Compositions and methods for attracting insects
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorKamlesh R. Chauhan
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Abstract
Disclosed are compositions for attracting insects (e.g., harmful or troublesome insects such as blood-sucking and biting insects, ticks and mites) to an object (e.g., insect trap) or area (e.g., field, orchard). Also disclosed are methods for attracting insects involving treating (or exposing) the object or area with a composition containing compounds described herein (e.g., a pro-fragrance compound selected from the group consisting of an acetal, a ketal, hemiacetal and mixtures thereof, wherein at least one of a parent aldehyde, ketone, or alcohol of the pro-fragrance acetal or ketal is a fragrance compound), and optionally a carrier or carrier material.
Claims2
An insect attracting composition comprising at least two compounds of formula 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5:
- where R, R1, and R2 are H, n-alkanes, alkanes, cycloalkanes, or aryl;
- where n-alkanes are (CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8, alkanes are branched-(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8;
- cycloalkanes are cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, or cycloheptane, aryl is benzene or alkyl benzene where alkyl is C1-6 alkyl;
- where R, R1, and R2 are H, n-alkanes, alkanes, cycloalkanes, or aryl;
- n-alkanes are —(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8, alkanes are branched-(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8;
- cycloalkanes are cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, or cycloheptane, aryl is benzene and or alkyl benzene where alkyl is C1-6 alkyl;
- where R is H, n-alkanes, alkanes, cycloalkanes, or aryl and n:
- 1 to 8;
- n-alkanes are —(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8, alkanes are branched-(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8;
- cycloalkanes are cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, or cycloheptane, aryl is benzene or alkyl benzene where alkyl is C1-6 alkyl;
- and optionally a carrier or carrier material.
A method of attracting insects, said method comprising treating an object or area with an insect attracting effective amount of an insect attracting composition comprising at least two compounds of formula 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5:
- where R, R1, and R2 are H, n-alkanes, alkanes, cycloalkanes, or aryl;
- where n-alkanes are (CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8, alkanes are branched-(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8;
- cycloalkanes are cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, or cycloheptane, and aryl is benzene or alkyl benzene where alkyl is C1-6 alkyl;
- where R, R1, and R2 are H, n-alkanes, alkanes, cycloalkanes, or aryl;
- n-alkanes are —(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8, alkanes are branched-(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8;
- cycloalkanes are cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, or cycloheptane, and aryl is benzene or alkyl benzene where alkyl is C1-6 alkyl;
- where R is H, n-alkanes, alkanes, cycloalkanes, or aryl and n:
- 1 to 8;
- n-alkanes are —(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8, alkanes are branched-(CH2)nH where n is 1 to 8;
- cycloalkanes are cyclobutane, cyclopentane, cyclohexane, or cycloheptane, and aryl is benzene or alkyl benzene where alkyl is C1-6 alkyl;
- and optionally a carrier or carrier material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.