| abstract |
Major intermediates useful in hair coloring systems include 2-arylaminomethyl-4-aminophenols. The present invention provides a compound of formula (1): Embedded image A novel 2-arylaminomethyl-4-aminophenol compound represented by the formula: wherein R is a moiety selected from the formula (2), (3) or (4); Embedded image In the formula, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 are a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an amino group, a C 1 -C 6 alkyl or haloalkyl group, a C 1 -C 6 alkoxy or haloalkoxy group And a nitrile group, and R 6 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1 -C 4 alkyl or a C 1 -C 4 alkoxy group, a 2-arylaminomethyl-4-aminophenol compound. provide. |