Date of Award
8-1933
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
First Advisor
L. C. Heckert
Keywords
Insecticides, chemical constitution, insecticidal activity
Abstract
Apparently it is not possible, at this present stage of development, to formulate any rigorus rules correlating chemical constitution with insecticidal action, and in agreement with such inadequate knowledge, it is extremely difficult to predict with any confidence the insecticidal action of new organic compounds. [...] A study of each of the various groups in the pyrethrins should lead to an extension of our knowledge of their specific contribution, if any, to insecticidal activity. Such a study is now in progress, and this thesis reports one phase of that problem, namely, the insecticidal activity of esters of some cyclic acids, especially cyclopropyl carboxylic acids similar to that occurring in the pyrethrum molecule.
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Recommended Citation
Schilling, Carl Orlando, "The Relationship between chemical constitution and insecticidal activity III : the synthesis of some typical cyclic esters and their insecticidal activity" (1933). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 646.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/646
