Insect repellents
AssigneeQuest International B.V.
InventorsJohn Martin Behan, Richard Arthur Birch
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Abstract
The use of specific perfume ingredients, e.g. tricyclodecenyl allyl ether, to repel insects. The perfume ingredients may be used in a composition comprising from 0.1 to 40 percent by weight of one or more of the perfume ingredients. Preferably at least one of the perfume ingredients has a hydrophobicity such that the common logarithm of the octanol-water partition coefficient, log P, of the perfume ingredient is in the range 1.0 to 6.0.
Claims9
A method of repelling an insect selected from the group consisting of mosquitoes and cockroaches comprising subjecting said insect to an insect repelling amount of a composition comprising at least three perfume ingredients selected from the group consisting of tricyclodecenyl allyl ether, 2-(2-methylpropyl)-4-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydropyran, N-methyl-N-phenyl-2-methylbutanamide, 4-isobutyrate-3-methoxybenzaldehyde, 2,2,7,7-tetramethyltricyclo [6.2.1.01.6]undecan-5-one, 7-formyl-5-isopropyl-2-methylbicyclo[2.2.2]oct-2-ene, 3-methyl-5-phenylpentanal, alpha iso methyl ionone, 10-isopropyl-2,7-dimethyloxaspiro [4.5]3,6-decadiene, tricyclo[5.2.1.02.6]dec-4-en-8-yl 2,2-dimethylpropanoate, phenylethyl pivalate and 2,4-dimethyl-4-phenyltetrahydrofuran.
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