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Manfred Eisert

Klaus Grychtol

Martin Fischer

Guenter Heil

Hellmut Kast

Rudolf Bermes

Werner Kuesters

Karl Schmeidl

Volkmar Weberndoerfer

Friedrich Brunnmueller

Basic colorants

A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are unsubstituted or hydroxy substituted, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy substituted, cyano substituted, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxycarbonyl substituted, di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino substituted, (CH.sub.3)(C.sub.6 H.sub.5 CH.sub.2)NC.sub.2 H.sub.4 substituted, chlorine substituted or bromine substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, cyclohexyl, benzyl, phenylethyl or phenyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen are morpholino, pyrrolidino, piperidino or N-methylpiperazino;

A process for the preparation of dyes which contain sulfonic acid groups and have a low electrolyte content, wherein an aqueous solution or suspension, which may or may not contain inorganic salts, of the dye containing sulfonic acid groups is

Preparation of dyes which contain sulfonic acid groups and have a low

Photopolymerizable binders for printing inks, coatings and printing plates, based on olefinically unsaturated compounds, with or without a polymeric binder component, and containing a diaminobenzophenone compound as the photosensitizer, are improved in respect of their toxicity and shelf life if the diaminobenzophenone compound has the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2 N--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --CO--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --NR.sup.3 R.sup.4, where R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are H(OR.sup.5).sub.x radicals, R.sup.5 being alkylene of 2 or 3 carbon atoms and x being 1, 2 or 3, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are each alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or are radicals of the type of R.sup.1 and R.sup.3.

Photopolymerizable binders containing diaminobenzophenones

Auramine salts having an ester of sulfopropionic acid as anion. The salts are more stable in storage than known auramine salts and therefore very suitable for the preparation of storage-stable solutions.

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