Facile one-pot synthesis of an insecticide intermediate

Abstract

A new insecticide, 3-phenoxybenzyl 2,2-dichloro-1-(2,2-dichlorovinyl)cyclopropane-1-carboxylate (7), has been synthesized in two steps from a readily available acrylate (2). The first step conveniently accomplished four distinct chemical transformations in one pot.