Title of Invention

DYE MIXTURES OF FIBER-REACTIVE AZO DYES AND PREPARATION AND USE THEREOF

Abstract Reactive dye mixtures of one or more dyes of the general formula (I) one or more dyes of the general formula (II) and, where appropriate, one or more dyes of the general formula (IIIa) to where D1 to D8, R, R1 to R39, Z Z1 to Z3 and M are as defined in claim 1 are prepared and used for dyeing and printing hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido- containing fiber material.
Full Text DYE MIXTURES OF FIBER-REACTIVE AZO DYES AND PREPARATION AND USE
THEREOF
This invention relates to the technical field of fiber-reactive azo dyes.
Mixed fiber-reactive azo dyes and heir use for dyeing hydroxyl- and carboxamido-
containing material in black shades are known for example from the documents
US 5,445,654, US 5,611,821, KR 94-2560, Sho 58-160362 and EP-A-0 870 807.
However, they have certain applica ion defects, such as for example an overly
large dependence of the color yield on varying dyeing parameters in the dyeing
process or an insufficient or unlevel color build-up on cotton (good color build-up
results from the ability of a dye to provide a proportionally stronger dyeing when
used in higher concentrations in the dyebath), or an excessive salt dependence of
the dyeings. Consequences of these defects can be poor reproducibilities for the
dyeings that are obtainable. The documents WO 98/42784, WO 98/42785, WO
93/18224 and US 5,330,539 disclose dyes and dye mixtures which can be dyed in
the presence of small amounts of sals, but which provide only very weak dyeings
in the absence of salt.
Since it is commercially as well as en /ironmentally necessary to reduce the salt
content of dyeing effluent, there is a need for reactive dyes which provide dyeings
of high color strength in the presence of small amounts of salt or even in the
absence of electrolyte salts.
The present invention, then, provides dye mixtures which provide.dyeings of high
coTor strength in the presence of only very low levels or even in the absence of
electrolyte salts.
The invention accordingly provides dye mixtures comprising one or more, such as
two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of he hereinbelow indicated and defined general
formula (I)


one or more, such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of the hereinbelow
indicated and defined general formula (II)

and, optionally, as further component; for blending or shading, one or more, such as
two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes having, for example, the hereinbelow indicated
and defined general formulae (Illa) - (llIf)




where
R1 is hydrogen, (C1-C@@@4)-aIkyl, aryl or a substituted aryl radical;
R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen, (C1-C@@@4-alkyl, (C1-C@@@4)-alkoxy,
hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, arrido or halogen; and
A is a phenylene group of the general formula (2)

where
R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen, (CrC4)-alkyl, (C1-C@@@4)-
alkoxy, hydro;:yl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido or halogen; or
a naphthylene group of the general formula (3)

where
R6 and R7 are independently hydrogen, (C1-C@@@4)-alkyl, (C1-C@@@4)-
alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido or halogen; or
a polymethylene gr )up of the general formula (4)
-(CR8R9)k- (4)
where
k is an in .eger greater than 1 and
R8 and R9 a e independently hydrogen, (C1-C@@@4)-alkyl, (C1-C@@@4)-
alkoxy, hydnxyl, cyano, amido, halogen or aryl; and

X1 is hydrogen or a group of the formula -SO2-Z; or
are each a phenyl group of the general formula (5)

where
R10 and R11 are indepenc ently hydrogen, (C1-C@@@4)-alkyl, (C1-C@@@4)-alkoxy,
hydroxy), sulfo, carboxyl, amido or halogen; and
X2 has one of the meanings of X1;
or are each a naphthyl group of the general formula (6)

where
R12 and R13 are independently hydrogen, (C1-C@@@4)-alkyl, (C1-C@@@4)-alkoxy,
hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido or halogen; and
X3 has one of the meanings of X1;
Z is -CH=CH2, -CH2CH2Z' or hydroxyl,
where
Z1 is hydroxyl or an alkali-eliminable group; and
M is hydrogen, an alkali rr etal or one equivalent of an alkaline earth metal;
D3 has one of the meanings of D1 or D2 or is a group of the general formula (7)



where
R21 and R22 independently have one of the meanings of R2and R3;
R23 is hydrogen, (C1- C4)-alkyl, unsubstituted or (C1-C@@@4)-alkyl-, (C1-C@@@4)-
alkoxy-, sulfo-, hale gen- or carboxyl-substituted phenyl; and
Z21 is a fiber-reactive croup of the general formula (8) or (9) or (10)

where
V is fluorine or chlorine;
U1 and U2 are incependently fluorine, chlorine or hydrogen;
and
Q1 and Q2 are independently chlorine, fluorine, cyanamido, hydroxyl,
(C1-C6)-alkoxy, phenoxy, sulfophenoxy, mercapto, (C1-C6)-
alkylmercapto, pyridine carboxypyridino, carbamoylpyridino
or a grouf of the general formula (11) or (12)



or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by
(C1-C4 )-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, sulfo, halogen,
carboyl, acetamido or ureido;
R ' and R4' independently have one of the meanings of R2',
or con bine to form a cyclic ring system of the formula
-(CH2)-, where j is 4 or 5, or alternatively -(CH2)2-E-
(CH2);-, where E is oxygen, sulfur, sulfo, -NR5'-, where
R5' is aqua! to (C1-C6)-alkyl, or they are a group of the
general formula (13)

where
R24, R25 and R26 are each (C1-C4)-alkyl or (C1-C4)-
hyd oxyalkyl; and
B" is the equivalent of an anion, such as
hydrogensulfate, sulfate, fluoride, chloride,
bromide, dihydrogenphosphate,
hydrogenphosphate, phosphate, hydroxide or
acetate;
W is phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1
or'.'. substituents, such as (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy,
caiboxyl, sulfo, chlorine, bromine, or is (C1-C4)-
alkylene-arylene or (C2-C6)-alkylene, which can be
int irrupted by oxygen, sulfur, sulfo, amino, carbonyl,
ca boxamido, or is phenylene-CONH-phenylene, which
is jnsubstituted or substituted by (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-

alkoxy, lydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido, ureido or
haloger, or is naphthylene, which is unsubstituted or
substiti ted by one or two sulfo groups; and
Z is as d afined above;
R is hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by
(C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alko) y, sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido;
or
is a group of the formula (14)
CH2-SO3M (14),
where M is as defi led above; and
n is 1 or 2,
D4, D5, D6, D7 and D8 have one of the meanings of D1, D2 or D3, and,
if R31 is nol a group of the general formula (8) or (9), D4, and
also D5 or 36 and D8, contain at least one fiber-reactive group
of the formula -SO2Z or Z21;
R31 is hydrogen, acetyl, carbamoyl, sulfomethyl or
a group of the general formula (8) or (9),
R32 is hydrogen or sulfomethyl,
R33 is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl, with C1-C4-alkyl,
R34 is hydrogen or methyl,
R35 is hydrogtin, cyano, carbamoyl, carboxyl or
sulfomethyl,
R36 is methyl ethyl or (i-sulfoethyl,
R37 is methyl carboxyl or carboxyalkyl, with C1-C4-alkyl,
R38 is acetaniido, ureido or methyl,
R39 is hydrogen, methyl or methoxy,
m is O or 1,
p is 1, 2 or 3, and

