelia sp.), acacia (Acacia sp.) and bromeliades of the family Bromeliaceae.
• privet Ligustrum sp.
• photinea Pierhotinia sp.
• holly Ilex sp.
• ferns of the family Potypodiaceae schefflera (Schefflera sp.), agla
• Active compounds of the present invention have proven to be unexpectedly potent inhibitors of ethylene action on plants, fruits and vegetables, even when applied at low concentrations.
• compounds of the present invention may result in a longer period of insensitivity to ethylene than compounds found in the prior art. This longer period of insensitivity may occur even when compounds of the present invention are applied at a lower concentration than previous compounds.
• bananas were exposed to a saturating amount of the compound for 24 hours (this was done as above and at least 10 times the minimum protection amount was used). After exposure, bananas were removed from the jars and each day individual bananas were exposed to 333 ⁇ l/l of ethylene for 12-15 hours. The day the bananas responded to ethylene was recorded as the protection time. The results are shown in Table A.
• the minimum concentration is the concentration that protected the bananas from 333 ⁇ l/l of ethylene.
• Ten microliters/iiter of ethylene is usually considered to be a saturating amount. This procedure was repeated for 8-, 24- and 48-hour treatment times to determine the minimum concentration of active compounds of the present invention needed to provide protection from 333 ⁇ l/l of ethylene for a given treatment time. The results are shown in Table 1.
• bananas were exposed to a saturating amount of the compound for 24 hours (this was done as described in Example 1 above and at least 10 times the minimum protection amount was used). After exposure, bananas were removed from the jars and each day individual bananas were exposed to 333 ⁇ l/l of ethylene for 12-15 hours. The day the bananas responded to ethylene was recorded as the protection time. The results are shown in Table 2. Table 2
• 1-Bromo-dec-1-ene was prepared by the method of Millar et al (Millar, J. G.; Underhill, E. W.; J. Org. Chem. 1986, 51, 4726). This olefin was converted to 3-octylcyclopropene in a similar manner to the preparation of 70% pure 1 -hexylcyclopropene.
• 6-Bromohexyl methyl ether was prepared from 1 ,6-dibromohexane. To 48.8 g (200 mmol) of 1 ,6-dibromohexane at 60°C was added 44 g (200 mmol) of a 25% solution of sodium methoxide in methanol. The reaction mixture was held 0.5 hours, then an additional 4 g of sodium methoxide solution was added, and the reaction mixture was held an additional hour. Hexane and water were added, the organic phase was washed with brine and dried with magnesium sulfate, filtered and stripped. Fractional distillation under vacuum gave 93% pure 6-bromohexyl methyl ether.
• 1-Bromodec-4-yne was prepared from 1-chlorodec-4-yne.
• the 1- chlorodec-4-yne (10.6 g, 61 mmol) and 25 g of lithium bromide were refluxed in 80 ml of THF for 21 hours. The conversion was 74%. Ether was added, the reaction mixture was washed with water (2X) and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and stripped. The product was dissolved in 70 ml of THF and refluxed for 8 hours with an additional 25 g of lithium bromide. This gave 95% conversion of the chloride to the bromide.
• the same workup provided 11.36 g of 1-bromodec-4-yne.
• the 1-bromodec-4-yne was converted to the Grignard reagent in THF.
• the Grignard reagent was converted to 1-(undec-5-ynl)-cyclopropene in the same manner that pentylmagnesium bromide was converted to 1- hexylcyclopropene.
• reaction mixture was transferred into a separatory funnel. A small amount of 1 N HCI was added, the phases were separated, the ether phase was washed with water and brine, then dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and stripped to give 33.63 g of a yellow liquid which was used without further purification.
• the methylene chloride phase was transferred to a flask and treated with the same amount of the phase transfer catalyst and 45% potassium hydroxide, then stirred at room temperature for an additional 3 days.
• the reaction mixture was washed with water, the methylene chloride phase was dried with magnesium sulfate, and then stripped.
• the product was treated with 320 ml of methanol and 40 ml of 1 N HCI for 1 hour at room temperature. The methanol was stripped, ethyl acetate was added.
• the organic phase was washed with water and brine, then treated with 200 ml of silica gel. Filtration followed by a strip gave 38 g of black product. This was chromatographed on silica gel to give 19.0 g of 1 ,1 ,2-tribromo-2-(7-hydroxyheptyl)cyclopropane as a pale yellow liquid.
• aqueous extracts were acidified with aqueous HCI, and extracted with ether three times.
• the ether extracts were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and stripped to give 300 mg of 7-cycloprop-1-enyl- heptanoic acid.
• reaction mixture was stirred 14 hour, then water and ether were added.
