Method for repelling aedes aegyptae using carbocyclic ketones, aldehydes and esters
US5447714A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S424/10
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Described is an insect repellent candle containing a candle base and intimately admixed therewith an insect repelling quantity of at least one composition selected from the group consisting of: PA1 (i) mixture of aldehydes defined according to the structure: ##STR1## containing from 60-40 mole percent of the compound having the structure: ##STR2## and from 40-60 mole percent of the compound having the structure: ##STR3## and (ii) ketone having the structure: ##STR4##
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