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US 2003/0163879 A1Published application
Reactive dye mixtures
OwnerColin Brennan, Manfred Patschinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed is a dye mixture including two or more compounds of the formula I A-D-(B)a—Y—(B)b-D-A (I) where A, D, B and Y are each as defined in the description part. The mixture provides improved levelness and color strength compared to the corresponding individual compounds.
Claims8
A dye mixture including two or more compounds of the formula (I)
- A-D-(B)a—Y—(B)b-D-A (I)
- where D is a chromophore of the formula
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- where the second sulfonic acid group of the naphthalene core is present on position 5 or 6, preferably position 6, the A radicals are each a chromophoric group which is attached to D via an azo group, the bridging group Y is a radical of the formulae III, IV, V or VI
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- a C2-C4-alkylene group, which optionally comprises 1, 2 or 3 NR4 or O heteroatoms and which is optionally substituted by 1 or 2 OH or COOH groups, R4 being H or C1-C4-alkyl,
- a C1-C4-alkylene group comprising at least one C3-C7-cycloalkelene group (optionally substituted by one or two C1-C4-alkyl groups), a phenylene group (optionally substituted by one or two C1-C4-alkyl and/or SO3H groups) and/or a nonaromatic 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group having one or two nitrogen heteroatoms, or
- a C3-C7-cycloalkylene group,
- where Y can also be a chemical bond when one of the indices a or b is 0 and the other is 1,
- o and p are independently 1, 2 or 3,
- Q is N or CH,
- q is from 0 to 10 subject to the proviso that q cannot be 0 or 1 when Q is N,
- R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, C1-4-alkyl, hydroxy-C1-4-alkyl and amino-C1-4-alkyl,
- B is
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- where
- X is chlorine or optionally substituted pyridinium,
- or including at least one compound of the formula I and at least one compound of the formula Ia
- A-D-B—Y—H (Ia)
- where A, D, B and Y are each as defined above,
- wherein the compound of the formula I and Ia can also be included in the form of a salt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.