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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christian Heid, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Konrad Mix, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Heinz Dickmanns, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Erwin Krusche, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Assignee:
Cassella Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09B / ; D06P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8587 ; 8652 ;
Abstract
Dyeing and printing with sulfur dyestuffs involves dissolving the dyestuff by reduction. The dissolved reduced dyestuff is applied to the material to be dyed or printed and the dyestuff is reconverted into in soluble dyestuff by oxidation. The present invention improves the prior art by using as the dyestuff reducing agent a compound of the formula ##STR1## or an alkali metal salt thereof, wherein R is --H or --OH and R' is --H, --CH.sub.3 or --CH.sub.2 OH.