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Identification of 1,4-Benzoxazin-3-ones in Maize Extracts by Gas-Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry ¹

^a Department of Plant Pathology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (GLC-MS) has been used for the separation, detection, and identification of 1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones (hydroxamic acids and lactams) and benzoxazolinones found in maize (Zea mays L.) extracts. Compounds of interest were partitioned into ethyl acetate from aqueous maize seedling extracts. For analysis by GLC-MS, trimethylsilyl derivatives were prepared, chromatographed on a column of 3% OV-1, and detected in the mass spectrometer. Mass spectra were obtained for all peaks present in extracts of four maize lines. A data comparison system was developed for relating unidentified spectra to the spectra of the reference compounds. Based on spectral comparisons, three hydroxamic acids (2,4-dihydroxy-2H-1, 4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one; 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one; and 2,4-dihydroxy-7,8-dimethoxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one), three lactams (2-hydroxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one; 2,7-dihydroxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one; and 2-hydroxy-7-methoxy-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one), one benzoxazolinone (6-methoxybenzoxazolinone), and two organic acids (malic and aconitic) were identified in the extracts. In addition, one other hydroxamic acid and one other related compound were tentatively identified based on mass spectral evidence.

³ Present address: Departmento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile.

⁴ Also, Plant Disease Resistance Unit, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

¹ Research cooperative with the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the Science and Education Administration, Federal Research, United States Department of Agriculture.