Anthraquinones blue dyes

There is a wide variety of dyes unique to the field of hair coloring. Successive N-alkylation of the nitrophenylenediamines has an additive bathochromic effect on the visible absorption to the extent that violet-blue dyes can be formed. Since the simple A/-alkyl derivatives do not have good dyeing properties, patent activity has concentrated on the superior A/-hydroxyalkyl derivatives of nitrophenylenediamines (29,30), some of which have commercial use (31). Other substituents have been used (32). A series of patents also have been issued on substituted water-soluble azo and anthraquinone dyes bearing quaternary ammonium groups (33). 

Production of anthraquinone reactive dyes based on derivatives of bromamine acid (8) was first commercialized in 1956. Some improvements have been made and now they ate predominandy used among the reactive blue dyes. Cl Reactive Blue 19 [2580-78-1] (9) (Cl 61200) (developed by Hoechst in 1957) has the greatest share among them including dye chromophores other than anthraquinones. 

The manufacturing process of anthraquinone vat dyes is more compHcated, and, in the extreme case of Cl Vat Blue 64 [15935-52-1] (12) (Cl 66730), requites 11 steps starting from phthaUc anhydride. 

World dye manufacturers have already begun to develop new types of dyes that can replace the anthraquinones technically and economically (1). Some successful examples can be found in a2o disperse red and blue dyes. Examples are brilliant red [68353-96-6] and Cl Disperse Blue 165 [41642-51 -7] (Cl 11077). They have come close to the level of anthraquinone reds and blues, respectively, in terms of brightness. In the reactive dye area intensive studies have continued to develop triphenodioxa2ine compounds, eg, (13), which are called new blues, to replace anthraquinone blues. In this representation R designates the substituents having reactive groups (see Dyes, reactive). 

Anthraquinone-a,a -disulfonic acids and Related Compounds. Anthraquinone-a,a -disulfonic acids and their derivatives are important intermediates for manufacturing disperse blue dyes (via 1,5-, or 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone, or 1,5-dichloroanthraquinone) and vat dyes (via... 

Indanthrones. Indanthrone blue (Cl Vat Blue 4) [81-77-6] (6) (Cl 69800) is the first invented anthraquinone vat dye, and has been extensively used as the most important vat dye for many decades because of its bright color as well as excellent affinity and fastness. These advantages are considered to be due to the stable stmcture attained by the intramolecular hydrogen bonding (145). 

Blue dyes are derived from anthraquiaone, phthalocyanine, or metallised formasan (7) (see Dyes, anthraquinone) (Figs. 1 and 2). There are also oxasiae and thiasine dyes reported (13) (see AziNEDYEs) (Fig. 2). 

Green dyes are obtained by bridging an anthraquinone blue chromogen with a yeUow chromogen, as in the following reactive green (28) [72090-52-9] (14) or from phthalocyanine (7). 

Nucleophilic substitution reactions, to which the aromatic rings are activated by the presence of the carbonyl groups, are commonly used in the elaboration of the anthraquinone nucleus, particularly for the introduction of hydroxy and amino groups. Commonly these substitution reactions are catalysed by either boric acid or by transition metal ions. As an example, amino and hydroxy groups may be introduced into the anthraquinone system by nucleophilic displacement of sulfonic acid groups. Another example of an industrially useful nucleophilic substitution is the reaction of l-amino-4-bromoanthraquinone-2-sulfonic acid (bromamine acid) (76) with aromatic amines, as shown in Scheme 4.5, to give a series of useful water-soluble blue dyes. The displacement of bromine in these reactions is catalysed markedly by the presence of copper(n) ions. 

Atmospheric ozone has also been reported as causing fading of certain dyes in some countries [425,426] diallyl phthalate (10.182) used as a carrier in the dyeing of cellulose triacetate fibres, is said to be an effective ozone inhibitor [427]. Nylon, especially when dyed with certain amino-substituted anthraquinone blue acid dyes, can also be susceptible to ozone fading [428,429]. Selection of ozone-resistant dyes is obviously the best counteractive measure, although hindered phenols (10.161) and hindered amines (10.162) are said to provide some protection. 

Anthraquinone autoxidation, 14 42-46 economic operation of, 14 51 Anthraquinoneazole dyes, 9 333—335 Anthraquinone Blue, colorant for plastics, 7 374t... 

A striking feature of disperse dye development in recent decades has been the steady growth in bathochromic azo blue dyes to replace the tinctorially weaker and more costly anthraquinone blues. One approach is represented by heavily nuclei-substituted derivatives of N,N-disubstituted 4-aminoazobenzenes, in which electron donor groups (e.g. 2-acylamino-5-alkoxy) are introduced into the aniline coupler residue and acceptor groups (acetyl, cyano or nitro) into the 2,4,6-positions of the diazo component. A PPP-MO study of the mobility of substituent configurations in such systems demonstrated that coplanarity of the two aryl rings could only be maintained if at least one of the 2,6-substituents was cyano. Thus much commercial research effort was directed towards these more bathochromic o-cyano-substituted dyes. 

