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The objective of this Handbook is to describe the basic synthesis route(s) for the manufacture of 687 pesticides. Important additional information includes the five appendices:
I. Generic Names: The Generic Name Appendix indicates the chemical function of the compound. If the compound has more than one function, all functions are indicated. In this case, the synthesis route of the compound is found under the first function indicated in this Appendix.
II. Trade Names: When only the trade name of the product is known, the corresponding generic name is found in this Appendix.
III. Raw Materials and Intermediates: This Appendix lists all pesticides, the synthesis of which uses a given raw material or intermediate.
IV. Synthesis of Raw Materials and Inter-mediates: The synthesis routes of Raw Materials and Intermediates are presented in this Appendix.
V. Chemical Functions: This Appendix lists all products which have the same chemical function. The systhesis route(s) for each product are described under the heading of the main function. When a product has more then one main chemical function, it is listed under all its functions.
An abbreviated Contents is listed below; the number in ( ) indicate the number of pesticides in that category, whose synthesis is described.
About the Author
Dr. Thomas A. Unger obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), and his Doctor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering in 1958, also at M.I.T.
From 1960 to 1982 he was Manager and Director of Rhodia S.A. (affiliate of Rhone Poulenc) chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, veterinary products, synthetic fibers, consumer products, minerals. He is also a Director of the Brazilian Association of Chemical industry.
From 1983 onwards he has been a consultant to the pesticide, chemical and petrochemical industries as well as to financial institutions. In 1992, he founded and is president of Prochrom Industrias Quimicas S/A. Prochrom is one of the largest manufacturers of intermediates and active ingredients for crop protection products in Latin America.
He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, and serves on the Board of Administration of several chemical and plastics manufacturers.
Pesticide Synthesis Handbook,Thomas A. Unger,Noyes Publications,0815514018,Agriculture - General,Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical,Environmental Engineering & Technology,Pesticides,Reference,Synthesis,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts,Technology Of Organic Products,Science / Chemistry / Technical & Industrial
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