| abstract |
Compounds of the general formula <IMAGE> in which R1 and R2 are identical or different and denote hydrogen, chlorine or bromine, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy or nitro and K denotes identical or different radicals of enolizable ketomethylene compounds which do not contain groups imparting solubility in water, are obtained by coupling one equivalent of the bisdiazonium compound obtained by bisdiazotizing the diamine of the formula <IMAGE> in which R1 and R2 have the meaning mentioned above, with 2 equivalents of one or more compounds of the formula KH in which K has the meaning mentioned above. These disazo compounds are pigments which have a high tinctorial strength and good fastness to migration, light, heat and chemicals. |