Z has one of the meanings of Z21.
In the general formula (I) at least one of D1 and D2 is a group of the general formula
(1);
when A is a group of the general formula (4), R1 is aryl or substituted aryl; and
the reactive dye of the general formula (I) contains at least one -S02-Z group.
The dyes of the general formula (I) contain independently of one another at least
one fiber-reactive group of the fornula -SO2-Z or Z21.
The individual symbols in the general formulae above and below can have identical
or different meanings under their definition, irrespective of whether the symbols bear
the same or a different designation
(C1-C4)-Alkyl R may be straight-ch.ain or branched and is in particular methyl, ethyl,
n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobuty, sec-butyl or tert-butyl. Methyl and ethyl are
preferred. The same logic applies to (C1-C4)-alkoxy groups.
Aryl R is in particular phenyl. Substi uted aryl R is in particular phenyl substituted by
one, two or three independent groups selected from the group consisting of
(C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido and halogen.
Halogen R is in particular fluorine, chlorine or bromine, and fluorine and chlorine are
preferred.
Alkali-eliminable Z in the p-position of the ethyl group of Z includes for example
halogen atoms, such as chlorine anc bromine, ester groups of organic carboxylic and
sulfonic acids, as of alkylcarboxylic acids, substituted or unsubstituted
benzenecarboxylic acids and substituted or unsubstituted benzenesulfonic acids,
such as alkanoyloxy of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, especially acetyloxy, benzoyloxy,
sulfobenzoyloxy, phenylsulfonyloxy and toluylsulfonyloxy, also acidic ester groups of
inorganic acids, as of phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid and thiosulfuric acid (phosphato,

sulfato and thiosulfato groups), sinilarly dialkylamino groups having alkyl groups of 1
to 4 carbon atoms in each case, such as dimethylamino and diethylamino.
Z is preferably vinyl, p-chloroethyl and particularly preferably (3-sulfatoethyl.
The groups "sulfo", "carboxyl", "thiosulfato", "phosphato" and "sulfato" include not
only their acid form but also their salt form. Accordingly, sulfo groups are groups
conforming to the general formula -SO3M, thiosulfato groups are groups conforming
to the general formula -S-SO3M, csrboxyl groups are groups conforming to the
general formula -COOM, phosphate groups are groups conforming to the general
formula -OPO3M2 and sulfato groups are groups conforming to the general formula
-OSO3M, in each of which M is as cefined above.
The dyes of the general formula (I) to (III) may possess different fiber-reactive groups
-SO2Z within the meaning of Z. More particularly, the fiber-reactive groups -S02Z
may be on the one hand vinylsulfonyl groups and on the other -CH2CH2Z1 groups,
preferably p-sulfatoethylsulfonyl groups. If the dyes of the general formula (I) to (III)
contain vinylsulfonyl groups in some instances, then the fraction of the respective dye
with the vinylsulfonyl group is up to a bout 30 mol%, based on the respective amount
of total dye.
Alkali M is in particular lithium, sodium or potassium. M is preferably hydrogen or
sodium.
R to R are each preferably hydrogen and'R , R ,R and R are each
preferably sulfo as well.
When A is phenylene and X is -SO2Z, the SO2Z group is preferably disposed meta
or para relative to the nitrogen atom, n the group of the general formula (1), the
carboxamide group is preferably disposed para or meta relative to the diazo group.
When A is naphthylene, the bond leading to the nitrogen atom is preferably attached
1 2
to the naphthalene nucleus in the β-position. When D or D is a group of the general

formula (6), then the bond which eads to the diazo group is preferably attached to
the naphthalene nucleus in the β-oosition.
When D1 or D2 is a group of the ceneral formula (5) and X is -SO2Z, then the
SO2Z group is preferably disposed meta or para relative to the diazo group.
Examples of substituents A are in Darticular 1,2-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene,
1,4-phenylene, 2-chloro-1,4-phenylene, 2-chloro-1,5-phenylene, 2-bromo-
1,4-phenylene, 2-sulfo-1,4-phenylene, 2-sulfo-1,5-phenylene, 2-methoxy-
1,5-phenylene, 2-ethoxy-1,5-phenylene, 2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phenylene, 2-methoxy-
5-methyl-1,4-phenylene, 2-methyl- ,4-phenylene, 2,6-naphthylene, 2,8-naphthylene,
1-sulfo-2,6-naphthylene, 6-sulfo-2,8-naphthylene or 1,2-ethylene and 1,3-propylene.
A is particularly preferably 1,3-pheryfene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-sulfo-1,4-phenylene,
2-methoxy-1,5-phenylene, 2,5-dimethoxy-l,4-phenylene, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-
1,4-phenylene or 1,2-ethylene and ,3-propylene, and in the case of the two last-
mentioned alkylene groups R is preferably phenyl or 2-sulfophenyl.
k is preferably 2 or 3.
Examples of groups D1 to D8 of the general formulae (5) and (6) are 2-(P-sulfato-
ethylsuifonyl)phenyl, 3-(p-sulfatoettylsulfonyl)phenyl, 4-(P-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-
phenyl, 2-carboxy-5-(p-sulfatoethylsolfonyl)phenyl, 2-chloro-4-(p-sulfatoethyl-
sulfonyl)phenyl, 2-chloro-5-(p-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-bromo-4-(p-sulfato-
ethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-sulfo-4-(β-sultatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-sulfo-5-(p-sulfato-
ethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-methoxy-5-(β- sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-ethoxy-
5-(p-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(p-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,
2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(p-sulfatoethyllsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-methyl-4-(p-sulfatoethyl-
sulfonyl)phenyl, 2- or 3- or 4-(p-thiosufatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-methoxy-
5-(p-thiosulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-sulfo-4-(P-phosphatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2- or
3- or 4-vinylsulfonylphenyl, 2-sulfo-4-inylsulfonylphenyl, 2-chloro-4-(p-chloro-
ethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-chloro-5-(β-ch oroethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 3- or

4-(p-acetoxyethylsulfony!)phenyl, 6- or 8-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)naphth-2-yl,
6-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-1-sulfonaphth-2-yl and 8-(|3-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-6-sulfo-
naphth-2-yl, preferably 3-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-
phenyl, 2-sulfo-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulonyl)phenyl, 2-methoxy-5-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-
phenyl, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatcethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-
4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl ard 3- or 4-vinylsulfonylphenyl.
In the general formula (II), R is preferably hydrogen or a group of the formula
(14), M being as defined above.
In the general formula (II), D3 is preferably 2-(ft-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,
3-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,4-β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-sulfo-
4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-methoxy-5-(fi-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl,
2,5-dimethoxy-4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-
4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl, 6-(β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-1 -sulfonaphth-2-yl, 2-,
3- or 4-vinylsulfonylphenyl, 1-sulfo-4 -(2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl)amino-2-phenyl,
1-sulfo-4-(4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl)amino-2-phenyl, 2-sulfo-4-(2,4-
difluoropyrimidin-6-yl)amino-1-phenyl or 2-sulfo-4-(4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-
yl)amino-1 -phenyl.
In the general formula (II), where D3 is a group of the general formula (6), the
bond leading to the diazo group is pieferably attached in ft-position to the
naphthalene nucleus of (6).
In the general formula (7), R21 to R23 are each preferably hydrogen and R21 and
R22 are preferably sulfo as well.
In the general formulae (11) and (12), R2' to R4' are each preferably hydrogen or
methyl, R2' is preferably phenyl as wull and R3' and R4"are each preferably 2-
. sulfoethyl, 2-, 3- or 4-suifophenyl, 3- or 4-trimethylammoniophenyl sulfate, 3- or 4-
trimethylammoniophenyl chloride, or R3' and R4' combine to form a cyclic ring
system which preferably conforms to the formula -(CH2)2-O-(CH2)2-.

