Water → Cypermethrin

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of sodium cyanide (2.40 g, 0.049 mole) in a 1:1 by volume mixture of water and tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) at 15° was added dropwise over 30 minutes a mixture of 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde (7.00 g, 0.035 mole) and 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarbonyl chloride (10.00 g, 0.042 mole). Stirring was continued at 15° for an additional 2 hours, after which the reaction mixture was extracted thrice with methylene chloride (40 ml each). The combined organic layers were washed once with aqueous 2 N NaOH (50 ml), four times with waer (50 ml portions) to a final wash pH of about 6, then dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to give α-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (13.9 g, 95.5% yield).

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