The stability of three synthetic pyrethroids, cypermethrin, deltamethrin and permethrin, to selected tributyltin compounds, Bu3SnX {where X = OSnBu3, Cl, 02CC6H5, O2C (Naphthenyl), OSO2Et}, (Bu3SnO)3PO and {NBu4} {Bu3SnCl2}, in toluene solution was investigated by infra-red spectroscopy over a six month period. It was found that only (Bu3Sn)2O reacted with the pyrethroids and that their order of reactivity was cypermethrin > deltamethrin > permethrin. An attempt was made to elucidate the reaction mechanism(s) occurring between (Bu3Sn)2O and the pyrethroids by studying mixtures of this tributyltin fungicide with simple model compounds, R1CO2R2 where R1 = CH3; R2 = CH2C6H5 and R1 = cyclo - C3H5 and R2 = CH2C6H5.

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