WATER-SOLUBLE MONOAZO COMPOUNDS, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE AS DYESTUFFS

Abstract: Water soluble fiber-reactive dyestuffs of the formula in which M is hydrogen or an alkali metal, X is vinyl or a group of the formula - CH₂- CH₂ - Z in which Z is a substituent which can be eiiminated by an alkaline agent, and R is alkyl of 1 to 3 C-atoms or phenyl. The dyestuffs yield scarlet shades on cellulosic materials having excellent fastness properties and superior color yield and build up.

Description: Water-soluble monoazo compounds, process for their preps ration and their use as dyestuffs The present invention relate to the industrial field of fibre-reactive dyestuffs. U.e. Patent Specification No. 4,046,754 discloses, in the 6th Table-Example in col. 5/6 and in Example 7, monoazo dyestuffs which contain a 3-amino-8-(B-sulfatoethylsulfo- nyl) - or -8-(ss-phosphatoethylsulfonyl)-naphthalene-6- sulfuric acid as diaso component and the 2-acetylaino-5- naphthol-6-ulfonic acid or the i-benzoylaminoS-naphthol 3,6-disuifonic acid, respectively, at coupling component. dyeings prepared with these dyestuffs on cotton have goo fastnesses to light and washing, however, have disadvantares in respect to their fastnesses to chlorine bleach an to chlorinated water. The dyestuffs of invention over- come these disadvantages. The present invention provides novel, valuable azo dye- stuffs having improved properties, such as chlorine coleur fastness, colour strength and build-up properties, which correspond to the general formula (1) EMI1.1 wherein M is a hydrogen or an alkali metal, such as sodium, potassium or lithium, X is the vinyl group or a group of the general formula (?) - C.H - CH2 - Z (2) in which Z is a substituent which can be eliminated by an alkaline agent, and R is an alkyl group of 1 to 3 C-atoms, preferably thereof a methyl group, or is the phenyl group. The group Z which can be eliminated from the group of the formula (2) by means of an alkaline agent together with a hydrogen atom to form the vinyl group, is, for example, the chlorine atom, the bromine atom, a dialkylamino group with alkyl radicals each of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, such as the dimethylamino and the diethylamino group, an alkanoyloxy group of from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, such as the acetyloxy and the propionyloxy group, a phosphato group, a thiosulfato group, and preferably a sulfato group. The compounds of the general formula (1) in which X represents the vinyl group or a & ulfatoethyl group, represent preferred embodiments of the instant invention. According to the definition of the general formula (1) the novel azo compounds can be present in form of their free acids as well as in form of their salts. They are preferably in the form of their salts, in particular the alkali metal salts, and they are preferably used in the form of their salts for coloring (such as dyeing and printing) materials, in particular fiber materials, containing hydroxy groups and/or carbonamide groups. In addition, the compounds of this invention show surprisingly superior color fixation properties when the fiber-reactive moiety is prematurely converted to the vinyl moiety in the commercial dyeing operation. A sulfo group, as mentioned before or in the subsequent text, is a group of the general formula -S03M ; likewise a carboxy group is a group of the general formula -COOM a phosphato group a group of the general formula -OPODM2 a thiosulfato group a group of the general formula -S-SO3 M and a sulfato group a group of the general formula -OSO3M, wherein in each group M is defined as above. The present invention not only provides the novel compounds according to the general formula (1), it also concerns a process for the manufacture of these compounds. This process according to the invention comprises coupling a compound of the formula (3) EMI3.1 in which M and R are defined as above1 with a diazotized amino compound of the general formula (4) EMI3.2 in which M and X are defined as above, analogously to known procedures of coupling a naphthol coupling component with a diazotized aminonaphthalene diazo component under the conventional conditions for the preparation of fiberreactive azo compounds, - in particular in an aqueous medium and at a temperature, between 0 and 300 C, preferably between 5 and 15it, and at a pH-value between 3 and 8, preferably between 4 and 7. The compounds of formula (1) can be separated from the synthesis solution, after their preparation, by generally known methods suitable for water-soluble compounds, such as, for example, by precipitation from the reaction medium by means of electrolytes, such as, for example, sodium chloride or potassium chloride, or by evaporation of the reaction solution, for example by