Abstract: The present invention relates to dyes of the formula (I) in which R1 to R10, D1 and D2 are defined as given in claim 1, a process for preparing them, and their use for dyeing and printing hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido-containing materials.

Abstract: Disclosed is an azo compound represented by the formula (1) below, a salt thereof, or a copper complex salt compound thereof. (In the formula, R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a sulfonic acid group, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxyl group; R3-R6 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxyl group; R7 represents a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxyl group; and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: Reactive dye mixtures comprising at least one red dyeing dye and at least one blue, yellow, orange or brown dyeing dye and their use in methods for the dichromatic or trichromatic dyeing or printing of cellulosic fiber materials are described. The reactive dye mixtures yield dyeings or prints having good reproducibility and good all-round fastness properties.

Abstract: Disclosed is an azo compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and n represents 1 or 2. Also disclosed are a dye-containing polarizing film and a dye-containing polarizing plate, each of which comprises a polarizing film base material and the azo compound contained in the base material.

Abstract: A polarization film, including a polymer resin, and a dichroic dye dispersed in the polymer resin and represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, Ar, R1 to R4 are the same as those defined in the detailed description.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) a process for their preparation and their use for dyeing and/or printing organic substrates.

Abstract: An azo pigment represented by the following general formula (1), a tautomer of the azo pigment, and a salt or a hydrate thereof: wherein each of R1, R2, P1, P2, Q1, and Q2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, G represents the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic group, W represents a substituent capable of binding to the heterocyclic group constituted by G, t represents an integer of from 0 to 4, each of Het-1 and Het-2 independently represents a group selected from specific aromatic heterocyclic groups.

Abstract: Disclosed is an azo compound represented by the general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group; and n represents 1 or 2. Also disclosed are a dye-containing polarizing film and a dye-containing polarizing plate, each of which comprises a polarizing film base material and the azo compound contained in the base material.

Abstract: Disclosed are a new dichroic dye having liquid crystal properties and dichroic properties and capable of being used for forming a polarization film with excellent heat resistance, durability, and polarizing properties, a composition including the same for a polarization film, a method for forming a polarization plate with excellent durability using the composition, and a polarization plate prepared thereby. The new dichroic dye has a structure of R1-L1-(M,L,D) (where, D is a dichroic structure, M is a structure with liquid crystal properties, R1 is a reactive end functional group, and L and L1 are linking structures). The composition for a polarization film includes the dichroic dye. In the method for forming the polarization plate, the composition for a polarization film is applied to a substrate and cured to prepare the polarization plate. The polarization plate has excellent dichroic ratio, heat resistance, durability, and polarizing properties.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula (I) a process for their preparation and their use for dyeing and/or printing organic substrates.

Abstract: A microorganism staining agent characterized in that an alkali substance and a diazo dye or xanthene dye are contained therein; and a method of detecting microorganisms with the use of the agent. There are provided a microorganism staining agent which resolves the problem of pretreatment posed by the conventional direct speculum method, being capable of staining microorganisms in shorter time; and a method of detecting microorganisms with the use of the agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of coloring keratin-containing fibres, especially human hair, in which method a compound of formula (I), wherein R is hydroxy or NHR1, R1 being hydrogen or C1–C4alkyl, and B is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring, is diazotised, and the resulting diazonium salt is applied at a pH of from 2 to 5 to the material being colored and then, by means of increasing the pH to from 7 to 12, is fixed on the material in the form of an oligomeric or polymeric colorant

