Color lakes INDEX

Diphenylmethane Dyes. The diphenyhnethane dyes aie usually classed with the tiiaiyhnethane dyes. The dyes of this subclass are ketoimine derivatives, and only three such dyes are registered in the Colour Index. They ate Auramine O [2465-27-2J Cl Basic Yellow 2 (Cl 41000) (21, R = CHg), Auramine G [2151 -60-2] Cl Basic Yellow 3 (Cl 41005) (22), and Cl Basic Yellow 37 [6358-36-7] (Cl 41001) (21, R = C2H5). These dyes are still used extensively for the coloration of paper and in the preparation of pigment lakes. 

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