Abstract Twenty-one novel benzothiophene-substituted oxime ether strobilurins, which employed a benzothiophene group to stabilise the E-styryl group in Enoxastrobin (an unsaturated oxime strobilurin fungicide developed by Shenyang Research Institute of Chemical Industry, China) were designed and synthesised. The biological assay indicated that most compounds exhibited good or excellent fungicidal activities, especially against ...