Noxious-insect repellent

摘要

PCT No. PCT/JP94/00885 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 6, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 6, 1996 PCT Filed Jun. 1, 1994Disclosed is a method of repelling noxious insects comprising the step of exposing said noxious insects to a composition containing from 0.1 to 90 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one of 2-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-cycloalkanols represented by the following formulae (2), (7) and (8): wherein R3 and R4 are independently a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, hydrocarbon radical having 1-8 carbon atoms.