US 11,767,289 B2
Methods and compositions for pest control
Tappey H. Jones, Staunton, VA (US); and Robert Kenneth Vander Meer, Newberry, FL (US)
Assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US); and THE VMI FOUNDATION, Lexington, VA (US)
Filed by VMI Foundation, Lexington, VA (US); and United States, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/419,899.
Application 15/419,899 is a continuation of application No. 13/883,204, granted, now 9,950,994, previously published as PCT/US2011/059200, filed on Nov. 3, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/409,711, filed on Nov. 3, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2018/0009740 A1, Jan. 11, 2018
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C07C 235/74 (2006.01); A01N 37/18 (2006.01); A01N 37/36 (2006.01); A01N 37/42 (2006.01); C07C 233/18 (2006.01); C07C 235/08 (2006.01)
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:

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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.