US Patent:
20060057101, Mar 16, 2006
Inventors:
Wendell Roelofs - Geneva NY, US
Coby Schal - Cary NC, US
Francis Webster - Syracuse NY, US
Satoshi Nojima - Raleigh NC, US
International Classification:
A01N 25/00
C07C 50/38
Abstract:
A compound of the formula I where R represents unsubstituted or substituted, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or aryl, and X represents where Rand Rare each H or alkyl, is disclosed. Compounds of formula I are particularly useful as an attractant for cockroaches, namely, . Synthesis of the compounds, methods of controlling cockroach populations, and of disrupting cockroach mating are also disclosed.