W is preferably 1,3-phenylene, 1,4-phenylene, 2-sulfo-1,4-phenylene, 2-methoxy-
1,5-phenylene, 2,5-dimethoxy-1,4 -phenylene, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-phenylene,
1,2-ethylene, 1,3-propylene.
Examples of the groups Q1 and Q2 in the general formula (9) are independently of
one another fluorine, chlorine, hycroxyl, methoxy, ethoxy, phenoxy,
3-sulfophenoxy, 4-sulfophenoxy, nethylmercapto, cyanamido, amino,
methylamino, ethylamino, morpho ino, piperidino, phenylamino,
methylphenylamino, 2-sulfophenylamino, 3-sulfophenylamino,
4-sulfophenylamino, 2,4-disulfophenylamino, 2,5-disulfophenylamino,
3-trimethylammoniumphenylamino 4-trimethylammoniumphenylamino,
2-sulfoethylamino, N-methyl-2-sulfi >ethylamino, pyridino, 3-carboxypyridino,
4-carboxypyridino, 3-carbamoylpyr dino, 4-carbamoylpyridino, 2-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 3 -(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 4-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, h-ethyl-3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,
N-ethyl-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ph snylamino, 2-carboxy-5-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino), 2-chloro-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,
2-chloro-5-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 2-bromo-4-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 2 sulfo-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,
2-sulfo-5-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phe nylamino, 2-methoxy-5-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 2,5-dimethoxy-4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl-
amino, 2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-(2-sul atoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 2-methyl-4-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 2-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 3-(vinylsulfonyl)-
phenylamino, 4-(vinylsulfonyl)pheny amino, N-ethyl-3-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,
N-ethyl-4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylaminc, 6-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)naphth-2-ylamino,
8-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)naphth-2-ylamino, 8-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-6-
sulfonaphth-2-ylamino, 3-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,
4-(2-r(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)e,thylcarbamoyl)phenylamino, 3-(2-(vinylsulfonyl)ethyl-
carbamoyl)phenylamino, 4-(2-(vinylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino, 4-(N-
methyl-2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethycarbamoyl)phenylamino, 4-(N-phenyl-2-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethylcarbamoyl)phenylamino, 4-(3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-
phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino, 4-(4-2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)-
phenylamino, 3-(3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino, 3-(4-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino, 3-(2-Sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-

propylamine N-methyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino, N-phenyl-N-(2-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino, N-phenyl-N-(3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)propyl)-
amino.
Preferably the groups Q1 and Q2 in the general formula (9) independently of one
another are fluorine, chlorine, cyanamido, morpholino, 2-sulfophenylamino,
3-sulfophenylamino, 4-sulfophenyamino, 3-trimethylammoniumphenylamino,
4-trimethylammoniumphenylamind, N-methyl-2-sulfoethylamino,
3-carboxypyridino, 4-carboxypyridho, 3-carbamoylpyridino, 4-carbamoylpyridino,
3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamno, 4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,
3-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 4-(3-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamc yl)phenylamino, 4-(4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)-
phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino, 3-(8-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)-
phenylamino, 3-(4-(2-sulfatoethylsulonyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenylamino,
N-methyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino, N-phenyl-N-(2-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino.
With particular preference the group s Q1 and Q2 in the general formula (9)
independently of one another are fluoro, chloro, cyanamido, morpholino, 2-
sulfophenylamino, 3-sulfophenylamno, 4-sulfophenylamino, 3-
trimethylammoniumphenylamino, 4- rimethylammoniumphenylamino, 3-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 4- 2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 3-
(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino, 4-(vinylsu|fonyl)-phenylamino, N-methyl-N-(2-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino, N-pnenyl-N-(2-(2-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino.
In the general formula (13) the radic als R24 to R26 are each preferably methyl or
ethyl.
Anion B" is preferably sulfate or chlor de.
In the general formula (13), the quaternary ammonium group is preferably meta or
para to the free bond on the benzene nucleus.
Examples of the group Z21 are 2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl, 4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl,
5-chloro-2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl, 5-c hloro-4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl, 4,5-difluoro-

pyrimidin-6-yl, 5-chloro-4-fluoropyr midin-6-yl, 2,4,5-trichloropyrimidin-6-yl, 4,5-
dichloropyrimidin-6-yl, 2,4-dichlorobyrimidin-6-yl, 4-fluoropyrimidin-6-yl, 4-chloro-
pyrimidin-6-yl, or a group of the general formula (9) with the above-indicated
examples for Q1 and Q2 or 2,3-dich oroquinoxaline-6-carbonyl.
Z21 is preferably 2,4-difluoropyrimid n-6-yl, 4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl, 5-chloro-2,4-
difluoropyrimidin-6-yl, 5-chloro-4,6-difluoropyrimidin-2-yl or a group of the general
formula (9) with the above-indicated preferred groups for Q1 and Q2.
With particular preference Z21 is 2,4-difluoropyrimidin-6-yl, 5-chloro-2,4-
difluoropyrimidin-6-yl or a group of the general formula (9) with the above-
indicated particularly preferred groups Q1 and Q2.
Preferred mixtures contain one or more dyes of the general formula (la)


In the general formulae (la) and (II a), M, A, R1, Z, D3 and R are each as defined
above.
In the general formula (la), it is paticularly preferable for A to be phenylene and Z to
be vinyl or β-sulfatoethyl.
In the general formula (la), it is nost preferable for A to be phenylene, R to be
hydrogen and Z to be vinyl or p-su fatoethyl.
The dye mixtures according to the nvention contain bisazo dyes of the general
formula (I) in an amount of 30 to 95% by weight and preferably 50 to 90% by
weight and monoazo dyes of the general formula (II) in an amount of 5 to 70% by
weight and preferably 10 to 50% brweight, and dyes of the general formulae (Illa)
to (IIIf) in an amount of 0 to 40% by weight, preferably 5 to 25% by weight.
Optionally, the dye mixtures according to the invention may also contain one or
more monoazo dyes of the genera formulae (15) or (16) in an amount of up to
10% by weight, preferably up to 5% by weight,

where M and D2 are each as definsd above. It is particularly preferable for D2 to
be 4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyl or 4-vinylsulfonylphenyl.
Dyes of the general formula (I) are known from EP-A1046677, the dyes of the
general formula (II) are known in part from WO 9610610, WO 9725377,
WO:9947608 and EP-A 922735.
Dyes of the general formulae (15) and (16) are obtainable via standard synthetic
methods or are in some instances ormed during the synthesis of dyes of the
general formula (I). They are custo narily used as shading components.

