Synthesis and in vivo nematocidal evaluation of novel 3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide derivatives

Pyrazole carboxamide derivatives represent an important class of fungicides in agrochemicals. To find more novel structural pyrazole carboxamides, a novel series of 3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide compounds were prepared from ethyl 4,4,4-trifluoroacetoacetate and triethyl orthoformate as starting materials. All the products were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), C-13 NMR, F-19 NMR and mass spectrography. The bioassay results showed these fluorine-containing pyrazole carboxamides have a weak fungicidal activity but some of them exhibit a good nematocidal activity against M. incognita.