Leather Polyazo Dyes

TrisaZO and Polyazo Dyes. These are mostly direct dyes, the hues ate predominandy brown, black, or dark blue or green. Some are leather dyes. Benzidine, which used to be an important bisdiazo component, has been replaced by 4,4 -diaminobenzanilide [785-30-8] ... 

Direct dyes are used for colouring cellulose fibres, paper and leather. They are principally polyazo dyes of comparatively high molecular weight. Various authors have reported the separation of direct dyes... 

Direct Dyes. These water-soluble anionic dyes, when dyed from aqueous solution in the presence of electrolytes, are substantive to, i.e., have high affinity for, cellu-losic fibers. Their principal use is the dyeing of cotton and regenerated cellulose, paper, leather, and, to a lesser extent, nylon. Most of the dyes in this class are polyazo compounds, along with some stilbenes, phthalocyanines, and oxazines. Aftertreatments, frequently applied to the dyed material to improve washfastness properties, include chelation with salts of metals (usually copper or chromium), and treatment with formaldehyde or a cationic dye-complexing resin. 

The direct dyes that are most suitable for leather have the following features predominantly long-chain dye molecules, sulfonate groups at the ends of the molecule, additional non-dooble-bonded groups, a balanced ratio of double bonds to solubilizing groups, and predominantly meta -substituted azo coupling components. These empirical observations have been used to enhance the technical properties of anionic polyazo leather dyes. 

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