A facile synthesis of 6,6′- and 5,5′-dihalogenoindigos

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-105

  Tanoue, Yasuhiro ^a   Sakata, Kazunori ^b   Hashimoto, Mamoru ^b   Hamada, Moritsugu ^a   Kai, Norihisa ^a   Nagai, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL FISHERIES UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Acetoxy 6 fluoroindole; 3 Iodo halogenoindole; 6,6 Dibromoindigo; Dihalogenoindigo; Royal purple; Tyrian purple

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AIR; ALKALINITY; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DIHALOGENOINDIGOS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HALOINDOLES; IODINATION;

PIGMENTS;

DYE MANUFACTURING; HYDROLYSIS; NATURAL DYE; OXIDATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 1942473737     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-7208(03)00150-5     Document Type: Article

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