spray-drying. When the latter method for isolation of the novel compounds of formula (1) is chosen, it may be advantageous to remove sulfate portions if they are present in the synthesis solutions, before evaporation. This can be aceomplished by precipitation of the sulfates as calcium sulfate and filtration. In some caees, it may also be poasible for the solutions obtained in the synthesis of the compounds of formula (1), to be used directly as a liquid dyestuff composition for the dyeing or printing a fiber material, such as fiber material. The compounds of formula (1) have valuable dyestuff properties. They are suitable, as water-soluble dyestuffs, for colouring (dyeing and printing) leather or materials containing hydroxy groups and/or carbonamide groups, in particular materials made from natural, regenerated or synthetic, nitrogen-containing fibers or from natural, regenerated or synthetic hydroxy groups-containing fibers. The dyestaffs according to the invention are capable of colouring these materials to deep, brilliant scarlet shades with very good fastness properties. The fiber-reactive group in the compounds of the invention can react with the NH- and OH groats of the material, such as a fiber material, - with the hydroxy groups preferably in the alkaline medium, - to form a covalent bond and thus to form a fast link with the fiber. The present invention thus also relates to the use of the compounds of formula (1) for coloring (such as dyeing and printing) such materials, respectively, to a process for colouring those materials (substrates) comprising applying (contactins) a compound of formula (1), preferably in form of an aqueous solution, to (with) said substrate and fixing the compound of formula (1) on said substrate, optionally under the action of an alkaline agent and/or bv treating with heat. Nitrogen-containing materials are, for example, synthetic polyurethane and polyamides such as polyamide-6.6-polyamide-6, polyamide-li and polyamide-4, preferably in form of their fibers; natural polyamide fiber materials are silk and wool and other animal hair. Materials containing hydroxy groups are, for example, polyvinyl alcohols, in particular cellulosic fiber materials, preferably cotton and other vegetable fibers, such as linon, hemp, jute, furthermore their regenerated products, such as, in particular, fibers made of regenerated cellulose, such as viscose rayon or cuprammonium rayon. The novel compounds of formula (1) can be applied to the mentioned substrates by the application techniques which are generally known for fiber-reactive dyestuffs. Thus, in general, a procedure is followed in which the compounds of the formula (1) are applied to the substrate in aqueous solution, if appropriate in the presence of a customary thickener and/or if appropriate other auxiliaries, which, for example, can improve the affinity, the leveling power and the migration properties. These aqueous solutions can be weakly acid, neutral or alkaline. After application, the dyestuff is then fixed to the fiber by known methods. The compounds of the formula (1) are applied to natural, regenerated or synthetic polyamide fibers or polyurethane fibers or to leather by conventional techniques from an aqueous acid to aqueous neutral solution (pH range from about 3 to 6.5), preferably by the exhaustion methods, and are fixed on these fibers under the action of heat, in particular at a temperature between 60 and 130"C. Thus, for example, it is possible to add acetic acid or acetic acid and ammonium acetate as a buffer to the bath containing the compound of the general formula (I ) in order to obtain the desired pH value. Addition of customary leveling agents, for example those based on a reaction product of cyanuric chloride and three moles of an aminobenzenesulfonic acid ann 'r an aminonaphthalenesulfonic acid or those based on a reaction product of stearylamine and ethylene oxide, is recommended for the purpose of achieving dyeings with a useful levelness. The compounds of.formula (1) can be applied to and fixed on the substrate by the exhaustion pro cesn either at the boiling point or at a higher temperature, such as, for example, at 105 to 1200C, under pressure. It is expedient for the dyeing to be started with a slow increase in temperature to 600C and, after some time, for the temperature to be increased slowly to a higher tempera tare. In the coloring (dyeing) fiber materials containing hydroxy groups, the compound of formula (i) is generally applied to the fiber from a weakly acid to alkaline solution and is fixed on the fiber in the presence of an alkaline agent which may also be added subsequently to the aqueous dyeing liquor or applied directly to the fiber. Alkaline substances which can be used in these fixing solutions are, for example, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate, trisodium phosphate or sodium or potassium silicate or waterglass. The compounds of formula (1) are applied preferably by ex haustion dyeing procedures. In this case, the fiber mate rial is treated in an aqueous-alkaline solution of the compound of the formula (1), advantageously with the addition of an electrolyte, such as sodium chloride or sodium sulfate, at elevated temperatures, such as at a temperature between 30 and 1100C, it being advantageous for the dyeing to be started at a low temperature and for the temperature of the exhaustion bath to be slowly increased to 60"C, and completing the fixation step at this temperature. It is also possible for the fiber, such as, for example, the cellulose fiber, to be pretreated with a solution of an alkaline compound and then, if necessary after intermediate drying, to be impregnated with an aqueous solution of the compound of the formula (1); the fiber-reactive compound of formula (1) can then be fixed on the fiber at room temperature, but preferably under a heat treatment. If the compounds of formula (1) are applied to the fiber material in the form of printing pastes, it is usual to employ thickeners, such as sodium alginate, cellulose ether, tragacanth or gum arabic, if appropriate with the addition of a customary printing auxiliary and the above-mentioned alkaline compounds. These prints are then treated with hot air at a temperature between 70 and 2300C, preferably between 100 und 150it (thermofixed), or steamed. The compounds of formula (1) can thus be applied to the cellulose fiber by customary printing processes such as either in a one-phase procedure using a printing paste of the compound of formula (1) containing sodium bicarbonate or one of the other above-mentioned alkaline agents, with subsequent fixation of the compound of the formula (1) by steaming at 101 to 103"C, or they can be applied to the fiber in a two-step process, first applying a neutral or weakly acid printing paste containing the compound of formula (1) and then fixing the compound of formula (1) on the fiber either by passing the printed material through a hot alkaline bath containing electrolytes, or by overpadding with an alkaline liquor containing electrolytes and subsequently left to stand at room temperature or treated with heat, such as hot steam or hot air. If an electrolyte-containing alkaline bath, through which the material impregnated with the compound of formula (1) is passed for fixing, is used, the bath temperature is 60 to 105it, so that subsequent treatment by hot air or steam can be dispensed with. If the material impregnated with the compound accordin to the invention is treated with a strong aqueous alkali, such as, for example, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide andlor sodium silicate or potassium silicate or trisodium phosphate, it is sufficient for the moist goods, preferably prints, which have been impregnated with alkali to be left to stand at room tempera tre for a relatively long period, in order to fix the compounds of formula (1). The colored materials thus obtained are then after-treated, rinsed and dried, in the customary manner. Colored fiber materials on which the compounds of the general formula (1) have been fixed, have very good wet fastness properties. They show strong, scarlet shades; outstanding wet fastness properties, are, in particular, fastnesses to washing at 60 to 95C, to alkaline and acid Derspiration, to water (severe), to bleaching with sodium chlorite and to chlorinated water. In particular, the dyeings with the dyestuff according to the invention have, in the dry and moist state, a remarkably good fastness to light. The compounds of formula (1) have a very good affinity and exhibit a high degree of fixation (high tinctorial strength). They fix on the different fibers of a cotton/viscose staple mixed fabric in the same intensity and thus produce uniform shade and depth of color on such mixed fiber materials. The following Examples serve to illustrate the invention. The parts are parts by weight, and the percentage data relate to percentage by weight, unless otherwise indicated. Parts by volume bear the same relationship to parts by weight as liter to kilogram. The absorption maximum (#max) in the visible range of the alkalimetal salts of the compounds according to the invention have been determined in aqueous solution. Example 1 361.5 parts of 2-amino-6-( Ssulfatoethyleulfonyl)- naphthalene-l-sulfonic acid, prepared by sulfonation and simultaneous esterification of 2-amino-6-( & ydroxyethyl- sulfonyl)-naphthalene, are added to a mixture of 1000 parts of water and 500 parts of ice, while stirring, and diazotized in the usual manner by means of 152 parts of an aqueous 40 % sodium nitrite solution. After the diazotization