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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
David Malcolm Lewis, Otley, GB;
Dong Wei He, Leeds, GB;
Taher Iqbal Yousaf, Egham, GB;
Gilles Yves Marie Fernand Genain, London, GB;
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A reactive dye compound comprising: (a) at least one chromophore moiety; (b) at least one SO2C2H4 group which is attached to the chromphore moiety either directly via the sulphur atom of the SO2C2H4 group or via a linking group L; characterized in that at least one SO2C2H4 group is substituted on its terminal carbon atom with at least one Y group wherein Y is a phosphonate or borate derivative. The compounds herein high Exhaustion Values (E), high Fixation Values (F) and high Efficiency Values (T) and show significant improvements in terms of reducing spent dyestuff in effluent, increasing dye affinity to the substrate, increasing the dye-substrate covalent bonding, increasing the ability to dye substrates at room temperature, decreasing the amount of dye that is removed during the post dyeing “soaping off process” and therefore simplifying the post dyeing “soaping off process” and therefore simplifying the post dyeing “soaping off process” traditionally associated with dyeing cotton with fibre reactive dyes and reduction of staining of adjacent white fabrics. In addition, the compounds prepared above provided more intense dyeings and require less levels of salt for dyeing cotton substrates.