The new Colour Index volume Pigments and Solvent Dyes lists some 350 solvent dyes and gives their chemical structures, unlike earlier editions which named 800 dyes but included few structures. This fall in numbers is not because of any decreased use but rather the general contraction in numbers of all dyes used in the textile industry. Solvent dyes have been introduced not by attempts to synthesise new colorants but by selection and in some cases modification of known disperse dyes to meet the technical requirements. The majority of solvent dyes are azo compounds but among the blue dyes there are anthraquinones. The aqueous solubility of some of the parent sulphonated dyes has been reduced to acceptable levels by formation of their salts with heavy metals or long-chain alkylamines. 

Derivatives of diaminoanthrarufin (3.77 X = Y = H) and its 1,8-dihydroxy-4,5-diamino isomer (diaminochrysazin) have been among the most widely used anthraquinone dyes for ester fibres. For example, methylation of diaminoanthrarufin gives Cl Disperse Blue 26, a mixture of several components. Study of the pure N-alkylated derivatives from the base confirmed that monosubstitution (3.77 X = H, Y = alkyl) gives mid-blue dyes with excellent dyeing properties and acceptable fastness on polyester, but the bis-alkyl dyes (3.77 X = Y = alkyl) are greener and inferior in application properties. Mixtures of the unsubstituted base with alkylated components, as obtained industrially, were especially advantageous for build-up to heavy depths, however [93]. 

Anthraquinone dyes are second only to azo dyes in importance as disperse dyes and are predominant in the red, violet, blue and blue-green sectors [14]. Because anthraquinone disperse dyes are relatively expensive to manufacture, successful attempts were made to replace some of them with technically equivalent and more economical products [15]. The replacement process has been most successful in the red region using, for example, heterocyclic azo dyes and novel chromogens. The brilliance of the anthraquinones with their narrow spectral absorption bands is difficult to attain with other structures, however, as is their high light fastness and chemical stability. The development of anthraquinone disperse dyes is included in a review by Dawson [16]. 

The effect of this additive on the conventional dyeing of wool with the anthraquinone sulphatoethylsulphone dye Cl Reactive Blue 19 (7.37) was investigated. 

Koprivanac, N, Loncaric Bozic, A, Papic, S. Cleaner production processes in the synthesis of blue anthraquinone reactive dye. Dyes and Pigments, 2000 44, 33-40. 

Blue Anthraquinone Dyes. All the important blue anthraquinone disperse dyes contain at least two amino groups in either the 1,4- or 1,5-positions, often with two additional hydroxy groups in the 5,8- or 4,8-respectively. The 1,4-substituted compounds are obtained by condensing the reduction product of quinizarin, 1,4-dihydroxyan-thraquinone, often called the leuco form, with the desired amines as shown in Figure 2.12. It should be noted that most anthraquinone disperse dyes are mixtures of products and not single compounds as drawn, a fact beneficial to their dyeing performance on polyester. 

These chromophores have declined significantly in importance as textile dyes bnt have remained of interest becanse of their fluorescent behaviour, as discussed in Chapter 3, section 3.5.1.5. One exception is the triphenodioxazine ring system, which is used to produce valuable blue dyes in the Direct (2.19) and Reactive dye classes (2.20) as well as pigments (see section 2.4.1.7). The dyes from this chromogen have a very high molar absorption coefficient (ca. 80 000) versus typical anthraquinone dyes (ca. 15 000) and have therefore replaced some of the dyes from this latter chromogen in the reactive dyeing of cotton. ... 

Other five-membered heterocycles such as thiophenes, thiazoles and oxazoles have been successfully annellated in the anthraquinone series. For example, the yellow dye (12) may be prepared from 2,6-diaminoanthraquinone by condensation with benzotrichloride and sulfur. Similarly, the six-membered heterocycles acridines, quinoneazines, pyrazines, acridones and pyrimidines are frequently incorporated (B-52MI11201). In fact, the best known of the anthraquinone vat dyes are indanthrone (13) and flavanthrone (14). The former anthraquinoneazine, a beautiful blue, which was the first such structure to be manufactured on a large scale, may be prepared by alkali fusion of 2-aminoanthraquinone at 220 °C (27MI11200). Treatment of 2-aminoanthraquinone in nitrobenzene with antimony pentachloride yields the yellow flavanthrone (14), the structure being confirmed by Scholl (07CB1691). Both indanthrone and flavanthrone and their derivatives have attracted considerable commercial attention. 

World dye manufacturers have already begun io develop new types of dyes that can replace the anthraquinones technically and economically. Some successful examples can be found in azo disperse red and blue dyes, in the reactive dye area intensive studies have continued to develop triphenudioxazine compounds to replace anthraquinone blues... 

Dichloroanlhraquinonc is an important intermediate for vat dyes and disperse blue dyes. 1.5-Dichloroanlhraquinone is prepared by the reaction of anthraquinone- 1,5-disuifonic acid with NaCIO in hot hydrochloric acid solution. 

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