The dye mixtures according to the nvention can be present as a preparation in solid
or liquid (dissolved) form. In solid form, they contain, to the extent necessary, the
electrolyte salts customary in the case of water-soluble and especially fiber-reactive
dyes, such as sodium chloride, potassium chloride and sodium sulfate, and may
further contain the auxiliaries custo mary in commercial dyes, such as buffer
substances capable of setting a pH in aqueous solution between 3 and 7, such as
sodium acetate, sodium citrate, socium borate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium
dihydrogenphosphate and disodiun hydrogenphosphate, dyeing auxiliaries,
dustproofing agents and small amounts of siccatives; when they are present in a
liquid, aqueous solution (including a content of thickeners of the type customary in
print pastes), they may also contain substances which ensure a long life for these
preparations, for example mold preventatives.
In solid form, the dye mixtures acco ding to the invention are generally present as
powders or granules which contain electrolyte salt and which will hereinbelow
generally be referred to as a prepamtion with or without one or more of the
abovementioned auxiliaries. In the preparations, the dye mixture is present at 10 to
90% by weight, based on the preparation containing it. The buffer substances are
generally present in a total amount of up to 5% by weight, based on the preparation.
When the dye mixtures according to the invention are present in an aqueous solution,
the total dye content of these aqueo is solutions is up to about 50% by weight, for
example between 5 and 50% by weight, the electrolyte salt content of these aqueous
solutions preferably being below 10% by weight, based on the aqueous solution; the
aqueous solutions (liquid preparations) can contain the aforementioned buffer
substances in an amount which is generally up to 5% by weight and preferably up to
2% by weight.
The dye mixtures according to the invention are preparable in a conventional
manner, as by mechanically mixing the individual dyes, whether in the form of their
dye powders or granules or their as synthesized solutions or in the form of aqueous
solutions of the individual dyes gene ally, which may additionally contain customary
auxiliaries, or by conventional diazotization and coupling of suitable mixtures of diazo
and coupling components in the desred amount ratios.

For example, when the diazo components with the groups D2 and O3 in the general
formulae (I) and (II) possess the same meaning (D2 = D3), an amine of the general
formula (17)
D2-NH2 (17),
where D2 is as defined above can be diazotized in a conventional manner and the
resulting diazonium compound ther reacted in aqueous medium at a pH below 3 with
a mixture of 4-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid or 4-amino-5-
hydroxynaphthalene-1,7-disulfonic and and an optionally N-substituted 6-amino-4-
hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acic or 3-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic
acid to give a mixture of two red monoazo dyes of the formulae (15) and (II).
Subsequently an amine of the general formula (18)
D - NH2 (18),
where D2 is as defined above is diszotized in a conventional manner and the
resulting diazonium compound is then coupled in a second stage with the mixture of
the monoazo dyes of the general formulae (15) and (II) obtained in the first stage,
coupling taking place at a pH of between 3 and 7.5, to give a mixture of the dyes of
the general formulae (I) and (II).
Alternatively, where the diazo cormonents with the groups D1 and D3 in the general
formulae (I) and (II) possess the same meaning (D1 = D3), the dye mixture of the
invention can be prepared by conventionally diazotizing an amine of the general
formula (18), where D1 is as defined in claim 1, and then reacting the resulting
diazonium compound of an aqueo iS solution or suspension of a mixture of defined
proportion of a red monoazo dye of the general formula (15) and an optionally
substituted 6-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid, first with a pH below 3 to
give a mixture of two red monoazo dyes of the general formulae (15) and (II), and,
when acidic coupling is at an end, by raising the pH to 4 - 7.5, carrying out the
second coupling of the monoazo dye of the general formula (15), giving a mixture of
the two dyes of the general formula ae (I) and (II).
The red monoazo dyes of the general formula (15) can be prepared by conventionally
diazotizing an amine of the general formula (17), where D2 is as defined in claim 1,
and then coupling the resulting diazonium compound in an aqueous medium at a pH

below 2 with 4-amino-5-hydroxyna phthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid and/or 4-amino-5-
hydroxynaphthalene-1,7-disulfonic acid in a first stage.
The dye mixture of the invention is solated in a conventional manner, where
appropriate following the addition o one or more, such as two or three, yellow
components of the general formulae (Illa) to (lllf), in solid form or as an aqueous
solution, by salting out for example with sodium chloride or potassium chloride or by
spray drying.
Additionally, the as-synthesized solutions of the dye mixtures of the general formula
(I) and (II) can be used directly as a liquid preparation for dyeing, where appropriate
following addition of one or more, such as two or three, yellow components of the
general formulae (Illa) to (lllf) in solid form or as aqueous solutions and also, where
appropriate, addition of a buffer substance and, where appropriate, after
concentration or dilution.
Dye mixtures which as well as β-chloroethylsulfonyl or p-thiosulfatoethylsulfonyl or p-
sulfatoethylsulfonyl groups also coniain vinylsulfonyl groups as reactive radicals can
be synthesized not only starting from appropriately substituted vinylsulfonylanilines or
naphthylamines but also by reaction of a dye mixture where Z is p-chloroethyl, p-
thiosulfatoethyl or β-sulfatoethyl with an amount of alkali required for the desired
fraction and converting the β-substituted ethylsulfonyl groups mentioned into
vinylsulfonyl groups. This conversior is effected in a manner familiar to one skilled in
the art.
The d'ye mixtures according to the invention have useful application properties. They
are used for dyeing or printing hydrocyI-and/or carboxamido-containing materials, for
example in the form of sheetlike structures, such as paper and leather or of films, for
example composed of polyamide, or in bulk, as for example polyamide and
polyurethane, but especially for dyeing and printing these materials in fiber form.
The present invention thus also provides for the use of the dye mixtures according to
the invention for dyeing or printing those materials, or rather processes for dyeing or

printing these materials in a conventional manner, by using a dye mixture according
to the invention or its individual components (dyes) individually together as a
colorant. The materials are preferatly employed in the form of fiber materials,
especially in the form of textile fibers, such as woven fabrics or yarns, as in the form
of hanks or wound packages.
Hydroxyl-containing materials are those of natural or synthetic origin, for example
cellulose fiber materials or their regenerated products and polyvinyl alcohols.
Cellulose fiber materials are preferably cotton, but also other vegetable fibers, such
as linen, hemp, jute and ramie fibers; regenerated cellulose fibers are for example
staple viscose and filament viscose and also chemically modified cellulose fibers,
such as aminated cellulose fibers 01 fibers as described for example in WO 96/37641
and WO 96/37642 and also in EP 0 538 785 and EP 0 692 559.
Carboxamido-containing materials are for example synthetic and natural polyamides
and polyurethanes, especially in the form of fibers, for example wool and other
animal hairs, silk, leather, nylon-6,6 nylon-6, nylon-11 and nylon-4.
The dye mixtures according to the invention can be applied to and fixed on the
substrates mentioned, especially the fiber materials mentioned, by the application
techniques known for water-soluble dyes and especially for fiber-reactive dyes. For
instance, on cellulose fibers they produce by the exhaust method from a long liquor
and also from a short liquor, for example in a liquor to goods ratio of 5 : 1 to 100 : 1,
preferably 6 : 1 to 30 : 1, using various acid-binding agents and optionally neutral
salts as far as necessary, such as sodium chloride or sodium sulfate, dyeings having
very good color yields. Application is preferably from an aqueous bath at
temperatures between 40 and 105°C, optionally at a temperature of up to 130°C
under superatmospheric pressure, but preferably at 30 to 95°C, especially 45 to
65°C, in the presence or absence of customary dyeing auxiliaries. One possible
procedure here is to introduce the material into the warm bath and to gradually heat
the bath to the desired dyeing temperature and complete the dyeing process at that
temperature. The neutral salts which accelerate the exhaustion of the dyes may also
if desired only be added to the bath after the actual dyeing temperature has been
reached.

