Synthesis, antifungal activities and 3D-QSAR study of N-(5-substituted-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)cyclopropanecarboxamides.

A series of cyclopropanecarboxamide were prepared and tested for antifungal activity in vivo. The preliminary bioassays indicated that some compounds are comparable to the commercial fungicides. To further explore the comprehensive structure-activity relationship on the basis of fungicidal activity data, comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) was performed, and a statistically reliable model with good predictive power (r(2)=0.8, q(2)=0.516) was achieved. Based on the CoMFA, compound 7p was designed and synthesized, which was found to display a good antifungal activity (79.38%) as 7g and 7h.