Ciba-Geigy Corporation

Hans Baumann

Ian J Fletcher

Jean-Marie Adam

Rox Phaff

Chromogenic lactam compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which the ring A is an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical which has 6 ring atoms and may contain a fused aromatic ring, it being possible for both the ring A and the fused ring to be substituted; the ring B is an unsubstituted or substituted benzene ring;

Chromogenic lactam compounds, their preparation and their use

The invention relates to chromogenic lactams, to their preparation and to the use thereof in pressure-sensitive or heat-sensitive recording materials. The novel lactams have the general formula I ##STR1## wherein the ring A is an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical containing 6 ring atoms;

Chromogenic lactams

Chromogenic lactam compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which the ring A is an aromatic or heteroaromatic radical which has 6 ring atoms and may contain a fused aromatic ring, it being possible for both the ring A and the fused ring to be substituted;

A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a base and, on top of the said base, a heat-sensitive layer containing a cyclic diazo component and a coupling component, the cyclic diazo component being a benzotriazine compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein Q is --CH.sub.2 --, --CO-- or --SO.sub.2 --, R is hydrogen, hydroxyl, or aryl or alkenyl, each unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio, acyloxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl or lower alkylsulfonyl, or is acyl, acyloxy or acylamino, cycloalkyl, or is aryl or aralkyl such as phenyl, phenylalkyl or naphthyl each unsubstituted or substituted on the ring by cyano, halogen, nitro, trifluoromethyl, lower alkyl, lower alkylthio, lower alkoxy, lower alkylcarbonyl or lower alkoxycarbonyl, or is a heterocyclic radical, and the benzene ring A is unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, cyano, nitro, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylthio, lower alkylcarbonyl or lower alkoxycarbonyl.

Growing community of inventors

Oberwil, Switzerland

Hans Baumann