Synthesis and Fungicidal Activity of Novel N-Aryl-N′-(2-hydroxybenzyl)ethylenediamine Derivatives

Synthesis of novel N-aryl-N′-(2-hydroxybenzyl)ethylenediamine derivatives by reduction of N-arylaminoacetamides is presented in this paper. Fungicidal activity of the products is tested, and one of those exhibits 94.1% inhibitory activity against Gibberella zeae at the concentration of 50 μg/mL. The fungicidal activity of the compounds was enhanced with the increase of their log P.