“…24 However, both 1,3,4-thiadiazole and amide moieties are also the available pharmacophores in the discovery of novel drugs or agrochemicals, including insecticidal, 25 antiviral, 26 antifungal, 27,28 antitumor agents, 29 and herbicidal activities. 30 Herein, taking the earlier-mentioned clues into consideration along with the continuation of our interest in the works on natural product-based drug-delivery carriers, 8,[31][32][33][34] and bioactive compounds, 17,19,27,35,36 a series of novel nanopesticide carriers ETOCN-1-ETOCN-4 were prepared by TEMPO oxidation of bleached bagasse pulp and then esterification of TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (TOCN) with intermediate 4 converted from 3-carene. Then, a series of 1,3,4-thiadiazole-amide compounds containing gem-dimethylcyclopropane ring 8a-8u were designed, synthesized by multi-step reaction, and characterized by means of Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), proton nuclear magnetic resonance ( 1 H-NMR), carbon-13 ( 13 C)-NMR, electrospray ionizationmass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and elemental analysis.…”