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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1994
Wendell L Roelofs, Geneva, NY (US);
Coby Schal, Mercerville, NJ (US);
Francis X Webster, Syracuse, NY (US);
Ralph E Charlton, Manhattan, KS (US);
Aijun Zhang, Geneva, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
Compounds useful as cockroach attractants, the synthesis of the compounds, and methods of controlling cockroach populations with the compounds are disclosed. The compounds are pyrans having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 is a methyl, ethyl, propyl, or methoxy group and R.sup.2 is a branched alkyl side chain having from 7 to 11 carbons. Preferably, R.sup.2 is a 2,4-dimethyl-substituted alkyl group. Most preferably R.sup.1 is methyl and R.sup.2 is 2,4-dimethylheptanyl. The pyrans can be used as an attractant in cockroach traps comprising, in addition to a pyran according to Formula (I) above, a support and a cockroach restraint. Alternatively, the pyran of the present invention can be combined with a biocontrol agent or an insecticide to form a cockroach control composition.