Abstract:
The present invention relates to a storage-stable fluorescent whitener formulation, comprising a compound of formula 1, a process for their preparation and their use.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) wherein all substituents are as defined in the claims as optical brighteners as well as to new mixtures of optical brighteners.
Abstract:
An aqueous liquid composition characterized by containing an alkali salt, an alkali metal salt, an alkali earth metal salt or an ammonium salt of a compound represented by the following formula (1). 1 in the form of free acid in an amount of 10-40 mass % and inorganic salt in an amount of 1.1-10 mass % can easily be produced without a desalting process or the like which has been included in a conventional process and it has an excellent storage stability and excellent fluorescent brightening effect.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of a 4,4′-bis-(triazinylamino)-stilbene-2,2′-disulphonic acid compound of formula (1) is disclosed, characterized in that (a) in a first reaction step cyanurchloride is reacted with the disodium salt of 4,4′-diaminostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid to give the intermediate of formula (2); (b) in a second reaction step the compound of formula (2) is reacted with a compound of formula R1—H and/or R2—H to give the compound of formula (3); (c) in a third step the compound of formula (3) is reacted with the compound of the formula R3H, and reaction step (a) and/or (c) are carried out in a medium consisting of a mixture of water and a polyglycol to give the compound of formula (1), wherein R1, R2 and R3, independently, are phenylamino; phenylamino substitued by C1-C3alkyl, halogen, cyano, COOR or COR; CONH—R; SO2NH—R; NH—COR; mono- or disulphonated phenylamino; morpholino; piperidino; pyrrolidino; —NH2; —NH(C1-C4alkyl); —N(C1-C4alkyl)2; —NH(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl); —N(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl)2; —N(C1-C4alkyl)(C2-C4hydroxyalkyl); NHC2-C4 alkylsulphonic acid; —OC1-C4alkyl; an aminoacid or aminoacid amide residue from which a hydrogen atom on the amino group has been removed; R1 and R2 may further independently represent hydrogen; C1-C4alkyl; phenyl; naphthyl; phenyl or naphthyl substituted by C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy, halogen, C2-C5alkanoyl-amino, nitro, sulpho or C1-C4alkylated amino; R is hydrogen; or C1-C3alkyl; and M is H, Na, Li, K, Ca, Mg, ammonium, or ammonium that is mono-, di-, tri- or tetrasubstituted by C1-C4alkyl, C2-C4hydroxyalkyl or a mixture thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a hydrate of the 4,4′-di-triazinylamino-2,2′-di-sulfostilbene compound having the formula: in which M and M1 independently represent hydrogen, an alkaline-, an alkaline earth metal or ammonium, x is a number within the range of from 1 to 30, and the crystal form of the hydrate (I) being characterised by an X-ray diffraction pattern which is essentially as set out in the accompanying FIGS. 1 to 11; or a mixture containing one or more of the hydrates of the 4,4′-di-triazinylamino-2,2′-di-sulfostilbene compound having the formula (I); processes for the preparation of the new hydrates; and the use of the new hydrates for the preparation of concentrated aqueous formulations of fluorescent whitening agents.
Abstract:
The present invention provides new compounds having the formula: 1 in which X is O or, preferably, NH; M is hydrogen, an alkali metal atom, ammonium or a cation formed from an amine; each R1, independently, is an aminoacid residue from which a hydrogen atom on the amino group has been removed; n is 1 or 2; and each R2, independently, is hydrogen, C1-C3alkyl, halogen, cyano, COOR in which R is hydrogen or C1-C3alkyl, CONH-R in which R has its previous significance, SO2NH-R in which R has its previous significance, NH-COR in which R has its previous significance, SO3M in which M has its previous significance or, when n is 1, R2 can also be CO-R3 in which R3 is C1-C3alkyl or phenyl; provided that those compounds are excluded in which a) X is NH, n is 1 and R2 is SO3M in which M has its previous significance; or b) X is NH, n is 2 and one R2 is SO3M in which M has its previous significance, and the other R2 is hydrogen, methyl or halogen; or c) X is NH, n is 1, R1 is glycine and R2 is H or CO2H; or d) X is NH, n is 2, each R2 is SO3M in which M has its previous significance and the SO3M groups are in 2,5-positions in the phenyl ring and R1 is D,L-alanine, L-valine, L-leucine, L-isoleucine, L-threonine, L-aspartic acid, L-glutamic acid, L-phenylalanine, L-proline, (),L- methionine or glycine. Most of the new class of 4,4null-diaminostilbene-2,2null-disulfonic acid compounds are useful as fluorescent whitening agents, especially for paper.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of sulphonated distyryl-biphenyl compounds of formula (1), in which R1 and R2, independently, are hydrogen, C1-C5-alkyl, C1-C5-alkyl or halogen, and M represents Li, K, an alkaline earth metal or ammonium, characterized by, firstly, reacting a compound of formula (2) with a di- or trialkylamine containing 6-12 carbon atoms in each alkyl group, in a two-phase system consisting of strong aqueous mineral acid and a water immisicible organic solvent and, secondly, reacting the resulting lypophilic ammonium salt with LiOH, KOH, an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, ammonia, a mono-, di- or trialkylamine or a tetraalkylammonium hydroxide, all containing 1-4 carbon atoms in each alkyl group; mono-, di- or tri(C2-C4)alkanolamine, morpholine, piperdine or pyrrolidine.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses compounds of 4,4′-diaminostilbene-2,2′-disulphonic acid which are useful as optical brighteners to bleach fibres, cellulose and in particular paper and cardboard.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a fluorescent whitening agent comprising a mixture of two symmetrically and one asymmetrically substituted triazinylaminostilbene disulphonic acids, novel asymmetrically substituted derivatives, a process for their preparations and use of the mixture for whitening synthetic or natural organic materials, especially paper and for the fluorescent whitening and improvement of sun protection factors of textile materials.