The molecule is a carboxylic ester obtained by formal condensation between the carboxy group of (1R,3S)-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid and the hydroxy group of (4S)-4-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-(prop-2-yn-1-yl)cyclopent-2-en-1-one. It has a role as a pyrethroid ester insecticide and an agrochemical. It is an organochlorine compound, an enone, a terminal acetylenic compound, a cyclic ketone and a cyclopropanecarboxylate ester.
[(1S)-2-methyl-4-oxo-3-prop-2-ynylcyclopent-2-en-1-yl] (1R,3S)-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylate