3.2 Design of chemical insecticides

Tasks for 3.2: study the sections below and appreciate the complex process to agrochemical design and delivery (some material may also refer  to herbicides & fungicides in addition to insecticides to introduce wider crop protection considerations and understanding). 

Course material adapted from lectures prepared by Syngenta Chemistry for the Synthesis in Biology and Medicine course http://www.oxfordsynthesiscdt.ox.ac.uk/. Thank you to Kenneth Ling & Andrew Dalling for sharing this material with us.