Abstract: The present invention includes methods, articles, compositions and colorant dyes and pigments that include biocidal N-halamine dye composition having two or more heterocyclic ring structures attached to one or more N-halamine groups, wherein one or more halogens associate with the one or more one or more N-halamine groups to affect biocidal activity.

Abstract: This invention relates to azo pigments of general formula (I) wherein D represents the radical of a diazo component; R1 and R2 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, a C1-C4 alkyl radical which is optionally substituted by hydroxy, amino, halogen or methoxy, or a (C6-C10) aryl radical which is optionally substituted by one, two or three substituents from the group C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, F, Cl, Br, CF3, NO2, OH, CONH2, CONH(C1-C4 alkyl), CON(C1-C4 alkyl)2, COO(C1-C4 alkyl), SO2NH2, SO2NH(C1-C4 alkyl) and SO2N(C1-C4 alkyl)2, provided that R1 and R2 do not simultaneously represent hydrogen; R4 represents hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl, halogen, trifluoromethyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, NO2, or CN; and n represents 1, 2 or 3

Abstract: Preparation of pigment dispersions by a1) subjecting a mixture A comprising a latent pigment and a polymer to thermal, chemical or photolytic treatment and b) then adding a solvent, or a2) subjecting a mixture B comprising a latent pigment, a polymer and a solvent to thermal, chemical or photolytic treatment, new pigment dispersions and new latent pigments, their use in the process according to the invention for preparing the fine pigment dispersions and the use of the dispersions according to the invention for pigmenting high molecular mass material, including color filters.

Abstract: A monoazo compound synthesized using 2-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-dicarboxylic acid (or salt thereof), an amide, an ureide or an ester thereof as a coupler is novel, and is superior in water resistance, chemical resistance and solvent resistance. The present invention provides such a novel azo compound and a process for producing the same.

Abstract: Dyestuffs of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 independently of one another represent an acyl radical,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 independently of one another represent hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,X represents a bridge member which is not fibre-reactive andn and m independently of one another represent 1 or 2,are outstandingly suitable for dyeing and printing substrates containing hydroxyl and/or amide groups, in particular for printing paper by the ink-jet method.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a monoazo dye compound having a structural unit represented by the following formula in its molecule:--X--Y--(R.sub.1)(R.sub.2)(R.sub.3).sub.k [I]wherein Y is a 6-membered ring containing 2 or 3 nitrogen atoms, X is a linking group for bonding a main body of the dye molecule to Y, R.sub.1 is the first amino acid residue, R.sub.2 is an atomic group selected from the following group A, R.sub.3 is another atomic group selected from the following group BB, and k is a number of 0 or 1:Group A: H, OH, NH.sub.2, CN, .dbd.O and the second amino acid residue;Group BB: H, OH, NH.sub.2, CN and .dbd.O,the first and second amino acid residues being identical with or different from each other.

Abstract: The production which is customary in practice of monoazo compounds based on dichloro- and trichloroanilines or disazo compounds of the chlorinated biphenyl series by conventional coupling methods meets with difficulties in that the resulting pigments are contaminated by traces of polychlorinated biphenyls.According to the invention, it has now been found that by addition of water-soluble olefins of the type ##STR1## (R =H, alk or Oalk; X =--COOR.sup.1, --CONHR.sup.2 or --NR.sup.3 COR.sup.4)in the azo coupling, the side reactions which form PCBs can be decidedly suppressed during synthesis of the pigments.

Abstract: Disazo dyes suitable for preparing inks have the formula ##STR1## where m is 1 or 2,n is 0 or 1,Z.sup.1 is hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl,Z.sup.2 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkanoyl, substituted or unsubstituted benzoyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkylsulfonyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenylsulfonyl or a derivatized 1,3,5-triazinyl radical, andD is the radical of a diazo component of the class of the thiazole, thiophene, aminobenzoic acid or phenylenediamine compounds.

Abstract: Compounds of the formulae I and II ##STR1## in which A is a radical of the formulae III, IV or V ##STR2## R.sub.1 and R.sub.4 are --H or --Cl, R.sub.2 and R.sub.5 are --H, halogen, --NO.sub.2, --CN, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, --CF.sub.3 or phenyloxy which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two chlorine atoms and/or one or two methyl or methoxy groups, and R.sub.3 is alkyl having at least 10 C atoms, X is a radical of the formulae --NH--, --O--, ##STR3## n is the number 1 or 2, Y is the radical of the formulae --COO--, --OOC--, --CONH-- or --NHCO-- or a radical of the formulae ##STR4## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined above, D is an aromatic heterocyclic 5- or 6-membered ring, in which the ring contains 1 or 2 N atoms and may additionally contain an O atom or S atom, Z is --H, --Br, --OCH.sub.3, --CN or --NO.sub.2 and X.sub.1 and X.sub.2, independently of one another, are --H, halogen, --CH.sub.3, --OCH.sub.3, --OC.sub.2 H.sub.5 or --NO.sub.2 and X.sub.

Abstract: Azo dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes acyl,R.sub.2 denotes hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine or trifluoromethyl,R.sub.3 denotes hydrogen, optionally substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, cyclohexyl or optionally substituted phenyl andR.sub.4 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl groupare suitable for dyeing natural and synthetic fibre materials, for example for dyeing wool or polyamide fibres, in level read to violet shades with very good fastnesses to light, wet processing and perspiration, the color yield being good.

Abstract: A pigment composition consisting of 100 parts by weight of a pigment, and from 0.1 to 30 parts by weight of a pigment dispersant of formula ##STR1## in which Q is (a) an anthraquinone dye or pigment radical, (b) an azo dye or pigment radical, (c) a benzimidazolone dye or pigment radical, (d) a phthalocyanine dye or pigment radical, (e) a quinacridone dye or pigment radical, (f) a dioxazine dye or pigment radical, (g) an anthrapyrimidine dye or pigment radical, (h) an anthanthrone dye or pigment radical, (i) an indanthrone dye or pigment radical, (j) a falvanthrone dye or pigment radical, (k) a pyranthrone dye or pigment radical, (l) a perinone dye or pigment radical, (m) a perylene dye or pigment or (n) a thioindigo dye or pigment radical; X is a direct bonds, --CH.sub.2 --; ##STR2## Y.sub.1 is NH or --O--; Z is in which Y.sub.2 is --NH-- or --O--, or --NH--X--Q when n is 1; R.sub.1 and R.sub.

Abstract: When diazotizing lower alkyl esters of 3-nitro-4-aminobenzoic acid and coupling them onto 5-(2'-hydroxy-3'-naphthoylamino)-benzimidazolone-(2) which may be substituted in 6'-position by chlorine or bromine, in 1-position by methyl or ethyl and in the benzo-nucleus by chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, methoxy or ethoxy, and such as further illustrated by a representative formula ##STR1## wherein R is alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, methyl, ethyl, methoxy or ethoxy, Y is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and Z is hydrogen, chlorine or bromine. Colorants are obtained which are especially useful for pigmenting plastics, spinning masses, printing inks, varnishes and paints. The dyeings obtained therewith are fast to light, weathering, solvents and migration, especially fast to overvarnishing and bleeding.