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;
- (e) Culiseta spp.;
- (g) Culex spp.;
- (h) Psorophora spp.;
- (i) Culicoides spp.; and/or
- (j) Lutzomyia spp.
- for a finite period of time from a three dimensional space inhabited by said insect species comprising the step of exposing said three dimensional space to an effective;
- (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.; l and/or
- (j) Lutzomyia spp.;
- repelling concentration and quantity of an insect repellent composition of matter which is a cycloalkanol derivative-containing composition of chemicals having the structures: ##STR46##
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the cycloalkanol derivative-containing composition is produced by the process of reacting an alkanoic acid with a mixture of chemicals having the structures: ##STR47## in the presence of a protonic acid catalyst or a Lewis acid catalyst and then subjecting the resulting mixture to hydrolysis.
- 3. A method of repelling mosquitoes for a finite period of time from a three dimensional space inhabited by said mosquitoes comprising the step of exposing said three dimensional space to an effective mosquito repelling concentration and quantity of an insect repellent composition of matter which is a mixture of compounds having the structures: ##STR48##
- 4. A method of repelling the insect species Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) for a finite period of time from a three dimensional space inhabited by said insect species comprising the step of exposing said three dimensional space to an effective Musca domestica L.(Diptera:Muscidae) repelling concentration and quantity of an insect repellent composition of matter which is a mixture of compounds having the structures: ##STR49##
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 887,138 filed May 22, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,228,233 issued on Jul. 20, 1993.
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Divisions (1)
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887138 |
May 1992 |
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