The elucidation of the structure of the phthalocyanines followed some pioneering research into the chemistry of the system by Linstead of Imperial College, University of London. The structure that we now recognise was first proposed from the results of analysis of a number of metal phthalocyanines, which provided the molecular formulae, and from an investigation […]
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Phthalocyanines
The phthalocyanines represent without doubt the most important chro — mophoric system developed during the 20th century. Historically, the most important event was probably their accidental discovery around 1928 by a dye manufacturing company in Scotland. However, there is little doubt that researchers before this had isolated phthalocyanines, but the significance of their observations was […]
SYNTHESIS OF CARBONYL PIGMENTS
A number of methods of synthesis of the quinacridones are reported. Each of these involves several stages, accounting at least in part for the somewhat higher cost of these pigments. The two most important routes to the parent compound are outlined in Scheme 4.9. In both cases, the starting material, diethyl succinylsuccinate (84, 1 mol), […]
Synthesis of Indigoid Colorants
Indigo (57) was for many centuries obtained from natural sources. The chemical structure of indigo was first proposed by von Baeyer in 1869, and eleven years later he reported the first successful synthesis, a multistage route starting from o-nitrocinnamic acid. The first successful commercial synthesis of indigo, attributed to Heumann in 1897, is shown in […]
Synthesis of Anthraquinones
The synthesis of anthraquinone colorants may effectively be envisaged as involving two stages. The first stage involves the construction of the anthraquinone ring system and in the second phase the anthraquinone nucleus is elaborated to produce the desired structure. Frequently the latter involves substitution reactions, but group interconversion and further cyclisation reactions may also be […]
SYNTHESIS OF CARBONYL COLORANTS
The synthesis of carbonyl colorants uses a wide diversity of chemical methods, in which each individual product essentially has its own characteristic route. This is in complete contrast to the synthesis of azo dyes and pigments (Chapter 3) where a common reaction sequence is universally used. The subject is too vast to attempt to be […]
THE QUINONE-HYDROQUINONE REDOX SYSTEM
The quinone-hydroquinone system represents a classic example of a fast, reversible redox system. This type of reversible redox reaction is characteristic of many inorganic systems, such as the interchange between oxidation states in transition metal ions, but it is relatively uncommon in organic chemistry. The reduction of benzoquinone to hydroquinone reversible reaction involves the stepwise […]
CARBONYL PIGMENTS
There are a number of carbonyl colorant systems, which offer particular advantages as pigments for applications, such as automotive paints, which demand extremely high performance in terms of colouristics and fastness to light, heat and solvents. These carbonyl pigments are diverse structurally and include the quinacridones, diketopyrrolopyrroles, pery — lenes, perinones and anthraquinones and the […]
FLUORESCENT CARBONYL DYES
A number of carbonyl dyes are characterised by strong fluorescence. One of the most important groups of fluorescent brightening agents and dyes is based on the coumarin ring system. The important fluorescent coumarin derivatives almost invariably contain an electron-releasing substituent in the 7-position, which is most commonly a dialkylamino group but may be hydroxy or […]
BENZODIFURANONES
The benzodifuranones constitute one of the more recently introduced groups of carbonyl dyes. They were launched commercially in the late 1980s by ICI as disperse dyes for application to polyester. This group of dyes, of which compound 62 is a representative example, are capable of providing a range of colours but the most important are […]