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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1991
Jean Cotteret, Verneuil-sur-Seine, FR;
Marie P Audousset, Levallois-Perret, FR;
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Process for dyeing keratinous fibres, in particular human keratinous fibres such as hair, characterized in that there is applied to these fibres a composition containing, in a suitable dyeing mixture, at least one indole-based coupler, of the formula: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 designates a hydrogen atom or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl radical; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be identical or different, designate a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 lower alkyl radical, a carboxyl radical or an alkoxycarbonyl radical; X designates a hydrogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 lower alkyl radical, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy radical, a halogen atom, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 acyloxy radical or an acetylamino group; the OH group occupying the 6- or 7- positions of the aromatic ring; as well as the salts of these compounds;