Synthesis of Bioactive Pyrethroid, 3-Phenoxybenzyl 1R- trans -2, 2-Dimethyl-3-(2-chloro-1-propenyl) Cyclopropanecarboxylate

Abstract
The title compound 1 has been prepared from (+)-3-carene (2) and found to have the same order of activity as its IR-cis isomer 3 reported by us earlier1 The key intermediate methyl IR-trans-2, 2-dimethyl-3-(2-oxopropyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate (4) has been characterised.

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