reaction, nitrite in excess is decomposed with about 1 part of amidosulfonic acid. The suspension of the diazonium salt is then adjusted to a pH of 1.0 to 1.5 with sodium carbonate; thereafter, 308 parts of 2-beneoylamino-8-naphthol- 6-sulfonic acid (in the form of its sodium salt) are added. For the coupling reaction, the pH is then adjusted and maintained at a value of from 6.0 to 6.5 with 200 parts of sodium carbonate. After completion of the coupling reaction. the synthesis solution obtained is filtered at a temperature of 40'C, and the monoazo compound according to the invention is precipitated by the addition of sodium chloride. The product is isolated by filtration and dried under reduced pressure at 70 to 80'C. A salt-containing (electrolyte-containing) red powder of the compound of the invention, corresponding to the formula EMI9.1 may = 493 nm) is obtained in form of the sodium salt. In an analoguous manner, as described for the above sodium salt of the dyestuff of the invention, the potassium and lithium salts or mixtures of the alkali metal salts of the compound of the invention can be prepared. The novel dyestuffs of the invention have very good fiberreactive properties and yield strong-colored dyeings and prints of scarlet shades, having very good fastness properties, on the materials, in particular fiber materials, mentioned in the description part of the instant application text, such as preferably on cotton, when employing the application and fixation methods generally known and conventional in the technique for fiber-reactive dyestuffs. In particular, as regards the fastness properties of the dyeings obtainable, the fastnesses to washing at 600C and 95it, to alkaline and acid perspiration, to bleaching with sodium chlorite and to chlorinated water, as well as to light (in the moist as well as in the dry state of the dyeing) can be stressed. Example 2 361.5 parts of 2-amino-6-( Ssulfatoethylsulfonyl)- naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid, prepared by sulfonation and simultaneous esterification of 2-amino-6-( & ydroxyethyl- sulfonyl)-naphthalene, are added to a mixture of 1000 parts of water and 500 parts of ice, while stirring, and diazotized in the usual manner by means of 152 parts of an aqueous 40 ffi sodium nitrite solution. After the diazotization reaction, nitrite in excess is decomposed with about 1 part of amidosulfonic acid. The suspension of the diazonium salt is then adjusted to a pH of 1.0 to 1.5 with sodium carbonate; thereafter, 250 parts of 2-acetylamino8-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid (in the form of its sodium salt) are added. For the coupling reaction, the pH is then adjusted and maintained at a value of from 6.0 to 6.5 with 200 parts of sodium carbonate. After completion of the coupling reaction, the synthesis solution obtained is filtered at a temperature of 40it, and the monoazo compound according to the invention is precipitated by the addition of sodium chloride. The product is isolated by filtration and dried under reduced pressure at 70 to 80it. A salt-containing (eiectrolyte-containing) red powder of the compound of the invention, corresponding to the formula EMI11.1 (heat 493 nm) is obtained in form of the sodium salt. In an analoguous manner, as described for the above sodium salt of the dyestuff of the invention, the potassium and lithium salts or mixturea of the alkali metal salts of the compound of the invention can be prepared. The novel dyestuffs of the invention have very good fiberreactive properties and yield strong-colored dyeings and prints of scarlet shades, having very good fastness properties, on the materials, in particular fiber materials, mentioned in the description part of the instant application text, such as preferably on cotton, when employing the application and fixation methods generally known and conventional in the technique for fiber-reactive dyestuffs. In particular, as regards the fastness properties of the dyeings obtainable, the fastnesses to washing at 60*C and 95it, to alkaline and acid perspiration, to bleaching with sodium chlorite and to chlorinated water, as well as to light (in the moist as well as in the dry state of the dyeing) can be stressed. le3 62.8 parts of 2-aminonaphthalene-6-B-hydroxyethylBulfone are converted to the sulfuric acid ester by dissolving in 162 parts of 100 ss sulfuric acid, and then sulfonated by the addition of 78 parts of 65 % oleum. The product is isolated by drowning in ice water (250 parts of water, 5 parts of ice, 62.5 parts of sodium chloride), filtering and washing the presseake with 250 parts of a cold aqueous 20 < sodium chloride solution. The presscake is reslurried in 450 parts of water and 100 parts of ice and diazotized with 34.5 parts of an aqueous 40 % sodium nitrite solution. The excess