Inspired by flowers: synthetic routes to scalemic deltamethrinic acid

  • Bioorg Med Chem. 2009 Mar 15;17(6):2555-75. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.01.030.
Alain Krief  1 ,  Stephane Jeanmart ,  Adrian Kremer
Affiliations
  • 1. Laboratoire de Chimie Organique de Synthèse, Facultés Universitaires N.-D. de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, Namur B-5000, Belgium. [email protected]
PMID: 19231205 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.01.030
Abstract

This review reports different syntheses of deltamethrinic acid, especially those originating from our laboratory. Deltamethrinic acid is a synthetic compound whose structure is inspired from those present in the flower head of the plant Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium. Its ester 'deltamethrin' exhibits an extremely high insecticidal activity (DDTx35.000) and an extremely low toxicity to mammals.

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