Padding processes likewise provide excellent color yields and a very good color
build-up on cellulose fibers, the dyes being fixable in a conventional manner by
batching at room temperature o elevated temperature, for example at up to about
60°C, or in a continuous manne; for example by means of a pad-dry-pad steam
process, by steaming or using cry heat.
Similarly, the customary printinc processes for cellulose fibers, which can be carried
out in one step, for example by printing with a print paste containing sodium
bicarbonate or some other acid binding agent and by subsequent steaming at 100 to
103°C, or in two steps, for example by printing with a neutral to weak acidic print
color and then fixing either by passing the printed material through hot electrolyte-
containing alkaline bath or by overpadding with an alkaline electrolyte-containing
padding liquor and subsequent batching of the alkali-overpadded material or
subsequent steaming or subsequent dry heat treatment of the alkali-overpadded
material, produce strong prints with well-defined contours and a clear white ground.
The outcome of the prints is litt e affected, if at all, by variations in the fixing
conditions.
When fixing by means of dry heat in accordance with the customary thermofix
processes, hot air at 120 to 200°C is used. In addition to the customary steam at 101
to 103°C, it is also possible to use superheated steam and high-pressure steam at
temperatures of up to 160°C.
The acid-binding agents which effect the fixation of the dyes of the dye mixtures
according to the invention on the cellulose fibers are for example water-soluble basic
salts of alkali metals and likew se alkaline earth metals of inorganic or organic acids
or compounds which liberate alkali in the heat, and also alkali metal silicates.
Especially suitable are the alkali metal hydroxides and alkali metal salts of weak to
medium inorganic or organic a aids, the preferred alkali metal compounds being the
sodium and potassium compounds. Such acid-binding agents are for example
sodium hydroxide, potassium nydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate,
potassium carbonate, sodium formate, sodium dihydrogenphosphate, disodium
hydrogenphosphate, sodium t ichloroacetate, trisodium phosphate or waterglass or

mixtures thereof, for example mixtures of aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and
waterglass,.
The dye mixtures according to the invention are notable for outstanding color
strength when applied to the cellulose fiber materials by dyeing or printing in the
presence of no or very small amounts of alkali or alkaline earth metal compounds.
For instance, no electrolyte salt is equired for a shallow depth of shade, not more
than 5 g/l of electrolyte salt is requred for a medium depth of shade and not more
than 10 g/l of electrolyte salt is recured for deep shades.
According to the invention, a shallow depth of shade refers to the use of 2% by
weight of dye based on the substrate to be dyed, a medium depth of shade refers to
the use of 2 to 4% by weight based on the substrate to be dyed and a deep shade
refers to the use of 4 to 10% by weight of dye based on the substrate to be dyed.
The dyeings and prints obtainable with the dye mixtures according to the invention
possess bright shades; more particularly, the dyeings and prints on cellulose fiber
materials possess good lightfastness and especially good wetfastnesses, such as
fastness to washing, milling, watar, seawater, crossdyeing and acidic and alkaline
perspiration, also good fastness to pleating, hotpressing and rubbing. Furthermore,
the cellulose dyeings obtained following the customary aftertreatment of rinsing to
remove unfixed dye portions exhibit excellent wetfastnesses, in particular since
unfixed dye portions are easily washed off because of their good solubility in cold
water.
Furthermore, the dye mixtures according to the invention can also be used for the
fiber-reactive dyeing of wool. Moreover, wool which has been given a nonfelting or
low-felting finish (cf. for example H. Rath, Lehrbuch der Textilchemie, Springer-
Verlag, 3rd edition (1972), pages 295-299, especially finished by the Hercosett
process (page 29a); J. Soc. Dyars and Colourists 1972, 93-99, and .1975, 33-44), can.
be dyed to very good fastness properties. The process of dyeing on wool is here
carried out in a conventional manner from an acidic medium. For instance, acetic
acid and/or ammonium sulfate or acetic acid and ammonium acetate or sodium
acetate can be added to the dyebath to obtain the desired pH. To obtain a dyeing of

acceptable levelness, it is advisable to add a customary leveling agent, for example a
leveling agent based on a reaction product of cyanuric chloride with three times the
molar amount of an aminobenzem sulfonic acid and/or of an
aminonaphthalenesulfonic acid or on the basis of a reaction product of for example
stearylamine with ethylene oxide. For instance, the dye mixture according to the
invention is preferably subjected to the exhaust process initially from an acidic
dyebath having a pH of about 3.5 o 5.5 under pH control and the pH is then, toward
the end of the dyeing time, shifted into the neutral and optionally weakly alkaline
range up to a pH of 8.5 to bring at out, especially for very deep dyeings, the full
reactive bond between the dyes o the dye mixtures according to the invention and
the fiber. At the same time, the dye portion not reactively bound is removed.
The procedure described herein also applies to the production of dyeings on fiber
materials composed of other natu al polyamides or of synthetic polyamides and
polyurethanes. In general, the material to be dyed is introduced into the bath at a
temperature of about 40°C, agitated therein for some time, the dyebath is then
adjusted to the desired weakly ac dic, preferably weakly acetic acid, pH and the
actual dyeing is carried out at a temperature between 60 and 98°C. However, the
dyeings can also be carried out a' the boil or in sealed dyeing apparatus at
temperatures of up to 106°C. Since the water solubility of the dye mixtures according
to the invention is very good, they can also be used with advantage in customary
continuous dyeing processes. The color strength of the dye mixtures according to the
invention is very high.
The dye mixtures according to the invention dye the materials mentioned, preferably
fiber materials, in navy to jet black shades having good fastness properties.
The examples hereinbelow serve to illustrate the invention. Parts and percentages
are by weight, unless otherwise stated. Parts by weight relate to parts by volume as
the kilogram relative to the liter. 1 he compounds described in the examples in terms
of a formula are indicated in the form of the sodium salts, since they are generally
prepared and isolated in the forrr of their salts, preferably sodium or potassium salts,
and used for dyeing in the form c f their salts. The starting compounds described in
the examples hereinbelow can be used in the synthesis in the form of the free acid or

likewise in the form of their salts, preferably alkali metal salts, such as sodium or
potassium salts.
Example 1
70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navy disazo dye
of the formula (IA)

in a 70% fraction, 20 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the
orange-red monoazo dye of the formula (IIA)

in a 75% fraction and 10 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the
yellow disazo dye of the formula lllf-1)


in a 70% fraction are mechanically mixed with each other.
The resulting dye mixture according to the invention provides jet black dyeings and
prints, on cotton for example, under the dyeing conditions customary for reactive
dyes.
Example 2
70 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing the navy disazo dye of
the formula (IA) in a 70% fraction 20 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder
containing the red monoazo dye of the formula (MB)

in an 80% fraction and 10 parts of an electrolyte-containing dye powder containing
the yellow disazo dye of the formula (lllc-1)


in a 70% fraction are dissolved in 500 parts of water and the resulting dye solution is
adjusted to pH 5.5-6.5. Evaporation or spray drying of this dye solution provides a
dye mixture which provides jet black dyeings and prints on cotton under the dyeing
conditions customary for reactive dyes.
Example 3
a) 281 parts of 4-((3-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)aniline are suspended in 650 parts of ice-
water and 180 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotized by dropwise addition of
173 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 223 parts of 4-amino-5-
hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid and 72 parts of 6-amino-4-
hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic ac id are added and coupled in a first step at pH 1
- 1.8 at below 20°C to form a n ixture of two red monoazo dyes conforming to
the formulae (15-1) and (IIC). The stated pH range is set and maintained during
the coupling reaction by addition of a total of about 1 50 parts of sodium
bicarbonate.



