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Discovery of the Nitromethylene Heterocycle Insecticides

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Nicotinoid Insecticides and the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

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Structure-activity relationships of the seminal nitromethylene heterocycle (NMH) insecticides have been described previously (Soloway et al. 1979). Rather than recount those observations, this paper describes key events involved in the discovery and exploration of this new class of insecticides along with glimpses of their remarkable chemical and biological properties.

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  1. DuPont Agricultural Products, Stine-Haskell Research Center, P.O. Box 30, Newark, DE, 19714, USA

    Willy D. Kollmeyer, James E. Powell & Mark E. Schroeder

  2. 3401 Mansfield Lane, Modesto, CA, 95350, USA

    Roger F. Flattum & James P. Foster

  3. Biological Sciences Research Center, Shell Agricultural Chemical Company, P.O. Box 4248, Modesto, CA, USA

    S. Barney Soloway

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  1. Willy D. Kollmeyer
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  1. Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1 Sakuragaoka 1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 156-8502, Japan

    Izuru Yamamoto (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  2. University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-3112, USA

    John E. Casida (Professor of Entomology and Director of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory) (Professor of Entomology and Director of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratory)

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Kollmeyer, W.D., Flattum, R.F., Foster, J.P., Powell, J.E., Schroeder, M.E., Soloway, S.B. (1999). Discovery of the Nitromethylene Heterocycle Insecticides. In: Yamamoto, I., Casida, J.E. (eds) Nicotinoid Insecticides and the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67933-2_3

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