Cycloprothrin is a pyrethroid insecticide. It has a low aqueous solubility and is non-volatile. It may be persistent in soil and water systems depending upon local conditions. It is not expected to leach to groundwater. Cycloprothrin tends to have a low to moderate toxicity to biodiversity depending on species. It has a low oral mammalian toxicity.
Appearance is transparent viscous liquid. b.p. 140～145℃/0.1333Pa, 180～184℃/1.33Pa, relative density 1.256(25℃), refractive index n25D1.5787, vapour pressure 2.13×10-6Pa. solubility in acetone, chloroform, benzene, toluene, ethyl ether, ethyl acetate at 25℃ >2000g/L Solubility in methanol is 476g/L, ethanol is 101g/L, hexane is 26g/L; solubility in water is 0.091mg/L. Stable to light, acid and heat, unstable in alkaline solution.
Cycloprothrin is used to control rice water weevils and other
insects in paddy rice, fruit, vegetables, tea, cotton, soyabeans and in
forestry.
ChEBI: A carboxylic ester having 2,2-dichloro-1-phenylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid as the acid component and hydroxy(3-phenoxyphenyl)acetonitrile as the alcohol component.
Cycloprothrin is commercially produced via a process that starts with the preparation of (1R)-cis-chrysanthemic acid through resolution of racemic 2,2-dimethyl-3-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid using (R)-1-phenylethylamine, followed by acid chloride formation with thionyl chloride. The key esterification couples the acid chloride with 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-3-methylbutyric acid cyanohydrin under basic conditions, incorporating the alpha-cyano group. Final purification via high-vacuum distillation or crystallisation from hexane yields cycloprothrin.
Cycloprothrin is an insecticide, used for controlling insect pests on rice plants and vegetables.
Contact and stomach action, also has anti-feeding and repellent effects. Sodium channel modulator.
The structure of the acid moiety of cycloprothrin is rather unusual and
thus deserves special attention. The compound has two chiral centres and
therefore is a mixture of four stereoisomers; it is used as such. Degradation
and metabolism studies have been reported for flooded soil, rice
plants and rat. The results show that cycloprothrin is degraded by oxidation,
hydrolysis and conjugation reactions as are other members of the
class. However, metabolism in rice is very slow.
Cycloprothrin is a stable compound but it is hydrolysed under alkaline
conditions. It is relatively stable to photodegradation.
