beta -Branched alcohol mosquito control agent

摘要

Disclosed is an improved method for controlling mosquitos wherein a body of water containing immature forms of mosquitos has its surface coated with a thin film of a control agent which is a non-ionic, organic material with a density less than that of water. The improvement in such method comprises coating the surface with an approximately monomolecular film of a beta -branched alcohol of the following structure: <IMAGE> where R1 and R2 is C9-C28; and R1 and R2 is at least C3, or R2 is CH3 and R1 has at least two branch sites.