Abstract: Dyes are transferred from a substrate to an acceptor by sublimation or vaporization of the dye by means of a thermal printing head by using a substrate on which there is situated cationic dyes having a cyanine chromophore and one or more N-H groups which are part of the cyanine chromophore, in their electrically neutral form as the result of deprotonation at the N-H group and transferring these deprotonated dyes to a coated paper.

Abstract: An isothiazolylazo dye of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group or unsubstituted aryl or substituted aryl group selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## and K is a radical of the formula ##STR3## where B is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or a substituted amino radical selected from the group consisting of ##STR4## R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methyl, methoxy or ethoxy, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are each unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or substituted alkyl groups selected from the group of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyls which are substituted by chlorine, bromine, cyano, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, benzyloxy, phenoxy, phenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylcarbonyloxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, phenoxy or phenyl, phenycarbonyloxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by chlorine, bromine, methoxy, ethoxy, methyl or ethyl, oxycarbonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## where Y is chlorine or bromine, Z is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, a sulfonic ester group, nitro or unsubstituted or substituted sulfamyl, X is --O-- or ##STR2## R is alkylene which may or may not be interrupted by oxygen, ##STR3## m is 1 or 2, n is 0 or 1, p is 0, 1 or 2, q is 1 or 2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are each hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, together with the nitrogen atom, form a heterocyclic structure, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, B is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, B.sup.1 is hydrogen, hydroxyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, A.sup.- is an anion, R.sup.4 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, R.sub.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## where R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, phenyl, chlorophenyl, methylphenyl, methoxyphenyl or nitrophenyl; R.sup.1 is allyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy, phenoxy, phenyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkanoyloxy, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, methylcyclohexyl, norbornyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted by chlorine, methyl or alkoxy; R.sup.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkanoyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.10 -alkanoyl substituted by alkoxy or phenoxy, cyclohexanoyl, benzoyl, benzoyl substituted by chlorine, methyl or methoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, phenylaminocarbonyl, CH.sub.3 NHCO, C.sub.2 H.sub.5 NHCO, C.sub.3 H.sub.7 NHCO, C.sub.4 H.sub.9 NHCO, (CH.sub.3).sub.2 NCO, CH.sub.3 SO.sub.2, C.sub.6 H.sub.5 SO.sub.2 or p--CH.sub.3 --C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --SO.sub.2 ; or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, together with the nitrogen atom, form a ring system, and K is a radical of a coupling component.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is hydroxyl or unsubstituted or substituted amino, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, X.sup.1 and Y.sup.1 independently of one another are each a carboxylic acid ester or ether group and X.sup.2 and Y.sup.2 independently of one another are each hydrogen, nitro or chlorine, are very useful for coloring petroleum products, solvents and engine fuel additives.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where R is substituted alkyl and K is the radical of a coupling component free from unsaturated aliphatic radicals, are very useful for dyeing cellulose esters and synthetic polyesters.

Abstract: Dye mixtures which comprise two or more dyes of the formula ##STR1## ps where X is hydrogen, methyl or chlorine, and R is a radical of the formula OR.sup.1, OCOCH.sub.3, OCOC.sub.2 H.sub.5, R.sup.1 being hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, are very useful for dyeing cellulose esters.

Abstract: Method for the determination of a component in a liquid which component is selected from ions, polar substances lipophilic substances, which comprises contacting a liquid sample containing said component with, and allowing same to act upon, a complex ligand or host molecule which is selective toward the component, said complex ligand or host molecule being bonded to a chromophore material, and measuring the change of extinction or the wavelength displacement of the resulting mixture as a measure of the initial content of said component; corresponding reagent test kits are also provided. The complex ligands or host molecules include cyclodextrins, cyclophanes, crown ethers, cryptands, podands valinomycin, gramacidin and monactin.