Montedison S.p.a.

Montedison Fibre S.p.a.

Montefluous S.p.a.

Camillo Paffoni

Filippo M Carlini

Giampiero Pieri

Giorgio Bottaccio

Gioacchino Boffa

Roberto Cipolli

Luigi Balducci

Giorgio Bornengo

Ruggero Battisti

Giuseppe Ribaldone

Fabrizio Merlo

Giuseppe Sironi

Renato Grecu

Alberto Osti

Marcello Pieroni

There are described organic-inorganic ternary composite pigments consisting of 70%-90% by weight of an inorganic binary titanium dioxide/aluminum hydrate component and, from 10% to 30% by weight, of a co-precipitated organic component consisting of an organic dye, containing in its structure at least one carboxylic and/or sulphonic acid function, having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is selected from the group consisting of NO.sub.2 --SO.sub.3 H and --COOH; R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of NO.sub.2, --SO.sub.3 H, alkyl and alkoxyl; R.sub.3 is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen and alkyl; R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, alkyl and alkoxyl; R.sub.6 is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen and alkoxyl; and wherein the --COOH and/or --SO.sub.3 H group of dye (I) is salified with metal cations. The pigments are obtained by co-precipitation acidifying an aqueous solution and/or dispersion of acid dye (I) in sodium aluminate, in the presence of TiO.sub.2, maintained at 40.degree.-80.degree. C. and at pH=9.5-10.5, by then treating it with any aqueous solution of an alkaline-earth (Ca, Ma, Al, Ba, Sr) salt or of Mn or Zn.

Photostable yellow composite pigments and process for their preparation

Novel composite pigments containing both organic and inorganic portions have been produced. These pigments consist of an inorganic binary titanium dioxide/aluminum hydrate component, in a percent quantity comprised between 70% and 95% by weight, the remaining organic component amounting to between 5% and 30% by weight, consisting of an organic dye selected from the group consisting of azoic and quinophtalonic compounds, containing in their structure at least one carboxylic and/or sulphonic, substantially salified, acid function. The pigments are obtained according to a co-precipitation process, under substantially alkaline controlled pH conditions, of the acid organic dye together with the aluminum hydroxide (hydrated aluminum), by acidification of a solution and/or an aqueous dispersion of the acid organic dye in sodium aluminate, in the presence of titanium dioxide, at from 40.degree. C. to about 80.degree. C., and by a subsequent lacquering by treatment with an aqueous solution of an alkaline-earth metal salt (Ca, Mg, Ba, Sr) or of a Mn, Zn salt. The above-mentioned pigments are insoluble in water and in common organic solvents. They possess, moreover, a good dyeing power, an excellent stability under heat, a good fastness to light, a good fastness to bases and acids, to migration in plastic materials and stability to over varnishing in the stove, etc. Lastly, they may be obtained with different degrees of covering power. Thus, the pigments find a preferential application in varnishing products, air-drying and stove-baked enamels, in the pigmentation of plastic materials, in inks and in the beprinting of fabrics, etc., by means of conventional applicational methods.

Composite pigments and process for their preparation

This invention relates to a class of water-soluble acid azo dyes, containing at least a sulphonic group, having formula (I): ##STR1## wherein the symbols have the following meanings: A is a residue of a diazotizable aromatic or heterocyclic amine, optionally substituted;

Water-soluble acid azo dye

The present invention relates to a new class of compounds belonging to the anthraquinone series, having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R, R', R', R'', R' are indifferently H or Chlorine, ##STR2## Such compounds exhibit a color varying from yellow to violet depending on the nature and position of substituents R, R', R', R'', R'.sup.v and, in virtue of their excellent stability characteristics, they are particularly useful as pigments and vat dyes. This invention relates furthermore to the preparation of compounds having general formula (I) and to the utilization thereof, particularly in the following applications:

Anthraquinone compounds and process for preparing same

There is provided a new azoic dye having the general formula ##STR1## wherein: A is an aromatic radical of the benzene class which has been substituted with at least one group selected from among alkyl, alkoxyl, N-dialkylamine, halogen, cyano and nitro;

Azocoumarinic-type dyes for the disperse dyeing of textile fabrics

The known compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is hydrogen or bromine, Y is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine or methyl and the -COOH group is meta or para to the azo group have been found to be useful in uniformly dyeing polyamide fibers to a yellow shade.

Acid dyes useful for dyeing streaked nylon

A plastosoluble fluorescent organic dye is disclosed that is derived from benzanthrone, and having the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X = --H or --Br; and Y = --H, --OCH.sub.3 or --OC.sub.2 H.sub.5. A process for the preparation of a dye of the general formula (I) is also disclosed. These dyes are useful in the bulk dyeing of polystyrene, polymethylmethacrylate, rigid PVC, polyethylene, acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers, polycarbonates or mineral oils.

Fluorescent benzanthronic dyes

A fluorescent azabenzanthronic dye is disclosed having the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X = --NH-- or --S--; and Y = --OCH.sub.3 or --OC.sub.2 H.sub.5. A process for the preparation of a dye of the general formula (I) is also disclosed. These dyes are useful in the bulk dyeing of polystyrene, polymethylmethacrylate, rigid PVC, polyethylene, acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene copolymers, polycarbonates or mineral oils.

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Pogno (Novara), Italy

Camillo Paffoni