The stereoselective synthesis of 7-fluoro-2-exo-(2-methylpropen-1-yl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,4-epoxybenzo[b]azepine was developed by intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the nitrone derived from the corresponding 2-allyl-4-fluoro-N-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)aniline. The X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) pattern for the new compound was analyzed and found to crystallize in a monoclinic system with space group P21/m (No. 11) and refined unit-cell parameters a = 11.655(5) Å, b = 5.850(2) Å, c = 18.314(4) Å, β = 104.27(3) and V = 1210.1 (6) Å3.

Five natural compounds possessing antiparasitic activity were isolated from East African plants and tested, together with some semisynthetic derivatives, against micro-organisms and arthropods of agricultural interest. Anonaine (1), from Annona squamosa, canthin-6-one(8) and 5-methoxycanthin-6-one (9), from Fagaropsis angolensis, showed fungicidal activity. E,Z-matricarianol (4), from Hoehnelia vernonioides was fungicidal, Insecticidal and acarlcldal. Caryophyllene oxide (12), isolated from Uvaria sp., turned out to be insecticidal and antifeedant. Canthin-6-one (8) and its dihydroderivative 11 were the most effective antimicrobial compounds tested. The possibility ofusing some of the isolated compounds as leads for new synthetic chemicals is discussed.