Synthesis of the 15N-labelled insecticid
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Nicole Schippers; Wolfgang Schwack
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract A fiveβstep synthesis of the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid (**1**) labelled with ^15^N is reported in an overall yield of 10%. The stable isotope ^15^N was introduced in the pyridine part by reaction of ^15^NH~3~ with coumalic acid methyl ester (**2**) to ^15^__N__βhydroxy nico