Abstract: Reactive dyes of the formula ##STR1## where n is 1 or 2,R.sup.1 is hydrogen or hydroxysulfonyl,R.sup.2 is hydrogen or hydroxyl,R.sup.3 is substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl or substituted phenyl,R.sup.4 is hydrogen or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, together with the nitrogen atom linking them, form a heterocyclic radical andD is a radical of a diazo or tetrazo component, each having at least one mechanism,their use for dyeing or printing hydroxyl-containing or nitrogen-containing organic substrates, and novel aminonaphthalenes.

Abstract: There are described benzophenoneazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where the ring A can be benzofused and a benzofused ring A can be overbridges,m is 1 or 2,K is the radical of a coupling component,Y is hydrogen or arylazo,one of the two radicals X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 is hydrogen and the other is hydroxysulfonyl,R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently of the others hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, 2-hydroxy-ethylsulfonyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or, when m is 1 and Y is hydrogen, one of these substituents can also be the radical of the formula ##STR2## where L.sup.1 is a chemical bond or a bridge member, and X.sup.1, X.sup.2, R.sup.4, K and the ring A are each as defined above, andR.sup.4 is hydrogen, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: There are described benzophenoneazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where the ring A can be benzofused and a benzofused ring A can be overbridged,m is 1 or 2,K is the radical of a coupling component,Y is hydrogen or arylazo,one of the two radicals X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 is hydrogen and the other is hydroxysulfonyl,R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently of the others hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, 2-hydroxyethylsulfonyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or, when m is 1 and Y is hydrogen, one of these substituents can also be the radical of the formula ##STR2## where L.sup.1 is a chemical bond or a bridge member, andX.sup.1, X.sup.2, R.sup.4, K and the ring A are each as defined above, andR.sup.4 is hydrogen, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: Pelts and skin pelts can be self-tanned, pretanned and assist tanned and leather and skin can be retanned by using for this purpose the compound Ior an acetal thereof.

Abstract: Condensation polymers of sulfonated phenols, urea, other organic nitrogen-bases and formaldehyde, obtainable by(A) sulfonation of phenols with from 1.0 to 1.5 moles of sulfuric acid per mole of phenol and(B) condensation of these sulfonation products with(a) from 0.5 to 1.8 moles of urea per mole of phenol,(b) from 0.001 to 0.5 moles of at least one other organic nitrogen-base per mole of phenol, and(c) from 1.0 to 3.0 moles of formaldehyde per mole of phenol.The condensation polymers are suitable for use as tanning agents in the leather and skin-producing industry and as spraying aids for redispersible polymer powders.

Abstract: Fluent dye preparations useful for dyeing leather or wool containa) at least 15% of the weight of the dye preparation of one or more polyazo dyes in salt form which have one or more hydroxysulfonyl and/or carboxyl groups and may be present in the form of a 1:1 or 1:2 metal complex,b) from 2 to 15% of the weight of the dye preparation of a surfactant, andc) water.

Abstract: Copolymers which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of (a) C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -alkyl vinyl ethers, if necessary as a mixture with not more than 50 mol % of C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -monoolefins, with (b) ethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic anhydrides at from 80.degree. to 300.degree. C. to give copolymers having molecular weights of from 500 to 20,000 g/mol, subsequent solvolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymers and partial or complete neutralization of the carboxyl groups formed during the solvolysis, in an aqueous medium by means of a base, and which are present in the form of aqueous dispersions or solutions, are used as agents for imparting water repellency to leathers and skins.

Abstract: Copolymers which are obtainable by free radical copolymerization of (a) C.sub.8 --C.sub.40 -monoolefins with (b) ethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.8 -dicarboxylic anhydrides by mass polymerization at from 80.degree. to 300.degree. C. to give copolymers having molecular weights of from 500 to 20,000 g/mol, subsequent solvolysis of the anhydride groups of the copolymers and partial or complete neutralization of the carboxyl groups formed during the solvolysis, in an aqueous medium by means of a base, and which are present in the form of aqueous dispersions or solutions, are used as agents for rendering leathers and skins water-repellent.

Abstract: Dyed leather is aftertreated with quaternized condensation products ofA) a precondensate of one or more trialkanolamines of the Formula I ##STR1## B) a) a carboxylic acid derivative thereof IIa ##STR2## b) a carboxamide IIb ##STR3## c) an epichlorohydrin IIc ##STR4## d) a monofunctional compound IId R.sup.9 --Y IIde) a bifunctional compound IIeZ'--R.sup.10 --Z.sup.

