Abiotic enantiomerization of permethrin and cypermethrin: Effects of organic solvents

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 5734-5739

  Qin, Sujie ^a   Gan, Jianying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiral analysis; Enantiomerization; Enantiomers; Isomerization; Pyrethroids

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; CIPERMETHRIN; METHANOL; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STEREOISOMERISM;

2-PROPANOL; ISOMERISM; METHANOL; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 34447641449     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0708894     Document Type: Article

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