Chemicals tested as space repellents against yellow-fever mosquitoes. I. Esters was written by Gouck, Harry K.;McGovern, Terence P.;Beroza, Morton. And the article was included in Journal of Economic Entomology in 1967.Reference of 15399-05-0 This article mentions the following:
A total of 242 esters were tested for effectiveness as space repellents by applying them to netting with openings large enough to allow yellow-fever mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti, to pass through, and determining the number of days the netting prevented passage of >10% of the mosquitoes to a human arm. The 5 compounds that were effective >100 days were: dipentyl, diisopentyl, and bis(1-methylbutyl) malate, hexyl p-isopropylmandelate, and bis(2-ethylhexyl) fumarate. Esters with a hydroxyl group appeared to be more effective than those without this group. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, Ethyl 2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoate (cas: 15399-05-0Reference of 15399-05-0).
Ethyl 2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoate (cas: 15399-05-0) belongs to esters. Esters are widespread in nature and are widely used in industry. In nature, fats are in general triesters derived from glycerol and fatty acids. Esters are responsible for the aroma of many fruits, including apples, durians, pears, bananas, pineapples, and strawberries. Esters are more polar than ethers but less polar than alcohols. They participate in hydrogen bonds as hydrogen-bond acceptors, but cannot act as hydrogen-bond donors, unlike their parent alcohols. This ability to participate in hydrogen bonding confers some water-solubility.Reference of 15399-05-0
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