b) In a second, separate reaction vessel, 280 parts of 4-amino-N-(3-((β-
sulfatoethyl)-sulfonyl)phenyl)ben; amide are suspended in 1600 parts of ice-
water, adjusted to pH 6.5 - 7 wi:h about 35 parts of sodium carbonate and
admixed with 122 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. This suspension is
added dropwise to a mixture of 4 50 parts of ice, 350 parts of ice-water and 255
parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid. After subsequent stirring at 5-1 0°C for 2
hours, the excess nitrite is reduced with amidosulfonic acid and the resulting
diazo suspension is pumped into the mixture of red monoazo dyes of a).
Subsequently, at below 25°C, the reaction mixture is adjusted to a pH of 5 - 6 with
sodium carbonate and, after the erd of the coupling reaction, 110 parts of the yellow
monoazo dye of the formula (llla-1 are added in the form of an aqueous solution to
this reaction mixture, and the resuling 73 : 16 : 10 mixture of the dyes (IB), (IIC)
and (llla-1) is isolated by spray drying.
Alternatively, the dye solution obtained can also be buffered at pH 5.5 - 6 by addition
of a phosphate buffer and be adjusted by further dilution or concentration to provide a
liquid brand of defined strength.
The resulting dye mixture according to the invention dyes cotton in black shades.


a) 178 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsUfonyl)aniline are suspended in 420 parts of
ice-water and 115 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotized by dropwise
addition of 1 1 0 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 201 parts of 4-amino-5-
hydroxynaphtha!ene-2,7-disulfonic acid are added and coupled in a first step at
pH 1 to 1.3 at below 20°C to form a red monoazo dye of formula (1 5-1). The
stated pH range is set and maintained during the coupling reaction by addition of
a total of about 90 parts of sodiun bicarbonate.
b) In a second, separate reaction vessel, 353 parts of 4-amino-N-(3-((β-
sulfatoethyl)-sulfonyl)phenyl)benzarnide are suspended in 1 950 parts of ice-
water, adjusted to pH 6.5 - 7 witi about 65 parts of sodium carbonate and
admixed with 154 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. This suspension is
added dropwise to a mixture of 5!>0 parts of ice, 450 parts of ice-water and 320
parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid. After subsequent stirring at 5-10°C for
2 hours, the excess nitrite is reduced with amidosulfonic acid and the resulting
diazo suspension is pumped into the solution of the red monoazo dye of a). This
reaction mixture is then admixed vith 80 parts of 3-amino-5-hydroxynapthalene--
2,7-disulfonic acid.
Subsequently, at below 25°C, the pH is first adjusted to 1.5 - 2.5 using sodium
bicarbonate and maintained, with acidic coupling to 3-amino-5-
hydroxynapthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid producing a red monoazo dye of the
formula (IID). After the end of acidic coupling a pH of 5 - 6 is e stablished by
adding sodium carbonate and the reaction mixtured obtained after the end of the
second coupling reaction of the monoazo dye of the formula (15-1) is admixed
with 100 parts of the yellow disazo dye of the formula (llle-1).
The resulting 70 : 20 : 10 mixture of the dyes (IB), (IID) and (llle-1) is isolated
by spray drying.
The resulting dye mixture according to the invention dyes cotton in black
shades.


Example 5
406 parts of 4-amino-N-(3-((β-sulfatoethyl)sulfonyl)phenyl)benzamide are
suspended in 2250 parts of ice-water, the suspension is adjusted to a pH of 6.5
- 7 with about 75 parts of sodiurr car bonate and 177 parts of 40% sodium
nitrite solution are added. This suspension is added dropwise to a mixture of 630
parts of ice, 520 parts of ice-water and 370 parts of concentrated hydrochloric
acid. After subsequent stirring at 5 -10°C for 2 hours, theexcess nitrite is
reduced with amidosulfonic acid and the resulting diazo suspension is pumped
into an aqueous solution of 426 parts of the red monoazo dye of the formula
(15-1), prepared as described in example 4a). This reaction mixture is then
admixed wth 80 parts of 3-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid and
38 parts of 5-hydroxy-1-(4-suifophenyl)-1 H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid.
Subsequently, at below 25°C, the pH is first adjusted to 1.5 - 2.5 with sodium
bicarbonate and maintained, with acidic coupling producing a red monoazo dye
of the formula (IID). After the enc of acidic coupling sodium carbonate is added
to set a pH of 5 - 6 and the 70 : 20 : 10 mixture of the dyes (IB), (IID) and
(lllc-1) formed after the end of the second coupling reaction is isolated by spray
drying.

The resulting dye mixture according to the invention dyes cotton in black
shades.
Example 6
350 parts of 4-amino-N-(4-((β-sulf itoethyl)sulfonyl)phenyl)benzamide are
suspended in 2000 parts of ice-water, the pH of the suspension is adjusted to
6.5 - 7 using about 44 parts of sodium carbonate, and 152 parts of 40%
sodium nitrite solution are added. This suspension is added dropwise to a
mixture of 560 parts of ice, 440 parts of ice-water and 320 parts of
concentrated hydrochloric acid. Alter subsequent stirring at 5-10°C for 2 hours,
the excess nitrite is reduced with amidosulfonic acid and the resulting diazo
suspension is pumped into an aqueOUS mixture of 474 parts of the red monoazo
dye (15-1) and 173 parts of the red monoazo dye of the formula (IIC), prepared
in analogy to example 3a). This reaction mixture is admixed with 44 parts of 4-
(5-hydroxy-3-methylpyrazol-1-yl)b3nzenesulfonic acid and subsequently adjusted
to a pH of 5 - 6 at below 25°C with sodium carbonate. After the end of the coupling .
reaction the resultant 73 : 16 : 11 mixture of the three dyes (IA), (IIC) and (lllc-2)
is isolated by spray drying.

Alternatively, the dye solution ob:ained can also be buffered at pH 5.5 - 6 by
addition of a phosphate buffer and adjuted by further dilution or further
concentration to provide a liquid nand of defined strength.

The resulting dye mixture according to the invention dyes cotton in black
shades.
Example 7
a) 281 parts of 4-(β-sulfatoethylsulfcnyl)aniline are suspended in 650 parts of ice-
water and 180 parts of 30% hydrochloric acid and diazotized by dropwise addition of
173 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. 1 74 parts of 4-amino-5-
hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid, 87 parts of 6-amino-4-
hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid and 17 parts of 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic
acid are added and coupled in a first step at pH 1 - 1.8 at below 20°C to form
a mixture of three monoazo dyes conforming to the formulae (1 5-1), (IIC) and
(llla-1). The stated pH range is set and maintained during the coupling reaction
by addition of solid sodium bicarbonate.
b) In a second, separate reaction vessel, 255 parts of 4-amino-N-(3-((β-
sulfatoethyl)-sulfonyl)phenyl)benzarnide are suspended in 1500 parts of ice-
water, adjusted to pH 6.5 - 7 witn about 32 parts of sodium carbonate and
admixed with 111 parts of 40% sodium nitrite solution. This suspension is
added dropwise to a mixture of 4 10 parts of ice, 320 parts of ice-water and 235
parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid. After subsequent stirring at 5-10°C for 2
hours, the excess nitrite is reduced with amidosulfonic acid and the resulting
diazo suspension is pumped into the mixture of the three monoazo dyes of a).
Subsequently, at below 25°C, the pH is adjusted to 5 - 6 using sodium carbonate
and the 67 : 23 : 10 mixture of the dyes (IB), (IIC) and (lllb-1) obtained after the
end of the second coupling reaction is isolated by spray drying.
The resulting dye mixture according to the invention dyes cotton in black shades.