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous liquid formulation comprising ?5–25% by weight of a dye composition comprising 20–100% by weight of Direct Yellow 11 or of a dye obtainable by reduction or thermal treatment of Direct Yellow 11 ?0–30% by weight of a blue direct dye, ?0–30% by weight of a red direct dye, and ?0–60% by weight of a brown direct dye all based on the dye composition, and ?1–25% by weight of poly-N-vinylformamide and/or of a polymer obtained by polymerization of a mixture of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers and >50% by weight of N-vinylformamide based on total monomers, based on the total weight of the aqueous liquid formulation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for printing fibrous textile materials using the ink-jet printing technique, wherein the fibrous materials are printed with an aqueous ink that comprises at least one acid dye according to claim 1 and that has a viscosity of from 1 to 40 mPa·s.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for desalting aqueous suspensions containing an organic diazonium compound and electrolytes containing Na ions, in which the aqueous suspension is passed through a semipermeable membrane.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to aqueous compositions of organic diazo compounds which are capable of being readily handled in commercial applications and to the surface modification of polymeric substrates utilizing the subject diazo composition.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the preparation of concentrated stable liquid dye solutions of CI Direct Yellow 11 starting with the product of the basic condensation of para-nitrotoluene-ortho-sulfonic acid in the form of its tetrasodium reaction mass or the wet filter cake separation of the solids from said mass and the reaction liquids or the dry technical grade sodium complex which is the dried filter cake. The solid starting material is suspended in a lower alkanol/water medium; the suspension is acidified to a pH below about 2.5 to acidify each sulfo moiety on the chromophore and to form the free inorganic salt; this acidified suspension is heated to assure completion of the metathetical salt-forming reaction; after sufficient heating, the mixture of the acidified chromophore and the salt is neutralized to a pH in the range 6.0 to 7.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the preparation of concentrated stable liquid dye solutions of CI Direct Yellow 11 starting with the tetrasodium complex of the stilbeneazo(xy) based-catalyzed condensation of 4-nitro-toluene-2-sulfonic acid, the wet-cake or the dried technical grade of the condensed tetrasodium complex. The process comprises the steps of forming an aqueous suspension of the starting materials which are admixed with the extended surface silica filter aid and the resulting slurry is acidified with a strong inorganic acid to pH below about 2.

Abstract: The dispersions contain(a) 30 to 60% by weight of a diazotizable aromatic amine bearing electrophilic substituents and having an average particle size below 10 .mu.m (microns),(b) 0.1 to 5% by weight of a water-soluble polymer or copolymer of an N-vinyl-lactam,(c) 0.1 to 5% by weight of an anionic dispersing agent,(d) 0 to 30% by weight of at least one hydrotropic compound and/or at least one compound which lowers the freezing point and(e) water.The dispersions can be prepared by wet-grinding of the components. They can be used to produce azopigments in substance or azodyestuffs on textile substrates. Their diazotization proceeds very quickly and completely.

Abstract: The stability of organic substrates having an absorption maximum between 300 and 800 nm in wavelength can be improved by at least one compound represented by the formula (I); ##STR1## wherein M represents Cu, Co, Ni, Pd or Pt; X.sub.1, X.sub.2, X.sub.3 and X.sub.4 eachrepresents an oxygen or sulfur atom, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represents an alkyl, an aryl, a cycloalkyl, an oxocyclalkyl or a heterocyclic group attached to the carbon atom on the chelate ring directly or through a divalent connecting group, R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl, an aryl, a cycloalkyl, an oxocycloalkyl or a heterocyclic group attached to the carbon atom on the chelate ring directly or through a connecting group whereby R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be the same or different and R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may combine with each other to form a 5-, 6- or 7- member ring structure.

Abstract: Dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein B and D are each independently 1,4-phenylene or 1,4-naphthylene; M is hydrogen, lithium, sodium, potassium or ammonium;A.sub.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, trifluoromethyl, nitro, chloro, bromo, cyano, or hydroxy;B.sub.1 and B.sub.2 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1-3 alkoxy, C.sub.1-3 alkyl, chloro or bromo;D.sub.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, or chloro;D.sub.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, chloro, bromo, fluoro, or acylamino, acyl being C.sub.1-5 alkanoyl, C.sub.1-5 alkylsulfonyl, benzoyl or benzenesulfonyl, each acyl unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 of C.sub.1-2 alkyl, C.sub.1-2 alkoxy, chloro, bromo, cyano, or hydroxy; andR.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each C.sub.1-6 alkyl, C.sub.1-6 chloro or bromoalkyl, C.sub.2-6 hydroxy- or dihydroxyalkyl, C.sub.2-6 alkoxyalkyl, C.sub.1-6 cyanoalkyl, or phenyl-C.sub.1-2 alkyl (phenyl unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 3 of C.sub.1-2 alkyl, C.sub.

Abstract: Process for printing textile mixed fabrics of polyester and cellulose fibers with printing pastes containing coupling components dissolved in an alkaline medium, sodium nitrite, diazotizable primary aromatic amines and optionally disperse dyestuffs, in which process the amines are used as a solution or in the form of an aqueous fine dispersion with a particle size of less than 0.03 mm and are selected in a manner that they are practically non-volatile at the drying temperatures and exhibit minimum basicity with the pK.sub.a being 2.