Abstract: A composition for the removal of odors of a skunk spray is disclosed composed of a shampoo base and an effective amount of a sulfur oxidizing reagent.

Abstract: The specification discloses a novel process for the preparation of 11-tetradecenal and novel intermediates therefor. There is also disclosed processes for the intermediates. The novel intermediates include 1,1-dialkoxy-9-halo-nonane and 1,1-dialkoxy-11-tetradecene. There is further disclosed a process for preparing a mixture of cis- and trans-11-tetradecenal at the molecular ratio of approximately 1-cis-form to 9 trans-form, by reacting a Grignard reagent of 1,1-dialkoxy-9-halo-nonane with a mixture (approximately 60:40) of 1-chloro-2-pentene and 3-chloro-1-pentene and thereafter hydrolyzing thus formed 1,1-dialkoxy-11-tetradecene. 11-Tetradecenal is useful as a sex pheromone against the female eastern spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana). The 9:1 ratio of trans/cis isomers is believed to be the most effective ratio to use against the budworms.