* Benzaldehyde, for bees
* Butopyronoxyl (trade name Indalone). Widely used in a "6-2-2" mixture (60% Dimethyl phthalate, 20% Indalone, 20% Ethylhexanediol) during the 1940s and 1950s before the commercial introduction of DEET
* DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide)
* Dimethyl carbate
* Dimethyl phthalate, not as common as it once was but still occasionally an active ingredient in commercial insect repellents
* Ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate (IR3535 or 3-[N-Butyl-N-acetyl]-aminopropionic acid, ethyl ester)
* Ethylhexanediol, also known as Rutgers 612 or "6–12 repellent," discontinued in the US in 1991 due to evidence of causing developmental defects in animals
* Icaridin, also known as picaridin, Bayrepel, and KBR 3023
* Methyl anthranilate and other anthranilate-based insect repellents
* Metofluthrin
* Permethrin is a contact insecticide rather than a repellent
* SS220 is a repellent being researched that has shown promise to provide significantly better protection than DEET
* Tricyclodecenyl allyl ether, a compound often found in synthetic perfumes