Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Daiei Chemical Co., Ltd.

Daili Chemical Company, Limited

Masanobu Terao

Toshio Nakamatsu

Takashi Omura

Yoshiaki Hayashi

Yasuyoshi Ueda

Yuzo Maegawa

Norio Kometani

Kiyoyasu Hashimoto

Shigetoshi Muneishi

An anthrapyridone compound of the following formula (I), which is useful for coloring synthetic resins: ##STR1## wherein Q is --NH.sub.2, --NHCH.sub.3 or --NHCOZ where Z is phenyl or alkyl which may be substituted; X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 are each hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, --NHCOR.sup.1, --CONR.sup.2 R.sup.3 m --COR.sup.4, --COOR.sup.5, --SO.sub.2 R.sup.6 or --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.7 R.sup.8 where R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 are each C.sub.1-4 alkyl, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each alkyl or hydroxyalkyl and R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 alkyl, with proviso that when Q is --NHCH.sub.3, X.sub.1, X.sub.2 and X.sub.3 are each hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy, hydroxy, --NHCOR.sup.1, --CONR.sup.2 R.sup.3, --COR.sup.4, --COOR.sup.5, --SO.sub.2 R.sup.6 or --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.7 R.sup.8. Process for producing the anthrapyridone compound is also provided.

Anthrapyridone compounds

A methine compound represented by the following formula and an agent containing the same for coloring resins such as polystyrene, ABS. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a nitro group or a lower carboxylic ester group; R.sup.2 is a lower alkyl group, a lower carboxylic amide group or a lower carboxylic ester group; and X is --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.3 R.sup.4, --SO.sub.2 NCHNR.sup.5 R.sup.6 or --SO.sub.2 R.sup.7, where R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a phenyl group, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each is a lower alkyl group, and R.sup.7 is a lower alkyl group or a hydroxyethyl group.

Pyrazole containing methine compounds

2,4-Dichloro-3-alkyl-6-nitrophenol, which is a precursor of 2,4-dichloro-3-alkyl-6-aminophenol useful for the production of a cyan coupler to be used with a sensitive material in the field of a photography in color, is industrially advantageously produced by (a) nitration of 2,4,5-trichloro-3-alkylbenzene, followed by hydrolysis of the resulting 2,4,5-trichloro-3-alkyl-6-nitrobenzene, or (b) hydrolysis of 2,4,5-trichloro-3-alkylbenzene-6-sulfonic acid or a salt thereof, followed by nitration of the resulting 2,4-dichloro-3-alkylphenol-6-sulfonic acid or a salt thereof, the starting material usable for these processes being 4-alkylbenzenesulfonic acid or a salt thereof, which is easily available.

Process for producing 2,4-dichloro-3-alkyl-6-nitrophenol

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