CPC C07C 235/74 (2013.01) [A01N 37/18 (2013.01); A01N 37/36 (2013.01); A01N 37/42 (2013.01); C07C 233/18 (2013.01); C07C 235/08 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A method of disrupting reproduction of ants, the method comprising administering to the ants an amount of a composition effective to disrupt reproduction, wherein the composition comprises one or more compounds of a formula selected from the group consisting of:
wherein R and R′ can be a branched, unbranched, cyclic, polycyclic, or unsaturated carbon or cyclic ether moiety up to twenty carbons, or a salt thereof, and wherein the ants are members of a genus selected from Monomorium, Myrmicaria, Megalomyrmex, Trachymyrmex, and Cyphomyrmex.
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