Examples 8 to 1 59
The table examples hereinbelow describe further inventive mixtures of the dyes
of the general formulae (I) to (III), each recited in the form of the sodium salts.
The mixing ratios are indicated in percent by weight. The dye mixtures provide
black dyeings, on cotton for example, by the dyeing methods customary for
reactive dyes.















Examples 32 - 57
Repetition of Examples 1, 2 and 3 - 31 using dye (IB) instead of dye (IA).
Examples 58 - 83
Repetition of Examples 1, 2 and -'3 - 31 using dye (IC) instead of dye (IA):










Use example 1
2 parts of a dye obtained according to example 1-7 are dissolved in 999 parts of
water and 5 parts of sodium carbonate, 0,7 part of sodium hydroxide (in the form of a
32.5% aqueous solution) and optionally 1 part of a wetting agent are added. This
dyebath is entered with 100 g of a cotton fabric. The temperature of the dyebath is
first maintained at 25°C for 10 minutes, then raised over 30 minutes to the final
temperature (40-60°C) and mainta ned at that level for a further 60-90 minutes.
Thereafter, the dyed material is rinsed initially with tap water for 2 minutes and then
with ion-free water for 5 minutes. The dyed material is neutralized at 40°C in
1000 parts of an aqueous solution containing 1 part of 50% acetic acid for
10 minutes. It is subsequently rinsed with ion-free water at 70°C and thereafter
soaped off at the boil with a detergent for 15 minutes, rinsed once more and dried.
This gives a strong navy to gray dyeing having very good fastness properties.
Use example 2
4 parts of a dye obtained according to example 1 - 7 and 5 parts of sodium chloride
are dissolved in 999 parts of water, 5 parts of sodium carbonate, 0.7 part of sodium
hydroxide (in the form of a 32.5% aqueous solution) and optionally 1 part of a wetting
agent are added. This dyebath is entered with 100 g of a cotton fabric. The rest of the
processing is as indicated in use example 1. This gives a strong navy to black dyeing
having very good fastness properties.
Use example 3
8 parts of a dye obtained according to example 1-7 and 10 parts of sodium chloride
are dissolved in 997 parts of wa er, 5 parts of sodium carbonate, 1.3 parts of sodium
hydroxide (in the form of a 32.5% aqueous solution) and optionally 1 part of a wetting
agent are added. This dyebath is entered with 100 g of a cotton fabric. The rest of the
processing is as indicated in use example 1. This gives a jet black dyeing having very
good fastness properties.

We claim:
1. A reactive dye mixture comprising one or more, such as two or three, preferably 1
or 2, dyes of the hereinbelow indicated and defined general formula (I),

one or more, such as two or three, preferably 1 or 2, dyes of the hereinbelow
indicated and defined general formula (II)

and, optionally, as further components for blending or shading, one or more, such
as two or three, preferably 1 or 2 dyes having, for example, the hereinbelow
indicated and defined general formulae (llla)- (lllf)






where
R1 is hydrogen, (C1-C4)-all:yl, phenyl or a phenyl substituted by one, two
or three independent groups selected from the group consisting of (C1-C4)-
alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido and halogen;
R and R are independently hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy,
hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido or halogen; and
A is a phenylene group of the general formula (2)

where
R4 and R5 are independent) hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy,
hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido or halogen; or
a naphthylene group of the general formula (3)



R6 and R7 are independently hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy,
hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido or halogen; or
a polymethylene group of the gsneral formula (4)
-(CR8R9)k- (4)
where
k is 2 or 3 and
R8 and R9 are independently hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy,
hydroxyl, cyano, amido, halogen or aryl; and
X1 is hydrogen or a group of the formula -SO2-Z; or
are each a phenyl group of the general formula (5)

where
R10 and R11 are independently hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy,
hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amide or halogen; and
X2 has one of the meanings of X ;
or are each a naphthyl group of the general formula (6)


where
R12 and R11 are independently) hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy,
hydroxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido or halogen; and
XJ has one of the mea lings of X ;
Z is -CH=CH2, -CH2 CH2Z1 or hydroxyl,

where
Z1 is hydroxyl or an alka i-elimjnable group; and
M is hydrogen, an alkali metal or one equivalent of an alkaline earth metal;
D3 has one of the meanings of D1 or D2 or is a group of the general formula (7)

where
R21 and R22 independently hi ve one of the meanings of R2 and R3;
R23 is hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl, unsubstituted or (C1-C4)-alkyl-, (C1-C4)-
alkoxy-, sulfo-, halogen-or carboxyl-substituted phenyl; and
Z21 is a fiber-reactive heterocyclic group;
R is hydrogen, (C1-C4)-alkyl or phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by
(Ci-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido;
or
is a group of the formula (14)
CH2-SO3M (14),
where M is as defined . above; and
n is 1 or 2,
D4, D5, D6, D7 and D8 have one of the meanings of D1, D2 or D3, and,

if R31 is not a group of the general formula (8) or (9), D4, and
also D or D anc D , contain at least one fiber-reactive group
of the formula -SO2Z or Z21;
R is hydrogen, acetyl, carbamoyl, sulfomethyl or
a group of the gereral formula (8) or (9),
R is hydrogen or sul fomethyl,
R is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl, with C1-C4-alkyl,
R34 is hydrogen or methyl,
R is hydrogen, cyano, carbamoyl, carboxyl or sulfomethyl,
R is methyl, ethyl or β-sulfoethyl,
R is methyl, carboxyl or carboxyalkyl, with C1-C4-alkyl,
R38 is acetamido, ureido or methyl,
R39 is hydrogen, methyl or methoxy,
m is 0 or 1,
p is 1, 2 or 3 and
Z has one of the meanings of Z , where
in the general formula (1) at least one of D1 and D2 is a group of the
general formula (1); and when A is a group of the general formula (4),
R1 is phenyl or phenyl substituted by one, two or three independent
groups selected from the group consisting of (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-
alkoxy, hydroxyl, sulfc, carboxyl, amido and halogen; and the
reactive dye of the general formula (I) contains at least one -SO2Z
group.