nitrite is decomposed by the addition of one part of sulfamic acid. Then 363 parts of an aqueous 16 % solution of 2-acetylamino-8-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid are added in the form of the lithium salt, and the pH of the reaction is adjusted to 5.0 to 5.5 with 65 parts of an aqueous 15 ffi solution of sodium carbonate; the resulting solution is spray-dried to yield about 275 parts of dyestuff, containing inorganic sulfate salts and inorganic chloride salts. This dyestuff is identical with the dyestuff of Example 2 and shows the same good properties. Examples 4 to 13 The following Table Examples describe further monoazo compounds according to the invention, which are written in form of the free acids; preferably they are present in form of their alkali metal salts, such as sodium, potassium or lithium salts. They can be prepared according to the process of the invention, for example, analogously to preceding working Examples, starting from the corresponding diazo and coupling components (such as the 2-amino-6 vinylsulfonyl-naphthalene-1 -sulfonic acid, the 2-amino-6 (B-chloroethylsulfonyl)-naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid, the 2-amino-6-(B-thiosulfatoethyl-sulfonyl)-naphthalene-1-sul- fonic acid, the 2-amino-6-(ss-acetoxyethyl-sulfonyl)-naph- thalene-1-sulfonic acid or the 2-amino-6-(ss-phosphato- ethylsulfonyl)-naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid as diazo component and the 2-benzoylamino-8-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid or, respectively, 2-acetylamino-8-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid as coupling component). These azo compounds according to the invention have also very good fibre-reactive dyestuff properties with very good properties for application on the material to be dyed, and they yield dyeings and prints on the fibre materials mentioned in the descrip tion part of the instant application text, in particular on cellulosic fibre materials, according to the applica tion and fixation methods conventional for fibre-reactive dyestuffs, in high colour depths and scarlet shades; these dyeings and prints have the same level of good properties for fastnesses as described for the dyeings ob obtainable with the azo compound, according to the invention, of Example 1. tx. Monoazo dyestuff according to the invention EMI13.1 Ex. Monoazo dyestuff according to the invention EMI14.1

Claims: Patent Claims: 1. A water-soluble monoazo compound of the formula EMI15.1 in which M is a hydrogen or an alkali metal, X is vinyl or a group of the formula - CH2 - CH2 - 2 in which Z is a substituent which can be eliminated by an alkaline agent, and R iB alkyl of 1 to 3 C-atoms or phenyl. 2. A compound according to claim 1 wherein Z is chlorine, bromine, dialkylamino having alkyl groups of 1 to 4 carbons, alkanoyloxy having 2 to 5 carbons, phosphato, thiosulfato or sulfato. 3. A compound according to clalm 1, in which X is the vinyl group. 4. A compound according to claim 1, in which X is a B-sulfatoethyl group. 5. A compound according to claim 1, in which R is methyl. 6. A compound according to claim 1, in which R is phenyl. 7. A process for the preparation of a compound mentioned and defined in claim, characterized by coupling a compound of formula EMI16.1 in which M and R are defined as in claim 1, with the diazonium salt of an amino compound of the formula EMI16.2 in which M and X are defined as in claim 1. 8. Use of an azo compound according to claim 1, or of an azo compound prepared according to claim 7, as dyestuff. 9. Use according to claim 8 for coloring a material containing hydroxy groups and/or carbonamide groups, preferably of a fiber material. 10. Use according to claim 9 for coloring a cellulose fiber material. 11. In a process for coloring (dyeing or printing) a material, in particular a fiber material, containing hydroxy groups and/or carbonamide groups, which comprises applying a dyestuff on said material or bringing it in contact with said material and fixing the dyestuff on said material, optionally in the presence of an acid binding agent (alkaline agent) and/or by the action of heat, the improvement consisting of employing, as the dyestuff, a compound of claim 1, 12. A dyestuff composition comprising the compound as defined in claim 1 wherein X is the vinyl or the beta sulfatoethyl group and R is the methyl or phenyl group. 13. A liquid dyestuff composition comprising 5 to 45 % of a water-ssoluble dyestuff according to claim I and water. 14. A liquid dyestuff composition comprising 5 to 45 % of a water-soluble dyestuff according to claim 2 and water.

Inventors: CORSO, ANTHONY J., MEININGER, FRITZ, DR., ROE, KATHE
Applicants: HOECHST CELANESE CORPORATION
Application year: 1986
Main classification: C09B62
IPC codes: D06P3, C09B62, D06P1