• the ether phase was washed with 1 N sodium hydroxide solution, water, and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and stripped to give 10 mg of 75% pure 7- cycloprop-1-enyl-heptanoic acid ethyl ester.
• the workup-recharge sequence was repeated once more, and the reaction was stirred one more day at room temperature.
• the reaction mixture was washed with water, the methylene chloride phase was dried with magnesium sulfate, and then stripped.
• the product was chromatographed on silica gel with 20% ethyl acetate 80% hexane to give 1.35 g of 87% pure 1 ,1 ,2-tribromo-2-(hexyloxymethyl)cyclopropane.
• This olefin was converted to 1-pentyloxyethyl-cyclopropene in the same manner that 2-bromo-3-hexyloxypropene was converted to 1- hexyloxymethyl-cyclopropene.
• Cyclopropene was prepared according to the following reference: Binger, P.; Wedemann, P.; Goddard, R.; Brinker, U.; J. Org. Chem., 1996, 61, 6462.
• 8-lodooct-1-ene was prepared by refluxing 5g of 8-bromooct-1-ene (26 mmol) and 10 g of sodium iodide in 50 ml of acetone for 1 hour. The acetone was stripped and the residue was partitioned between water and ether. The aqueous phase was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and stripped to give 5.66 g of 8-iodooct-1-ene.
• This ester was prepared by the method of Mori, JOC, 1983 48, 4062
• Methyl sterculate (40% purity) was formed by the procedure of Gensler et. al. (Gensler, W. J.; Floyd, M. B.; Yanase, R.; Pober, K. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc, 1970, 92, 2472).
• Ethyl 2-octylcycloprop-2-ene-1 -carboxylate was prepared from 1- decyne and ethyl diazoacetate by the method of Mueller, P.; Pautex, N.; Helv. Chim Acta 1990, 73, 1233.
• Ethyl 2-octylcycloprop-2-ene-1 -carboxylate (1.12g, 5 mmol) and 100 ml of 0.2 N potassium hydroxide were stirred at room temperature for one week. Ether was added and the phases were separated. The aqueous phase was acidified and extracted with methylene chloride. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate and stripped to give 0.8 g of 2-octylcycloprop-2-ene- 1 -carboxylic acid.
• the product was chromatographed on silica gel to give 40 mg of 60% pure hex-5-yne 2- octylcycloprop-2-ene-1 -carboxylate containing roughly 40% 2-octylcycloprop- 2-ene-1 -carboxylic acid.
• test procedure is designed to determine the ability of an compound according to the present invention to block the epinastic growth response induced by ethylene in tomato plants when the compound is administered either as a volatile gas or as a component of a spray solution.
• Treatment chambers are of an appropriate size for the test plants and are airtight. Each is fitted with a reusable septum to be used for injection of ethylene.
• Test plants are Patio variety tomato seedlings planted two plants per three inch square plastic pot.
• Volatile gas treatment entails placing two pots of Patio var. tomatoes into a polystyrene 4.8L volume treatment chamber along with one-half (upper or lower section) of a 50 X 9 mm plastic Petri dish containing a Gelman filter pad. The appropriate amount of experimental compound, dissolved in 1.0 ml acetone, is pipetted onto the filter pad and the chamber immediately sealed. Four hours later ethylene gas equal to 10 ppm v/v final concentration is injected into the sealed chamber. Sixteen hours later the chambers are opened in an exhaust hood, allowed to air and the plants scored visually for the degree of protection against ethylene-induced epinasty conferred by the experimental compound when compared to ethylene treated and untreated controls on a scale of 0 to 10. A rating of 10 means complete protection. A rating of 0 means no protection from the effects of ethylene.
• Spray application treatment entails using a DeVilbiss atomizer to completely cover all foliage and stems of two pots of Patio var. tomato plants with the appropriate amount of experimental compound dissolved in 10% acetone / 90% water with 0.05% Silwett L-77 surfactant. Plants are air-dried in a drying hood for four hours then transferred to a 4.8L polystyrene chamber which is sealed.
• Ethylene gas equal to 10 ppm v/v final concentration is injected into the sealed chamber. Sixteen hours later the chambers are opened in an exhaust hood, allowed to air and the plants scored visually for the degree of protection against ethylene-induced epinasty conferred by the experimental compound when compared to ethylene treated and untreated controls on a scale of 0 to 10. A rating of 10 means complete protection. A rating of 0 means no protection from the effects of ethylene.
• 1- pentylcyclobutene When applied as a spray in the tomato epinasty test, 1- pentylcyclobutene was superior to 1-butylcyclobutene.
• the pentyl analog was rated 10 (complete protection), while the butyl analog was rated 5.

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