Method for combatting infestations of insects and acari, and compositions for use in said method
US4540711A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 5, 1983 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07C43/23
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is disclosed a method for fighting infestations of acari or noxious insects including ants, more particularly "fire-ants", by treating the insect, its habitat, or its food with a hydroquinone diether having at least one acetylenic and halogen-substituted chain and selected from 1-[(5-chloro-pent-4-inyl)-oxy]-4-phenoxybenzene of formula ##STR1## and 1,4-di-(5-chloro-4-pentinyloxy)-benzene of formula ##STR2## The disclosure comprises a method for fighting ants using the diether of formula (I) either as such or as an active ingredient of suitable formulations or poisoned baits.
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