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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1996
Alain Lagrange, Coupvray, FR;
Jean Jacques Vandenbosche, Sevran, FR;
Jean Cotteret, Verneuil-sur-Seine, FR;
Marie Pascale Audousset, Levallois-Perret, FR;
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention concerns the use of a 3-substituted para-aminophenol as an oxidation dye precursor for dyeing keratinous fibres, in particular human hair. The 3-substituted para-aminophenol has formula: ##STR1## where R.sub.1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, mono- or polyhydroxyalkyl, nitrile, cyanoalkyl, halogenoalkyl, aminoalkyl or alkoxyalkyl and R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, alkyl or mono- or polyhydroxyalkyl, provided that when R.sub.2 is hydrogen R.sub.1 is not methyl or trifluoromethyl, and to addition salts thereof with an acid. The invention also concerns dye compositions containing compound (I). The invention further concerns novel 3-substituted para-aminophenols.