Fluorinated isopentenyladenines: Synthesis and cytokinin activity

L Marival??Hodebar, M Tordeux…

Index: Marival-Hodebar, Laurence; Tordeux, Marc; Wakselman, Claude; Dias, Marylene; Mornet, Rene; Laloue, Michel Israel Journal of Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 39, # 2 p. 155 - 161

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Abstract

Abstract Analogs of N 6-isopentenyladenine bearing one or two fluorine atoms at the allylic position were synthesized from simple fluorinated ketones. The monofluoro analog was found to be more active than N 6-isopentenyladenine and equivalent to the more potent zeatin, another natural plant growth hormone. The difluoro analog was even more powerful than zeatin.