Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Gustav Kapaun

Erwin Dietz

Fritz Meininger

Hermann Fuchs

Siegfried Schiessler

Frank Alfter

Manfred Urban

Adolf Kroh

Frank Prokschy

Rudiger Jung

Michael Kappert

Novel isoindoline pigments of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is --CN;

Isoindoline pigments based on aminoquinoxalinediones

Novel isoindoline pigments of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is --CN and R.sup.2 is CN or a 5- to 7-membered hetero-cycle;

Isoindoline pigments

Process for the preparation of substituted and unsubstituted 2-(cyanomethyl)benzimidazole A process for the preparation of substituted or unsubstituted 2-(cyanomethyl)benzimidazole, of the formula (I) ##STR1## which comprises reacting an o-phenylenediamine of the formula (II) ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, preferably methyl or methoxy, and n is an integer from 0 to 2, preferably 0 or 1, in particular 0, with a cyanoacetic ester of the formula (III)

Process for the preparation of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1

The conventional condensation of naphthalene-1,4,5,8-tetracarboxylic acid with 1,2-diaminobenzene gives the resulting naphthoylenebisbenzimidazole isomers together in the cis and trans form. It is desirable to shift the isomer ratio of the mixture obtained toward the desirable trans product and to reduce the amount of cis product obtained. It is also desirable to develop a process of preparation which optimizes the yield and improves the waste water situation. This object is achieved according to the invention by subjecting virtually stoichiometric amounts of the starting compounds to a precondensation at 60.degree. to 110.degree. C. in an aqueous medium and then completing the condensation in the aqueous medium in a second stage at 130.degree. to 180.degree. C.

Preparation of vat dyes and pigments of the perinone series

Pigments of the formula I ##STR1## where A is a five- or six-membered aromatic fused or unfused heterocycle which contains one to three hetero atoms from the series consisting of nitrogen and/or oxygen and/or sulfur and which is bonded to the methylene group via a carbon atom, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each hydrogen, alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.4, alkylene C.sub.2 or aryl, and together R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may also be an aliphatic or aromatic ring, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydroxylkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 or alkylene C.sub.2, P is the radical of a polycyclic pigment or a radical of a mix-crystal of polycyclic pigments, and n is a number from 0.0001 to 0.2, are useful for pigmenting high molecular weight materials in the form of plastic materials, melts, spinning solutions, surface coatings, paints, printing inks, baking finishes of the class of the alkyd melamine resin or acrylic melamine resin finishes, two-component coatings based on polyisocyanate-crosslinkable acrylic resins and printing inks based on nitrocellulose.

Pigments and use thereof

New compounds had been found which correspond to the formula ##STR1## as well as processes for preparing them by sulfonation of 3.beta.-sulfato- or 3-.beta.-hydroxyethylsulfonyl - aminobenzene. The novel compounds are valuable intermediary products for the preparation of azo fibre-reactive dyestuffs which have very good dyeing properties and a high fibre-reactivity yielding dyeings of excellent fastnesses, especially to light and wet processing.

Process for the preparation of

Fiber-reactive azo dyestuffs are obtained by diazotizing an amine of the formula ##STR1## in which Z stands for

Phenyl-azo-phenyl dyestuffs

A highly water-soluble composition for the dyeing or printing of native or synthetic polyamide fibres consisting essentially of (a) 10 to 99 parts by weight of at least one dyestuff ##STR1## IN WHICH X represents hydroxy, methyl, ethyl, methoxy or ethoxy, and Y represents hydrogen or methyl, and (b) 0.5 to 90 parts by weight of an auxiliary agent of the group consisting of a polyglycol of an average molecular weight from 3000 to 20 000, a polyglycolether (containing 15 to 30 ether groups) of a fatty alcohol of 8 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkali metal salt of a dialkylnaphthalene sulfonic acid (alkyl C.sub.1 -C.sub.6), a methyltauride of a saturated or unsatruated fatty acid of 8 to 20 carbon atoms, and an isethionate of a saturated or unsaturated fatty acid of 8 to 20 cabron atoms, and mixtures thereof, said composition being also suitable for the dyeing or printing of the said polyamide fibres in deep shades.

Dyestuff preparations for dyeing and printing natural and synthetic

Fiber-reactive azo dyestuffs are obtained by diazotizng an amine of the formula ##STR1## in which Z stands for

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