CARBAZOLE CATIONIC DYESTUFFS

1308128 Cationic dyestuffs BAYER AG 19 April 1971 [6 March 1970] 23237/71 Heading C4P The invention comprises a process for the preparation of dyes of formula wherein R 6 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl radical, R 1 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl radical or R 1 and/or R 6 represent an alkyl radical which is bonded to the adjacent 6-membered ring and X represents an anion and wherein the rings and acyclic radicals may be substituted by one or more non-ionic substituents, which process comprises condensing a compound of formula with a carbazole derivative of formula in which at least one p-position relative to the nitrogen atom is unsubstituted, using an inorganic acid halide as the condensation agent and carrying out the condensation in the presence of phosphorous pentoxide. Dyes of formulµ I, IV, V and VI are claimed per se, wherein Formula I R 6 represents a C 2 -C 6 alkyl radical or an aralkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl radical, or an alkyl radical which is bonded to the napththalene ring, in Formulµ I, IV and V, R 1 represents an alkyl or aralkyl radical or an alkyl radical which is bonded to an adjacent 6-membered ring, and in Formula VI, R represents an alkyl radical with 3-6 carbon atoms or an aralkyl radical. The dyes give red shades on fibres of polymerized unsaturated nitriles, acid-modified polyesters and acid modified synthetic polyamides.