“…The strobilurins (Balbaa, 2007;Li et al, 2010;Zhao et al, 2007) are one of the most important classes of agricultural fungicides, with Strobilurin A as the lead compound, which inhibit electron transfer in mitochondria, disrupt metabolism and prevent growth of the target fungi. Reaction of 2-hydroxyimino-3-oxobutanoic acid esters with hydrazine hydrate can afford a product with a structure close to that of Strobilurin A (Zakharychev et al, 1999;Zakharychev et al, 2001).…”