Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Karl Maier

Guenter Hansen

Fritz Graser

Wolf-Dieter Kermer

Guenter Meyer

Ernst Hartwig

Disperse dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which D is the radical of a diazo component, Y is a linear or branched, unsubstituted or substituted alkylene of one to four carbon atoms;

P-Aminoazo disperse dyes

Dye formulations for transfer printing which in addition to conventional ingredients contain dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are hydrogen, hydroxy, chloro, bromo or alkylamino substituents, one of R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 being different from hydrogen. The dyes are distinguished by a comparatively very low transfer temperature.

Transfer dyes

An improvement in the process for the manufacture of 1-amino-2-alkoxy-4-hydroxyanthraquinones by reaction of primary, saturated, linear or branched aliphatic alcohols, which may contain further substituents, with 1-amino-2-phenoxy-4-hydroxyanthraquinone or 1-amino-2-methoxy-4-hydroxyanthraquinone in the presence of alkaline reagents, which consists in carrying out the reaction in the presence of polyethylene glycols of molecular weight above 150. The presence of the polyethylene glycol facilitates the reaction and as a result high yields of reaction product are obtained even with alcohols which react incompletely, if at all, in prior processes.

Manufacture of 1-amino-2-alkoxy-4-hydroxyanthraquinones

Anthraquinoid disperse dyes of formula: ##SPC1## In which

Growing community of inventors

Ludwigshafen, Germany

Karl Maier