Methods and compositions for pest control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9950994-B2
Application number	US-201113883204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2011
Priority date	Nov 3, 2010
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

Methods and compositions for pest control, and more particularly for control of ants, e.g., of the subfamily Myrmicinae, using tyramides.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling ants, the method comprising delivering to the ants an effective amount of a composition comprising one or more compounds of a formula selected from the group consisting of

wherein R and R′ can be a branched, unbranched, or unsaturated carbon moiety up to ten carbons, or a salt thereof.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound is a compound of Formula I:

wherein R is methyl, ethyl, n-pentyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, —C(═O)CH 2 CH(CH 3 ) 2 , sec-butyl, or tert-butyl, or a salt thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the composition further comprises an ant-attractant component, an ant-toxic component, or both.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the ants are imported fire ants ( S. invicta ) or leafcutter ants ( Atta sp.).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of:

or a salt thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition is substantially purified.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound is in a solid, liquid, or semi-solid form.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the composition is a spray, powder, granule, tablet, gel, cream, or lotion.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the salt is a sodium, potassium, or ammonium salt.

Assignees

• Jones Tappey H
• Vmi Found
• Us Agriculture

Inventors

• Jones Tappey H

Classifications

• C07C233/18

  having the carbon atom of the carboxamide group bound to a hydrogen atom or to a carbon atom of an acyclic saturated carbon skeleton · CPC title

• C07C235/08

  having the nitrogen atom of at least one of the carboxamide groups bound to an acyclic carbon atom of a hydrocarbon radical substituted by singly-bound oxygen atoms · CPC title

• C07C235/74 Primary

  of a saturated carbon skeleton · CPC title

• A01N37/42

  containing within the same carbon skeleton a carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a carbon atom having only two bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. keto-carboxylic acids · CPC title

• A01N37/36

  containing at least one carboxylic group or a thio analogue, or a derivative thereof, and a singly bound oxygen or sulfur atom attached to the same carbon skeleton, this oxygen or sulfur atom not being a member of a carboxylic group or of a thio analogue, or of a derivative thereof, e.g. hydroxy-carboxylic acids · CPC title