Claims
- 1. A method of repelling at least one of the insect species:
- (a) Musca domestica L. (Diptera:Muscidae);
- (b) Aedes aegypti;
- (c) Aedes albopictus;
- (d) Anopheles spp.
- (e) Coquillettidia perturbans;
- (f) Culiseta spp.;
- (g) Culex spp.;
- (h) Psorophora spp.;
- (i) Culicoides spp.;
- (j) Lutzomyia spp.;
- (k) Aedes spp.;
- (l) Culex nigripalpus;
- (m) Aedes atlanticus;
- (n) Culex salinarius;
- (o) Aedes vexans;
- (p) Simuliidae spp.;
- (q) Psorophora ferox;
- (r) Aedes infirmatus;
- (s) Drosophila melanogaster;
- (t) Coccinellidae;
- (u) Anopheles crucian;
- (v) Psorophora columbiae; and
- (w) Haemotobia irritans (L.)
- for a finite period of time from a three dimensional space inhabitable by said insect species comprising the step of exposing said three dimensional space for said finite time period to an effective insect species-repelling concentration and quantity of at least one cyclic compound-containing composition of matter selected from the group consisting of:
- (1) a mixture of carbonate esters consisting of a major proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR68## and a minor proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR69## prepared according to the process of: (a) reacting 1,5-cyclooctadiene with formic acid to form a mixture of formates containing a major quantity of 4-cyclooctenyl formates; and
- (b) reacting the resulting mixture of formates with dimethyl carbonate in the presence of an alkali metal methoxide to form a mixture of methyl carbonates containing a major quantity of 4-cyclooctenyl methyl carbonate; and
- (2) a composition of matter containing a major proportion of meta-(isocamphyl-5) cyclohexanol having the structure: ##STR70## produced according to the process of: (a) reacting catechol or guiacol with camphene in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst to form an alkylation product; then
- (b) treating the alkylation product with hydrogen to form a dioxy intermediate; and then
- (c) treating the dioxy intermediate with hydrogen to form a meta-(isocamphyl-5) cyclohexanol-containing mixture.
- 2. The method of repelling insects of claim 1 wherein the three dimensional space is exposed to a cyclic compound-containing composition of matter containing a major proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR71## and a minor proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR72## prepared according to the process of: (a) reacting 1,5-cyclooctadiene with formic acid to form a mixture of formates containing a major quantity of 4-cyclooctenyl formates; and
- (b) reacting the resulting mixture of formates with dimethyl carbonate in the presence of an alkali metal methoxide to form a mixture of methyl carbonates containing a major quantity of 4-cyclooctenyl methyl carbonate.
- 3. The method of repelling insects of claim 1 wherein the three dimensional space is exposed to a cyclic compound-containing composition of matter containing a major proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR73## produced according to the process of: (a) reacting catechol or guiacol with camphene in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst to form an alkylation product; then
- (b) treating the alkylation product with hydrogen to form a dioxy intermediate; and then
- (c) treating the dioxy intermediate with hydrogen to form a meta-(isocamphyl-5) cyclohexanol-containing mixture.
- 4. An insect repellent candle including a cyclic compound-containing composition of matter selected from the group consisting of:
- (1) a mixture of carbonate esters consisting of a mixture of compounds containing a major proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR74## and a minor proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR75## prepared according to the process of: (a) reacting 1,5-cyclooctadiene with formic acid to form a mixture of formates containing a major quantity of 4-cyclooctenyl formates; and
- (b) reacting the resulting mixture of formates with dimethyl carbonate in the presence of an alkali metal methoxide to form a mixture of methyl carbonates containing a major quantity of 4-cyclooctenyl methyl carbonate; and
- (2) a mixture containing a major proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR76## produced according to the process of: (a) reacting catechol or guiacol with camphene in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst to form an alkylation product; then
- (b) treating the alkylation product with hydrogen to form a dioxy intermediate; and then
- (c) treating the dioxy intermediate with hydrogen to form a meta-(isocamphyl-5) cyclohexanol-containing mixture
- and a candle base selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) standard paraffin wax; and
- (b) a mixture of:
- (1) a thermoplastic polyamide resin formed from linoleic acid polymerized with a polyamine compound;
- (2) an alkanol amide or alkanol amine; and
- (3) a stearic acid compound.
- 5. A process for repelling blood feeding arthropods from a person consisting of the steps of:
- 1. fabricating an insect repelling soap comprising a soap base and in intimate contact therewith an ester or alcohol derivative-containing composition which is selected from the group consisting of:
- (a) a mixture of carbonate esters consisting of a composition containing a major proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR77## and a minor proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR78## prepared according to the process of: (i) reacting 1,5-cyclooctadiene with formic acid to form a mixture of formates containing a major quantity of 4-cyclooctenyl formates; and
- (ii) reacting the resulting mixture of formates with dimethyl carbonate in the presence of an alkali metal methoxide to form a mixture of methyl carbonates containing a major quantity of 4-cyclooctenyl methyl carbonate; and
- (b) a mixture containing a major proportion of the compound having the structure: ##STR79## produced according to the process of: (i) reacting catechol or guiacol with camphene in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst to form an alkylation product; then
- (ii) treating the alkylation product with hydrogen to form a dioxy intermediate; and then
- (iii) treating the dioxy intermediate with hydrogen to form a meta-(isocamphyl-5) cyclohexanol-containing mixture; and then
- 2. applying the thus fabricated soap to said person in a washing procedure
- whereby the blood feeding arthropods are repelled from said person for a period of 10 hours after the carrying out of said washing procedure.
RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
This application is a Divisional of application for U.S. Letters Patent, Ser. No. 289,570 filed on Aug. 12, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,441,988 issued on Aug. 15, 1995; which, in turn, is a Divisional of application for U.S. Letters Patent, Ser. No. 130,398 filed on Oct. 1, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,417,009 issued on May 23, 1995; which, in turn, is a Continuation-in-Part of application for U.S. Letters Patent, Ser. No. 982,374 filed on Nov. 25, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,281,621 issued on Jan. 25, 1994; which, in turn, is a Continuation of application for United States Patent, Ser. No. 789,695 filed on Nov. 8, 1991, now abandoned; which is a Divisional of application for U.S. Patent, Ser. No. 643,206 filed on Jan. 18, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,126,369 issued on Jun. 30, 1992.
Also related to this case is application for U.S. Letters Patent, Ser. No. 824,591 filed on Jan. 23, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,205,065 issued on Apr. 27, 1993; which, in turn, is a Continuation-in-Part of application for U.S. Letters Patent, Ser. No. 789,695 filed on Nov. 8, 1991, abandoned; which is a Divisional of application for U.S. Patent, Ser. No. 643,106 filed on Jan. 18, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,126,369.
Also related to this case is application for U.S. Patent, Ser. No. 102,305 filed on Aug. 5, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,344,847 issued on Sep. 6, 1994; which, in turn, is a Divisional of application for U.S. Patent, Ser. No. 982,374 filed on Nov. 25, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,281,621 issued on Jan. 25, 1994.
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