International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated

Yale University

Braja D Mookherjee

Manfred H Vock

Richard A Wilson

Joaquin F Vinals

Robert W Trenkle

Frederick L Schmitt

Jacob Kiwala

Jerry F Butler

Donald A Withycombe

Cynthia J Mussinan

John B Hall

William L Schreiber

Venkatesh Kamath

Edward J Shuster

James M Sanders

Edward J Granda

Mark A Sprecker

Ira Katz

William J Evers

Kenneth K Light

Ching Y Tseng

Denis E Hruza, Sr

Kenneth R Schrankel

Michael J Zampino

Takao Yoshida

Gilbert Stork

Craig B Warren

Robin K Wolff

Richard M Boden

Anna B Marin

Nicholas Calderone

Robin L Kasper

Bette M Light

Keith P Sands

Chi-Kuen Shu

Anne S Hruza

Christopher Giacino

Anton Van Ouwerkerk

William I Taylor

Alfred E Goossens

Augustinus G Van Loveren

Bernard J Chant

Ira D Hill

Domenick Luccarelli, Jr

Myrna L Hagedorn

Leslie C Smith

Eleanor Fox

Subha M Patel

Alan O Pittet

Howard H Heinsohn, Jr

Vincent F Kuczinski

Ronald Schreck

Timothy MacDonald

Louis S Frederick

Anubhav P S Narula

Michael G Monteleone

Marina A Munteanu

Arthur L Liberman

Anton V Ouwerkerk

Carlos Benaim

Ronald S Leight

Henry G Walter, Jr

Gary E Schwartz

Anubhav P Narula

Kevin P Miller

David R Bowen

Lisa T Schreck

Ronald S Fenn

Sharon M Brown

Wilhelmus J Wiegers

Edward Mark Arruda

Joseph A McGhie

Robert M Novak

Patrick M Merritt

Donald A Withycombe, Deceased

Joacquin Vinals

Edward S Everett

Arthur L Lieberman

Seymour J Spitz, Jr

Lloyd F Keleher

Jean C Niel

Donald Whithycombe

Edward J Schuster

Described are synthetically produced substantially pure enol ether compositions which are cis and/or trans isomers of enol ethers having the structures: wherein Ris C&#x2013;Cstraight chain alkyl or C8-alkenyl; and wherein Ris C&#x2013;Calkyl, C&#x2013;C2-alkenyl, C3-alkenyl or Cnon-allenic alkadienyl and uses thereof in imparting, augmenting or enhancing the aroma and/or taste of a consumable material such as a perfume composition, a cologne, a perfumed article such as a soap, cosmetic, hair preparation or detergent, a foodstuff, a chewing gum or an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage such as a carbonated beverage or fruit liquer. Also described is a process for synthesis of such enol ethers by means of (i) first forming an acetal having the structure:R&#x2014;CH&#x2014;CH(OR)(ii) then carrying out a thermal decomposition reaction at pH&#x3c;7 and then (iii) fractionally distilling the resulting reaction product to provide the enol ether.

Acyclic enol ethers, isomers thereof, organoleptic uses thereof and processes for preparing same

Described are mixtures consisting essentially of oxomacrocyclic compounds containing greater than about 40 weight % &#x394;-cyclotetradecen-1-one and greater than about 40 weight % cyclotetradecanone and less than about 5 weight %, of &#x394;-cyclotetradecen-1-one, perfumery uses thereof and chemo-selective catalytic hydrogen process for preparing same by hydrogenating mixtures containing significant concentrations, greater than 15 weight %, of &#x394;-cyclotetradecen-1-one. The oxocarbocyclic compound-containing mixtures have advantageous musk aroma imparting, augmenting and enhancing perfumery properties causing the mixtures to be useful in perfume compositions, perfumed articles and perfumed polymers, including particles and fibers produced therefrom.

Macrocylic musk composition, organoleptic uses thereof and process for preparing same

Described are mixtures consisting essentially of oxomacrocyclic compounds containing greater than about 40 weight % &Dgr; -cyclotetradecen-1-one and greater than about 40 weight % cyclotetradecanone and less than about 5 weight %, of &Dgr; -cyclo-tetradecen-1-one, perfumery uses thereof and chemo-selective catalytic hydrogen process for preparing same by hydrogenating mixtures containing significant concentrations, greater than 15 weight %, of &Dgr; -cyclotetradecen-1-one. The oxocarbocyclic compound-containing mixtures have advantageous musk aroma imparting, augmenting and enhancing perfumery properties causing the mixtures to be useful in perfume compositions, perfumed articles and perfumed polymers, including particles and fibers produced therefrom.

Macrocyclic musk composition, organoleptic uses thereof and process for preparing same

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 (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 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 insects by utilizing as active insect repellent ingredient 2,4-dimethyl-4-phenyl-1-butanol or .alpha.-terpinyl methyl ether (ORANGE FLOWER ETHER).

Housefly, horn fly, and mosquito repellents and apparatus useful in

Described is an insect repelling detergent tablet consisting of

Use of alkyl cyclopentanone and phenyl alkanol derivative-containing

An apparatus for trapping insects having a radiation means and a semiochemical attractant means such that insects enter an air stream and are carried into a housing to trap them. The device further contains radiation pulsing means and a power supply to power a motor which drives a propeller to induce a flow of air into the trap.

House fly, horn fly, and mosquito repellents and apparatus useful in

Described is a method for repelling at least one of the insect species:

Described is a method of attracting Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae) using benzoin and/or dimethyl benzyl carbinyl acetate. The attractants taken alone or in combination find utility primarily as bait enhancers for acute toxins and/or trapping devices. The above-stated attractants are described to be useful as such are contained in a polymer which can be a biodegradable polymer, such as compositions containing a major proportion of poly (epsilon caprolactone) homopolymers.

Insect attractant compositions and methods for using same

Described is a process for qualitatively and quantitatively substantially continuously analyzing the aroma emitted and rates of emission of the aroma components thereof from two or more different varieties and/or species of living leaves, living fruits, living trees or living flowers at a given point in time or over a given time period using a multiplicity of enclosures to each contain one or more living leaves, living fruits, living flowers or cover surface portions of living trees or living fruits (one or more per enclosure) and having a single aroma trapping means communicating with all of the enclosures, and apparatus for carrying out such process. Also described is a process for preparing one or more perfume compositions comprising the steps of carrying out the aforementioned analysis or analyses and then, using the results of such analysis or analyses, providing and admixing at least the major components found in the analysis or analyses; apparatus for carrying out such process and perfume compositions prepared using such apparatus and process.

Aroma emission analysis system using a multiplicity of individual

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Holmdel, NJ, United States of America

Braja D Mookherjee