title: Reprint of "Inspired by flowers: synthetic routes to scalemic deltamethrinic acid" [Bioorg. Med. Chem. 17 (2009) 2555-2575].
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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique de Synthèse, Facultés Universitaires N.-D. de la Paix, 61 rue de Bruxelles, Namur B-5000, Belgium. alain.krief@fundp.ac.be
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krief
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeanmart
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kremer