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A New Group of DDT Synergists

Nature volume 176, pages 266–267 (1955)Cite this article

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IN a study of the influence of structural variations on the insecticidal activity of DDT, the diaryl-(trifluoromethyl)-carbinols have been prepared by reaction between ethyl trifluoroacetate and the appropriate arylmagnesium bromides; the dinitro-derivative has been synthesized by nitration of the diphenyl compound1. The insecticidal potency of the new compounds was practically nil, only the p-dichloro-compound exhibiting a slight activity.

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    ERNST D. BERGMANN

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BERGMANN, E., TAHORI, A., KALUSZYNER, A. et al. A New Group of DDT Synergists. Nature 176, 266–267 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176266b0

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