Compositions for inhibiting the scent tracking ability of mosquitoes in environmentally defined three dimensional spaces
View Patent ↗Composition for inhibiting the ability of mosquitoes to locate a target by olfactory emissions of the target comprise a composition of at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-alkene-3-ols of the formula: and 3-methyl-1-alkyn-3-ols of the formula: wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, in a vehicle base that is a porous or waxy medium. The composition being capable of dispensing the inhibiting compound in an non-lethal amount effective to inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target in a three dimensional environmental space.
1. A composition for inhibiting the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target within a three dimensional environmental space having a land or base surface area, the composition comprising:
(A) a non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-alkene-3-ols of the formula:
and 3-methyl-1-alkyn-3-ols of the formula:
wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, in
(B) a base vehicle comprising a porous or waxy medium,
wherein the non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of the at least one inhibiting compound is sufficient to inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target in the three dimensional environmental space.
2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is sufficient to provide in an atmosphere of the three dimensional environmental space a non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of the at least one inhibiting compound ranging from about 0.000005 g/hr/ft 2 to about 0.0004 g/hr/ft 2 per square footage of the land or base surface area of the three dimensional environmental space.
3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is sufficient to provide in an atmosphere of the three dimensional environmental space a non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of the at least one inhibiting compound ranging from about 0.00015 g/hr/ft 2 to about 0.0002 g/hr/ft 2 per square footage of the land or base surface area of the three dimensional environmental space.
4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one inhibiting compound is selected from nerolidol, 3-methyl-1-octen-3-ol, linalool and dehydrolinalool.
5. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one inhibiting compound comprises linalool.
6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one inhibiting compound comprises dehydrolinalool.
7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the composition is capable of dispensing the non-lethal amount of at least one inhibiting compound into an atmosphere of the three dimensional environmental space by a method selected from volatilization, evaporation, atomization and ionic dispersion of the at least one inhibiting compound.
8. The composition according to claim 7 , wherein the base vehicle is a porous medium and the composition is capable of dispensing the at least one inhibiting compound by fan-driven evaporation of the at least one inhibiting compound.
9. The composition according to claim 5 , wherein the vehicle is a porous medium and the linalool in the composition is capable of being dispensed from the composition by fan-driven evaporation of the linalool.
10. The composition according to claim 6 , wherein vehicle is a porous medium and the dehydrolinalool in the composition is capable of being dispensed from the composition by fan-driven evaporation of the dehydrolinalool.
11. The composition according to claim 6 , wherein the vehicle is a waxy medium and the dehydrolinalool in the composition is capable of being dispensed from the composition by fan-driven evaporation of the dehydrolinalool.
12. The composition according to claim 6 , wherein the dehydrolinalool in the composition is capable of being dispersed from the composition by atomization of the dehydrolinalool.
13. The composition according to claim 6 , wherein the dehydrolinalool in the composition is capable of being dispensed from the composition by ionic dispersion of the dehydrolinalool.
14. A composition for inhibiting the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target within a three dimensional environmental space having a land or base surface area, the composition comprising:
(A) a non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl 1-alken-3-ols of the formula:
and 3-methyl-1-alkyn-3-ols of the formula:
wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, in
(B) a base vehicle that is a waxy medium,
wherein the non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of the at least one inhibiting compound is sufficient to inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target in the three dimensional environmental space.
15. A composition of claim 14 wherein the at least one inhibiting compound is linalool.
16. A composition of claim 14 wherein the at least one inhibiting compound is dehydrolinalool.
17. A composition for inhibiting the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target within a three dimensional environmental space having a land or base surface area, the composition consisting essentially of:
(A) a non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of at least one inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of 3-methyl-1-alken-3-ols of the formula:
and 3-methyl-1-alkyn-3-ols of the formula:
wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing from 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, in
(B) a base vehicle that is a waxy medium,
wherein the non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of the at least one inhibiting compound is sufficient to inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target in the three dimensional environmental space.
18. A composition according to claim 14 or claim 17 wherein the composition is capable of dispensing, by a method selected from the group consisting of atomization, ionic dispersion, and fan-driven evaporation, the at least one inhibiting compound in a non-lethal amount from the composition into an atmosphere of a three dimensional space sufficient to provide a non-lethal inhibiting effective amount of the at least one inhibiting compound sufficient to inhibit the ability of mosquitoes to sense a target in a three dimensional environmental space.
19. A composition according to claim 18 wherein the at least one inhibiting compound is linalool.
20. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the inhibiting compound is provided as a synthetically produced, essentially pure compound.