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Relationships between chemical structure and rat repellency: II. compounds screened between 1950 and 1960

Technical Report 75-11-FEL.
OCLC: 2748732. Project reference: 1T662713A031-07
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Over 4,600 compounds, chiefly organic types, were evaluated using both a food acceptance test (Part A) and a barrier penetration bioassay (Part B), to correlate relationships between chemical structure and rodent repellency. These chemicals are indexed and classified according to the functional groups present and to the degree of substitution within their molecular structures. The results of reduction in food consumption for each compound appraised are calculated and their K values listed in Table 1. The repellent activities of the functional groups represented, alone or in combinations, are expressed in Table II by a Functional Group Repellency Index.. A ranking of these indices suggests that acyclic and heteroyclic compounds containing tri- or pentavalent nitrogen would be a parent compound of choice for synthesizing novel repellents. Other molecular arrangements, spatial configurations and combinations of functional groups are compared. There were 123 active, interesting or promising compounds included in the 699 having K values of 85 or greater, which were selected for the barrier appraisal study. These chemicals were formulated in selective solvents at several concentrations and applied to burlap. Small food bags were fashioned using the fabric impregnated with the candidate formulation, and exposed to rodent attack following storage periods of varying intervals. The results of these tests are listed in Table III. Again, those compounds containing nitrogen in the functional groupings indicated a high order of effectiveness. Several commercial patents covering rodent repellents were issued using the data from the food acceptance and barrier studies. Organizations and cooperators which supplied samples for the program are listed in Appendix I. The Wiswesser cipher for compounds in Table I is used in Appendix II to facilitate location of chemicals by sample code number as they appear under the index headings, and for computer storage and analysis.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype Federal Government Series
Title Relationships between chemical structure and rat repellency: II. compounds screened between 1950 and 1960
Series title Technical Report
Series number 75-11-FEL.
Year Published 1974
Language English
Publisher Food Engineering Laboratory, US Army Natick Laboratories
Publisher location Natick, MA
Contributing office(s) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Description iv, 375
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