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Abstract

Cyclopropanoid cyanoesters of the formula: ##STR1## where R' is --CH.sub.3 or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3, and A is (a) --H, or (b) A, B represents an aliphatic group joined to a carbon atom on the cyclopropanoid ring, thereby forming a spiro group, A, B being selected from structures having the formula: (i) --(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, wherein n=3, 4, or 5, and (ii) --(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --Y--(CH.sub.2).sub.2 --, wherein Y is NCH.sub.3, O, or S); and, when A is --H, B is selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## are disclosed. These compositions are useful in the synthesis of pyrethroids. A process for synthesis of cyclopropanoid cyanoesters by reacting 2-nitropropane with cyanoesters of the general formula: ##STR3## is also disclosed and claimed.

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