Abstract: Products of the condensation of phenolmonosulfonic acids, dihydroxydiphenyl sulfones, urea and formaldehyde can be obtained by(A) preparing a homogeneous reaction mixture in sulfuric acid from the phenolmonosulfonic acid and dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone in the molar ratio of from 3:1 to 10:1, with the proviso that the water content of the mixture is not more than 10% of the total weight of the components, and the mixture contains from 0.3 to 1.5 moles of sulfuric acid per mole of dihydroxydiphenyl sulfone, at from 100.degree. to 180.degree. C.,(B) subsequently, at from 40.degree. to 90.degree. C., carrying out a precondensation with 1 to 2 moles of formaldehyde and 0.5 to 1.5 moles of urea per mole of phenol units present in aqueous medium,(C) partially neutralizing the reaction mixture,(D) adding to the partially neutralized reaction mixture 0 to 0.5 mole of phenol per mole of phenol units present and then 0.1 to 0.8 mole of formaldehyde per mole of phenol units then present,(E) further condensing at from 40.

Abstract: Copolymers which containa) from 50 to 90% by weight of C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -alkyl methacrylates, vinyl esters of C.sub.8 -C.sub.40 -carboxylic acids or mixtures thereof andb) from 10 to 50% by weight of monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -carboxylic acids, monoethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides, monoesters or monoamides of monoethylenically unsaturated C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 -dicarboxylic acids, amides of C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -monocarboxylic acids or mixtures thereofas copolymerized units and have molecular masses of from 500 to 30,000 are used in at least partially neutralized form in aqueous solution or dispersion for making leather and furs water repellent.

Abstract: Polyazo dyes useful for dyeing leather in the free form or as copper, chromium, iron, cobalt or nickel complexes have the formula ##STR1## where m is 0, 1 or 2, n is 0 or 1, p is from 1 to 2, q is from 0 to 1, and R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, R.sup.7, X, Y and the ring A are each as defined, and may be prepared from aniline derivatives of the formula ##STR2## where m is 0, 1, or 2, n is 0 or 1, and X, R.sup.1, R.sub.2 and R.sup.3 are each as defined.

Abstract: Leather is dyed with pigments in an aqueous liquor at from 20.degree. to 60.degree. C. in the presence of an alkoxylated amine of 20 or more carbon atoms.

Abstract: A condensate of bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl) sulfone, an aldehyde, a dialdehyde and/or glyoxylic acid and aminoacetic acid or an N-substituted aminoacetic acid is prepared and used as a tanning assistant, in a process for tanning leather in combination with, in particular, aluminum tanning agents.

Abstract: A tanning assistant useful in particular for tanning in combination with aluminum tanning agents is obtained by condensing melamine with glyoxal and/or glyoxylic acid and optionally with an aromatic compound which has a phenolic hydroxyl group or optionally with a condensable nitrogen compound.

Abstract: Novel compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where A is a fiber-reactive radical of the triazine, pyrimidine or vinylsulfone series, D is a radical of a sulfo-containing diazo component of the aniline or aminonaphthalene series, K is the radical of a coupling component of the aminohydroxynaphthalene series, X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, phenoxy, hydroxysulfonyl, carboxyl, acetyl, propionyl, methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, phenoxysulfonyl or unsubstituted or substituted carbamyl or sulfamyl, and Y is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, phenoxy, phenoxysulfonyl, acetyl, propionyl, methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, p-acetylaminophenylsulfonyl, hydroxysulfonyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: In a particularly time-saving and economical process for deliming hides, a cyclic ester of sulfurous acid with an aliphatic 1,2-diol is used as the deliming agent.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or bromine, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or nitro, B is aliphatic or a sulfo-substituted phenylene radical, and X is a dye radical, are useful for dyeing hydroxyl-containing textile material, in particular cotton.

Abstract: A powder formulation of the dye of the formula ##STR1## which contains sodium chloride and a condensate of .beta.-naphthalenesulfonic acid with formaldehyde, or a sulfomethylation product which is obtained by condensing phenol, formaldehyde and a sulfite or bisulfite in the presence of sodium hydroxide, using a molar ratio of phenol: formaldehyde: sulfite or bisulfite: sodium hydroxide of 1:1.0-4:0.3-1.6:0.05-0.5.The dye formulation is readily soluble in water and gives speck-free prints and dyeings, with a high color yield.