Novel diolefin pheromone mimics as disruptants of sexual communication in insects

US4722839A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• David A. Carlson · Gainesville, US
• John McLaughlin · Media, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 22, 1985
• Grant date: Feb 2, 1988
• Expiry date: Feb 22, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C1/34
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Novel diolefin insect pheromone mimics are used to disrupt the sexual communication between insects when applied to an agricultural area in behaviorally effective amounts as follows: (Z)-1,12-heptadecadiene used for Heliothis zea Boddie; (Z)-15-methyl-1,9-heptadecadiene used for Trogoderma variable; (E)-15-methyl-1,9-heptadecadiene used for Trogoderma glabrum; and (Z,Z)-1,12,14-heptadecatriene used for Amyelois transitella.