BIS(4-FLUOROPHENYLSULFONYLDITHIOCARBIMATO)ZINCATE(II) SALTS: NEW ANTIFUNGALS FOR THE CONTROL OF <italic>Botrytis</italic> BLIGHT

<p>Botrytis blight or gray mold is a highly destructive disease caused by <italic>Botrytis</italic> spp., that infects flowers, trees vegetables, fruit, especially grapevines and strawberry. Three new compounds with general formula (A)₂[Zn(4-FC₆H₄SO₂N=CS₂)₂], where A = PPh₃CH₃ (<bold>2a</bold>), PPh₃C₂H₅ (<bold>2b</bold>), PPh₃C₄H₉ (<bold>2c</bold>), and the previously published compounds where A = PPh₄ (<bold>2d</bold>) and NBu₄ (<bold>2e</bold>), were synthesized by the reaction of 4-fluorophenylsulfonyldithiocarbimate potassium dihydrate and zinc(II) acetate dihydrate with the appropriate counter cations (A) halides. The new compounds were characterized by infrared, ¹H and ¹³C NMR spectroscopies. All these salts inhibited the growth of <italic>Botrytis cinerea</italic>, with compounds <bold>2c</bold> and <bold>2d</bold> showing greater antifungal activity than zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate, the active principle of the fungicide Ziram. The bis(dithiocarbimate)zincate(II) salts are also active against the bacteria <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> and <italic>Staphylococcus aureus</italic>.