International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

University of Florida Research Foundation Inc

The Procter Gamble Company

Anna B Marin

Jerry F Butler

Craig B Warren

Braja D Mookherjee

Richard A Wilson

Anubhav P Narula

Leslie C Smith

Richard M Boden

Nicholas Albert Ahr

Robert Allen Godfroid

The present invention provides a portable, disposable article for repelling insects. The article includes a fibrous substrate which can be impregnated with the insect repellent. In one embodiment, the fibrous substrate is disposed intermediate a porous cover and a barrier layer, and comprises fibers having external capillary channels. The porous cover can comprise an apertured plastic film having tapered apertures. The insect repellent can be contained in a breakable packet, such that when the breakable packet is broken, the insect repellent is directed through the fibrous substrate for release through the apertured film.

Insect repellent article providing low contact wetness

Described is (i) a method of repelling Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae for a finite period of time from a three-dimensional space inhabitable by Musca domnestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae consisting essentially of the step of exposing a three-dimensional space to an effective Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae-repelling concentration and quantity of a geraniol-containing composition consisting essentially of 50-100% of geraniol with the remainder of the composition being a compound selected from the group consisting of citronellol and nerol and (ii) a method of attracting Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae using lavender absolute, benzoin, dimethyl benzyl carbinyl acetate, jasmine absolute, racemic borneol, d-limonene and/or dihydrolinalool. The attractants taken alone or in combination find utility primarily as bait enhancers for acute toxins and/or trapping devices. The above-stated attractants and repellents are described to be useful as such or contained in a polymer which can be a biodegradable polymer such as compositions containing a major proportion of poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymers.

Insect repellent and attractant compositions and methods for using same

Described is a method of repelling Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae), Aedes aegypti, Culex nigripalpus, Aedes atlanticus, Culex salinarius, Aedes vexans, Culex spp., Simulium spp., Psoroferia ferox, Aedes infirmatus, Drosophila melanogaster, Coccinellidae, Anopheles crucians, Psoroferia columbiae, Culicoides spp., Aedes spp. and Haematobia for a finite period of time from a three dimensional space inhabited by at least one of such insect species consisting essentially of the step of exposing a three dimensional space to an effective insect species member repelling concentration and quantity of a dimethyl substituted oxymethyl cyclohexane derivative-containing composition of matter defined according to the structure: ##STR1## The above-stated repellents are described to be useful as such or contained in a polymer which can be a biodegradable polymer such as compositions containing a major proportion of poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymers. The above-stated repellents are also useful in conjunction with a washing soap whereby the insect repelling composition is initially admixed with a soap base; the resulting mixture is formulated into a soap article; and the resulting soap article is used in a washing procedure on a member of the mammalian species.

Use of dimethyl substituted oxymethyl cyclohexane derivatives for their

Described is a composition which is both an insect repellent and a perfume containing:

Insect repellent composition and method of using same to repel insects

Described is a method for repelling insects by use of oxymethyl cyclohexane derivatives of the structure ##STR1## wherein Z is methylene; n is 0 or 1; each of the wavy lines represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond; the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon single bond; each of R.sub.2, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen or methyl; and R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, acetyl or ethoxycarbonyl with the provisos:

Dimethyl substituted oxymethyl cyclohexane derivatives for their insect

Described is a method for repelling at least one of the insect species: (i) Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus) (commonly known as the horn fly); and (ii) Solenopsis invicta Buren (commonly known as the 'red imported fire ant') from a surface or volume inhabited by at least one of said insect species consisting of the step of applying to said surface or said volume a 'red imported fire ant' and/or horn fly-repelling quantity and concentration of a geraniol-containing mixture comprising: (i) from 0 up to about 20% by weight of nerol; (ii) from about 20 up to about 40% by weight of citronellol; and (iii) from about 50 up to about 70% by weight of geraniol which geraniol-containing mixture is defined according to specific GLC profiles set forth in the figures and refractive index and density set forth in the specification.

Method for repelling fire ants and horn flies and compositions for

Described are methods for attracting insects to a three-dimensional space inhabited by such insects comprising the step of exposing the three-dimensional space to an insect-attracting concentration and quantity of lavender absolute or jasmine absolute. More specifically, described is a method of attracting Aedes aegypti using lavender absolute; and a method of attracting Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae) using jasmine absolute. Also described are such methods of attracting insects to insect traps which contain the attractants jasmine absolute and/or lavender absolute as baits.

Insect attractant compositions and methods for using same

Described is a method of repelling Aedes aegypti for a finite period of time from a three-dimensional space inhabited by Aedes aegypti consisting essentially of the step of exposing a three-dimensional space to an effective Aedes aegypti-repelling concentration and quantity of an unsaturated aldehyde or alcohol derivative-containing composition of matter selected from the group consisting of:

Use of unsaturated aldehyde and alkanol derivatives for their mosquito

Described is (i) a method of repelling Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae for a finite period of time from a three-dimensional space inhabitable by Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae consisting essentially of the step of exposing a three-dimensional space to an effective Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae-repelling concentration and quantity of a geraniol-containing composition consisting essentially of 50-100% of geraniol with the remainder of the composition being a compound selected from the group consisting of citronellol and nerol and (ii) a method of attracting Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae using lavender absolute, benzoin, dimethyl benzyl carbinyl acetate, jasmine absolute, racemic borneol, d-limonene and/or dihydrolinalool. The attractants taken alone or in combination find utility primarily as bait enhancers for acute toxins and/or trapping devices. The above-stated attractants and repellents are described to be useful as such or contained in a polymer which can be a biodegradable polymer such as compositions containing a major proportion of poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymers.

