title: Heterocyclic chemistry in crop protection.
abstract: An overview is given of the significance of heterocycles in crop protection chemistry, which is enormous as more than two-thirds of all agrochemicals launched to the market within the last 20 years belong to this huge group of chemicals. This review focuses on two important aspects of heterocyclic agrochemistry: the different roles of heterocyclic scaffolds in crop protection agents and the major possibilities for their synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research Chemistry, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Stein, Switzerland. clemens.lamberth@syngenta.com
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamberth
mesh_terms: D016573:Agrochemicals / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D016573:Agrochemicals; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds
keywords: agrochemicals; amino acids; bioisosteres; fungicides; herbicides; heterocycles; heterocyclization; insecticides; multicomponent reactions; propesticides