Patent ID: 6093389
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for attracting termites to a composition which comprises placing a composition comprising a termite attractive amount of a compound having the structural formula ##STR5## wherein X is AR.sub.2, oxo or thioxo;R.sub.1 is hydrogen, A.sub.1 R.sub.3, oxo, thioxo,--CH(R.sub.4)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH(R.sub.5)CHR.sub.6 R.sub.7,--CH(R.sub.4)CH.dbd.CHCH(R.sub.5)CHR.sub.6 R.sub.7,--CH(R.sub.4)CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C(CHR.sub.6 R.sub.7).dbd.CHR.sub.5, or--CH(R.sub.4)CH.dbd.CHC(CHR.sub.6 R.sub.7).dbd.CHR.sub.5 ;A and A.sub.1 are each independently O or S;R, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.5 are each independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; andR.sub.4, R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are each independently C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl;provided that one of the bonds designated as a, b or c is a double bond and the other designated bonds are single bonds, andthe optical isomers thereof, andthe cis and trans isomers thereof,at a locus where foraging termites may be present.