Noxious-insect repellent

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2000-01-27

2002-04-16

Pak, John (Department: 1616)

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Designated organic active ingredient containing

C-o-group doai

C424S402000, C424S403000, C424S409000, C424S411000, C424S414000, C424S443000, C424S400000, C424SDIG001, C514S919000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06372804

ABSTRACT:

TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to noxious-insect repellents comprising a compound which is substantially odorless and has an extremely excellent noxious-insect repelling effect and durability.
BACKGROUND ART
As a noxious-insect repellent for protecting bodies from noxious-insects such as mosquitoes, flies and the like, a preparation applied to the skin which contains N,N-diethyltoluamide has so far been extensively used. Additionally, it has been known that p-menthane-3,8-diol and 8-hydroxy-p-menthan-3-one have a strong insect-repelling effect (Japanese Patent Application Kokai Nos. 60-199,804 and 5-173,104) and that 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol and 2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-cyclohexanol also have a similar repelling effect (U.S. Pat. No. 2,407,205). However, problems have been posed such that N,N-diethyltoluamide has a peculiar offensive odor and p-menthane-3,8-diol, 8-hydroxy-p-menthan-3-one, 2-ethyl-1,3-hexanediol or 2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-cyclohexanol lacks durability. Therefore, development of novel noxious-insect repellents has been expected.
The present invention has been accomplished under these circumstances. The object of the present invention is to provide noxious-insect repellents which have no peculiar offensive odor and exhibit an excellent noxious-insect repelling effect and durability.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
We, the inventors, as a result of assiduous studies conducted in order to achieve the above object, have succeeded in synthesizing substantially odorless compounds having an excellent noxious-insect repelling effect and durability, and thus accomplished the present invention.
Namely, the first embodiment of the present invention is a noxious-insect repellent which contains 0.1-90% by weight, based on the total weight, of at least one of 2-(1-hydroxy-alkyl)-cycloalkanols represented by the following general structural formula (1):
wherein n is an integer of 3-10, R
1
is hydrogen or a straight-chain saturated hydrocarbon radical having 1-6 carbon atoms; R
2
is hydrogen or methyl group; R
m
represents m of the same or different, straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, hydrocarbon radicals R which, as a substituent group, can be bonded to carbocyclic atoms; m is an integer of 0-8, provided that m should be at least 1 when either one of R
1
or R
2
is an alkyl group and m should be at least 2 when both the R
1
and R
2
are alkyl groups; the sum of the carbon atoms of R
m
does not exceed 8; and, further, when n is 4, R may by an isopropylidene group which intramolecularly bridges between the third and sixth carbocyclic atoms.
Among the above 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanols, preferred are 2-(1-hydroxyisopropyl)-5-methyl-cyclohexanol derivatives represented by the following general structural formula (2):
wherein R
3
is a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, hydrocarbon radical having 1-8 carbon atoms; 2-(1-hydroxyisopropyl)-5,6-dimethyl-cyclohexanol represented by the following chemical structural formula (3):
2-(1-hydroxyisopropyl)-5-methyl-6-methylene-cyclohexanol represented by the following chemical structural formula (4):
and, 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanols represented by the following general structural formula (5):
wherein n, m, R
m
and R
1
are the same as above; particularly, 2-(hydroxymethyl)-cycloalkanols represented by the following general structural formula (6):
wherein n, m and R
m
are the same as above; and inter alia 2-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-cyclohexanol represented by the following chemical structural formula (7):
Furthermore, among the 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cyclo-alkanols represented by the general structural formula (5), particularly preferred are 2-(1-hydroxymethyl)-cyclohexanol derivatives represented by the following general structural formula (8):
wherein R
4
is a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, hydrocarbon radical having 1-8 carbon atoms; and 2-(1-hydroxymethyl)-cyclopentanol derivatives represented by the following general structural formula (9):
wherein R
4
is the same as above.
Furthermore, preferred examples of the present invention include 3-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-borneol derivatives represented by the following general structural formula (10) which, in the 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanols represented by the general structural formula (1), is specified by defining n as 4 to form a 6-membered carbocycle and R
m
as an isopropylidene group intramolecularly bridging between the third and sixth carbocyclic atoms:
wherein R
5
and R
6
are hydrogens or lower alkyl groups having at most 3 carbon atoms and the sum of the carbon atoms of R
5
and R
6
is 0-3.
The most preferable noxious-insect repellents of the above first embodiment of the present invention contain 0.1-90%, preferably 3-20%, by weight, based on the total weight, of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanols represented by the formulae (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10).
The second embodiment of the present invention is a noxious-insect repellent which contains 0.1-90% by weight, based on the total weight, of at least one of 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanones represented by the following general structural formula (11):
wherein n, R
1
and R
2
are the same as above; R
m
′ represents m′ of the same or different, straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, hydrocarbon radicals R which, as a substituent group, can be bonded to carbocyclic atoms; m′ is an integer of 0-8, provided that m′ should be at least 2 when n is at least 4 and both the R
1
and R
2
are alkyl groups; the sum of the carbon atoms of R
m
′ does not exceed 12; and, further, when n is 4, R may be an isopropylidine group which intramolecularly bridges between the third and sixth carbocyclic atoms.
Among the above compounds represented by the formula (11) that are contained in the noxious-insect repellents, preferably used are 2-(1-hydroxyisopropyl)-cycloalkanone derivatives represented by the following general structural formula (12):
wherein n′ is an integer of 3 or 4; when n′ is 3, m′ is at least 1; and when n′ is 4, m′ is at least 2.
Among the 2-(1-hydroxyisopropyl)-cycloalkanone derivatives represented by the above formula (12), further particularly preferred is 2-(1-hydroxyisopropyl)-5-methyl-cyclopentanone represented by the following chemical formula (13) and 2-(1-hydroxyisopropyl)-5-methyl-cyclohexanone derivatives represented by the following chemical formula (14):
wherein R
3
is the same as above.
Among the 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanones represented by the above general structural formula (11), further preferred are 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanones represented by the following general structural formula (15) and 2-(hydroxymethyl)-cycloalkanones represented by the following general structural formula (16), particularly, 2-(1-hydroxymethyl)-3-methyl-6-isopropyl-cyclohexanone represented by the following chemical structural formula (17):
wherein n, m′, R
m
′ and R
1
are the same as above;
wherein n, m′ and R
m
′ are the same as above; and
The preferred examples of the present invention include 3-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-camphor derivatives represented by the following general structural formula (18) which, in the 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanones represented by the foregoing general formula (11), is specified by defining n as 4 to form a 6-membered carbocycle and R
m
′ as an isopropylidene group intramolecularly bridging between the third and sixth carbocyclic atoms:
wherein R
5
and R
6
are the same as above.
The most preferred second embodiment of the present invention are noxious-insect repellents containing 0.1-90%, preferably 3-20%, by weight, based on the total weight, of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by the above chemical structural formulae (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17) and (18).
The construction of the present invention will be explained in detail hereinafter.
The 2-(1-hydroxyisopropyl)-

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