Vat Violet 1

Chemical Properties

Purple-brown (or blue-black) powder. Insoluble in water, ethanol, acetone, soluble in benzene, slightly soluble in toluene, xylene, chloroform, nitrobenzene, o-chlorophenol, pyridine, tetrahydronaphthalene. Blue color in alkaline solution of insurance powder, reddish purple color in acidic solution.

Uses

Vat Violet 1 is suitable for dyeing and printing cotton, linen, silk, and vinylon fabrics. It is also used for dyeing blended fabrics such as polyester-cotton, viscose-cotton, and vinylon-cotton. It can also be used to blend with other dyes such as Vat Blue and Gray to dye dark blue and dark gray. Furthermore, it can be processed into organic pigments for coloring plastics.

Preparation

(a) prepared C.I. Vat Violet 10 (C.I. 60000) in Nitrobenzene chloride in; (b) The dichlorobenzene around anthrone with alkali treatment.

Synthesis

Dichloroisoviolanthrone , (Indanthren Brilliant Violet RR and 4R with chlorine in the 6,15 positions), is prepared from isoviolanthrone by chlorination with sulfuryl chloride .

Properties and Applications

brilliant blue purple. Puce powder. Soluble in Benzene, slightly soluble in chloroform, 2 – Chlorophenol, Nitrobenzene, Pyridine , 1, 2, 3, 4 – Tetrahydronaphthalene, Toluene and Xylene, insoluble in Etanol and Acetone. In concentrated sulfuric acid for green, dilution after purple, have precipitation. Alkaline reduction leuco for blue; Acid reduction leuco for red light purple. Mainly used for cotton, linen, synthetic fiber and silk dyeing and printing, also can be used for viscose/cotton, vinylon/cotton blended fabric dyeing and polyester/cotton blended fabric two bath process set of dye. Applicable to the fabric direct printing and VAT blue, reducing ash spell dyed dark blue or dark gray, also can be used in the manufacture of VAT blue, processing into organic pigment and plastic colorant.

Standard	Ironing Fastness	Chlorine bleach	Light Fastness	Mercerized	Oxygen bleach	Soaping
						Fading	Stain
ISO	2	5	5-6	4	4-5	4-5	4-5
AATCC	2	4-5	6-7	3	5