Dyeing cellulose-containing textile material with hydrogenated indigo
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsGeorg Schnitzer, Franz Suetsch, Michael Schmitt, Erich Kromm, Harald Schlueter, Rudolf Krueger, Andreas Weiper-Idelmann
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Abstract
A process for dyeing celluose-containing textile material with indigo comprises using an aqueous solution of leuco indigo prepared by catalytic hydrogenation and, after the leuco indigo has gone onto the textile material, converting it back into the pigment form in a conventional manner by air oxidation.
Claims7
A process for dyeing cellulose-containing textile material with indigo which comprises
- a) introducing into a dyebath an aqueous solution of leuco indigo prepared by catalytic hydrogenation;
- b) contacting the textile material with the dyebath;
- and, after the leuco indigo has gone onto the textile material,
- c) converting said leuco indigo back into the pigment form in a conventional manner by air oxidation.
A process for dyeing cellulose-containing textile material with indigo which comprises using an aqueous solution of leuco indigo prepared by catalytic hydrogenation and, after the leuco indigo has gone onto the textile material, converting the leuco indigo back into the pigment form by air oxidation, wherein the leuco indigo oxidized during dyeing by air contact is electrochemically reduced in the dyeing liquor using a mediator system.
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