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A new route to the synthesis of -ethoxyphenyl)-2-methyl-5-(3-phenoxyph
enyl)pentane (desfluoro MTI-800) and enyl)-2-methyl-5-(4-fluoro-3-phen
oxyphenyl)pentane (MTI-800) and the insecticidal activities of these c
ompounds and some of the synthetic intermediates against the tobacco c
aterpillar Spodoptera litura (F.) is reported.