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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1976
Robert Garner, Ramsbottom Bury, GB;
Max Dunnenberger, Frenkendorf, CH;
Ciba-Geigy AG, Basel, CH;
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of color formers comprising reaction of 2 moles of an indole in the presence of a condensation agent with about 1 mole of an anhydride of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is the residue of a benzene or naphthalene or of a heterocyclic ring, the new color formers obtained by reacting 2 moles of an indole with a halogen- or nitro-substituted phthalic anhydride, or the anhydride of a vicinal naphthalene pyridine or quinoline dicarboxylic acid, the new 3,3-bis-(indol-3-yl)-phthalides substituted at the nitrogen atom with aralkyl or alkyl with 6 to 18 carbon atoms or alkenyl radicals with 3 to 18 carbon atoms or substituted alkyl or alkylene groups with 1 to 18 and 3 to 18 carbon atoms respectively and pressure sensitive recording paper containing at least one of the new color formers.