Described is (i) a method of repelling Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae for a finite period of time from a three-dimensional space inhabitable by Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae consisting essentially of the step of exposing a three-dimensional space to an effective Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae-repelling concentration and quantity of a geraniol-containing composition consisting essentially of 50-100% of geraniol with the remainder of the composition being a compound selected from the group consisting of citronellol and nerol and (ii) a method of attracting Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae) or Aedes aegyptae using lavender absolute, benzoin, dimethyl benzyl carbinyl acetate, jasmine absolute, racemic borneol, d-limonene and/or dihydrolinalool. The attractants taken alone or in combination find utility primarily as bait enhancers for acute toxins and/or trapping devices. The above-stated attractants and repellents are described to be useful as such or contained in a polymer which can be a biodegradable polymer such as compositions containing a major proportion of poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymers.

Described is a method of repelling Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae), Aedes aegypti, Culex nigripalpus, Aedes atlanticus, Culex salinarius, Aedes vexans, Culex spp., Simulium spp., Psoroferia ferox, Aedes infirmatus, Drosophila melanogaster, Coccinellidae, Anopheles crucians, Psoroferia columbiae, Culicoides spp., and Aedes spp. for a finite period of time consisting essentially of the step of exposing a three-dimensional space to an effective repelling concentration and quantity of geraniol or a geraniol precursor-containing composition consisting essentially of 50-100% geraniol or a geraniol precursor (e.g., geranyloxy-1,3,2-dioxaborinane, digeranyloxydimethylsilane and geranyl glycosides, for example, geranyl 6-O-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside) with the remainder of the composition (if indeed the composition is not 100% geraniol) being a compound selected from the group consisting of citronellol and nerol. The above-stated repellents are described to be useful as such or contained in a polymer which can be a biodegradable polymer such as compositions containing a major proportion of poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymers.

Insect repellent compositions and methods for using same

Described is a method for repelling insects such as houseflies, horn flies and mosquitoes using the cyclic organic alcohol defined according to the structure: ##STR1## and/or the mixture of cyclic organic carbonates defined according to the structures: ##STR2## and devices useful in carrying out such method.

Method for repelling insects using cyclic organic alcohol or carbonates

Described is a method for repelling insects by use of oxymethyl cyclohexane derivatives of the structure ##STR1## wherein Z is methylene; n is 0 or 1; each of the wavy lines represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond; the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-carbon single bond; each of R.sub.2, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are the same or different and each represents hydrogen or methyl; and R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, acetyl or ethoxycarbonyl with the provisos: (i) that n is 1 and each of the wavy lines represents a carbon-carbon single bond when R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.6, are each hydrogen, R.sub.5, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are each methyl and the dashed line is a carbon-carbon single bond; (ii) n is 0 and each of the wavy lines represents no bond when R.sub.5 and R.sub.7 are each hydrogen and R.sub.6 and R.sub.8 are each methyl; (iii) R.sub.2 is methyl only when R.sub.1 is ethoxycarbonyl; and (iv) the dashed line is a carbon-carbon single bond only when R.sub.1 is hydrogen.

Described is a method of repelling Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae), Aedes aegypti, Culex nigripalpus, Aedes atlanticus, Culex salinarius, Aedes vexans, Culex spp., Simulium spp., Psoroferia ferox, Aedes infirmatus, Drosophila melanogaster, Coccinellidae, Anopheles crucians, Psoroferia columbiae, Culicoides spp., and Aedes spp. for a finite period of time from a three-dimensional space inhabitable by these insects consisting essentially of exposing a three-dimensional space to an effective concentration and quantity of geraniol or a geraniol precursor-containing composition consisting essentially of 50-100% geraniol or a geraniol precursor (e.g., geranyloxy-1,3,2-dioxaborinane, digeranyloxydimethylsilane and geranyl glycosides, for example, geranyl 6-O-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside) with the remainder of the composition (if indeed the composition is not 100% geraniol) being a compound selected from the group consisting of citronellol and nerol. The above-stated repellents are described to be useful as such or contained in a polymer which can be a biodegradable polymer such as compositions containing a major proportion of poly(epsilon caprolactone) homopolymers.

Described is a method of repelling Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscida), Aedes aegypti, Culex nigripalpus, Aedes atlanticus, Culex salinarius, Aedes vexans, Culex spp., Simulium spp., Psoroferia ferox, Aedes infirmatus, Drosophila melanogaster, Coccinellidae, Anopheles crucians, Psoroferia columbiae, Culicoides spp., Aedes spp. and Haematobia irritans [L.]for a finite period of time from a three-dimensional space inhabited by said insect species consisting essentially of the step of exposing a three-dimensional space inhabited by said insect species to an effective insect species repelling concentration and quantity of at least one dimethyl substituted oxymethyl cyclohexene derivative defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or methyl.

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Anna B Marin