2. The dye mixture as claimed in claim 1, wherein the heterocyclic
reactive group Z21 is a fiber-reactive group of the general formula
(8) or (9) or (10)

where
V is fluorine or chlorine;
U1,U2 are independently fluorine, chlorine or hydrogen;
and
Q , Q are independently chlorine, fluorine, cyanamido,
hydroxyl, (C1-C6)-alkoxy, phenoxy, sulfophenoxy, mercapto, (C1-
C6)-alkylmercapto, pyridino, carboxypyridino, carbamoylpyridino
or a group of the general formula (11) or (12)

where
R2 is hydrogei or (C1-C6)-alkyl, sulfo-(C1-C6)-alkyl, or
phenyl which is uns ubstituted or substituted by (C1-C4-alkoxy,
sulfo, halogen, carboxyl, acetamido or ureido;

R and R inde{ endently have one of the meanings of R or
combine to form a cyclic ring system of the formula -(CH2)]-,
where j is 4 or 5, 01 alternatively -(CH2)2-E-(CH2)2-, where E is
oxygen, sulfur, sulfo -NR5-, where R5 is equal to (C]-C6)-alkyl,
or they are a group oi the general formula (13)


R24, R25 and R26 are each (C1-C4)-alkyl or (C1-C4)-
hydroxyalkyl; and
B" is the equivalent of an anion, such as
hyilrogensulfate, sulfate, fluoride, chloride,
brc mide, dihydrogenphosphate,
hydrogenphosphate, phosphate, hydroxide or
acestate;
W is phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted
by 1 or 2 substituents, such as (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-
C4-alkoxy, carboxyl, sulfo, chlorine, bromine, or is
(C1-C4)-alkylene-arylene or (C2-C6)-alkylene,
which can be interrupted by oxygen, sulfur, sulfo,
amino, carbonyl, carboxamido, or is phenylene-
CCNH-phenylene, which is unsubstituted or
substituted by (C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy,
hyc roxyl, sulfo, carboxyl, amido, ureido or
halogen, or is naphthylene, which is unsubstituted
or substituted by one or two sulfo groups; and
Z is as in claim 1.
3. The reactive dye mixture as claimed in one or both of claims 1 and 2, wherein the
substituents R1 to R5, R8 to R11 snd R23 are each hydrogen, R6, R7, R12, R13, R21
and R22 are each hydrogen or su fo and R24, R25 and R26 are each methyl.
4. The reactive dye mixture as claimed in at least one of claims 1 to 3, wherein Z is
vinyl, β-chloroethyl or fi-sulfatoet lyl.
5. The reactive dye mixture'as claimed in at least one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the
groups Q1 and Q2 in the general lormula (9) independently of one another are
fluorine, chlorine, cyanamido, mopholino, 2-sulfophenylamino,
3-sulfophenylamino, 4-sulfophemlamino, 3-trimethylammoniumphenylamino,

4-trimethylammoniumphenylamiro, 3-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenylamino,
4-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)phenyla riino, 3-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino,
4-(vinylsulfonyl)phenylamino, N-methyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino
or N-phenyl-N-(2-(2-sulfatoethylsulfonyl)ethyl)amino.
6. The reactive dye mixture as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 5, comprising at
least one dye of the general formula (la)

where M, A, R1, Z, D3 and R ate each as defined in claim 1.
7. The reactive dye mixture as claimed in claim 6, wherein, in formula (la), A is
phenylene and Z is vinyl or β-sulfatoethyl and, in formula (lla), R is hydrogen or
sulfomethyl and D3 is as defined in claim 1.
8. The reactive dye mixture as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 7, comprising a
dye of the formula (I) in a fraction of 30 to 95% by weight and a dye of the formula
(II) in a fraction of 5 to 70% by weight.

9. The reactive dye mixture as clained in claim 8, further comprising at feast one
dye of the formulae (llla) to (IIIf) in a fraction of 3 to 50% by weight.
10. The reactive dye mixture as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 9, comprising
one or more monoazo dyes of the formula (15) and/or one or more monoazo
dyes of the formula (16) each at 0.5 to 6% by weight

where D2 and M are each «is defined in claim 1.
11. The reactive dye mixture a: claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 10, comprising
more than one navy disazo dye of the general formula (I) in a fraction of up to
95% by weight.
1 2. A process for producing dye mixtures as claimed in one or more of claims 1
to 11, which comprises tie individual dyes of the formulae (I) and (II) and, if
used, (III) being mixed with each other in the required proportions either
mechanically in solid forri or in the form of the aqueous solutions.
13. A process for producing dve mixtures as claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 10
where the diazo components with the groups D2 and D3 in the general formulae
(I) and (II) are the same, which comprises diazotizing an amine of the general
formula (17)
D2-NH2 (17),
where D2 is as defined in claim 1, in a conventional manner and then reacting the '
resulting diazonium compound with a mixture of 4-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-
2,7-disulfonic acid or 4~anino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-1,7-disulfonic acid and an
optionally N-substituted (i-amino-4-hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid or

3-amino-5-hydroxynaphthalene-2,7-disulfonic acid to give the monoazo
dyes of the formulae (15) and (II) and then diazotizing an amine of the
general formula (18)
D1-NH2 (18)
where D1 is as defined in claim 1, in a conventional manner and then
coupling the resulting diazonium compound in a second stage with the
mixture of the monoazo dyes of the general formulae (15) and (II) obtained
in the first stage to give a mixture of the dyes of the general formulae (I) and
(II).
14. A process for producing dye mixtures as claimed in one or more of
claims 1 to 10, where the diazo components with the groups D1
and D in the general formulae (I) and (II) are the same, which
comprises diazotizing an amine of the general formula (18), where
D1 is as defined in claim 1, in a conventional manner and then
reacting the resulting diazonium compound with a mixture of
defined proportion of a red monoazo dye of the general formula
(15) and an optionally N-substituted 6-amino-4-
hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulfonic acid or 3-amino-5-
hydroxynaphthalene-2, 7-disulfonic acid in a first stage to give a

mixture of monoazo dyes of the general formulae (15) and (II) and
then carrying out the second coupling of the monoazo dye of the
general formula (15) to give a mixture of the two dyes of the
general formulae (I) and (II).
15. An aqueous liquid preparation comprising a dye mixture as
claimed in one or more of claims 1 to 13 with a total dye content of
5-50% by weight.
Dated this 12th day of August 2004.

Reactive dye mixtures of one or more dyes of the general formula (I) one or more dyes of the general formula (II)
and, where appropriate, one or more dyes of the general formula (IIIa) to
where D1 to D8, R, R1 to R39, Z Z1 to Z3 and M are as defined in claim 1 are
prepared and used for dyeing and printing hydroxyl- and/or carboxamido-
containing fiber material.

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1167-kolnp-2004-granted-correspondence.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-description (complete).pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-examination report.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-form 1.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-form 18.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-form 2.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-form 3.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-form 5.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-gpa.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-reply to examination report.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-specification.pdf

1167-kolnp-2004-granted-translated copy of priority document.pdf


Patent Number 229489
Indian Patent Application Number 1167/KOLNP/2004
PG Journal Number 08/2009
Publication Date 20-Feb-2009
Grant Date 18-Feb-2009
Date of Filing 12-Aug-2004
Name of Patentee DYSTAR TEXTILEFARBEN GMBH & CO. DEUTSCHLAND KG.
Applicant Address INDUSTRIEPARK HOCHST, GEBAUDA B 598 65926 FRANKFURT
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 EICHHORN, JOACHIM HORTENSIENRING 17 65929 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
PCT International Classification Number C09B 67/22
PCT International Application Number PCT/EP2003/02793
PCT International Filing date 2003-03-18
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 102 12 772.7 2002-03-22 Germany
2 102 17 479.2 2002-04-19 Germany