Patent ID: 8247352

Claim:
A method of inhibiting ethylene production in a plant or plant part, the method comprising: contacting the plant or plant part with an effective amount of an ACC derivative having the formula: wherein R 1 and R 7 are independently selected from H, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 6 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 10 aryl, substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 14 aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 9 heteroaryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 9 heterocycloalkyl; R 2 is —OH, —NH 2 , substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 6 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 10 aryl, substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 14 aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 9 heteroaryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 9 heterocycloalkyl, —OR 3 , —NR 4 R 5 , or —SR 6 , except R 2 is not —OH when R 1 is H and R 7 is H; R 3 is —H, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 6 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 10 aryl, substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 14 aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 9 heteroaryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 9 heterocycloalkyl; R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of —H, substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 6 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 8 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 10 aryl, substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 14 aralkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 9 heteroaryl, or substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 9 heterocycloalkyl; and wherein said of R 1 , R 2 or R 7 is a heteroaryl selected from the group consisting of pyrrolyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, isothiazolyl, isoxazoyl, pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidineyl, furyl, and thienyl.