Dye composition for keratinic fibers containing a phenol coupler

Claim 2

A dye composition for keratinic fibers comprising an aqueous or hydroalcoholic solution of a. at least one oxidation base comprising a paraphenylenediamine, present in the form of a free base, or in the form of an acid addition salt thereof and b. at least one coupler of the formula: ##SPC3## wherein Y represents a member selected from the group consisting of --NHCOCH 3 and --NHCONH 2 ; and X represents a member selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, and bromine, or the acid addition salt of said coupler, said coupler being present in an amount of 0.05 to 4% based on the total weight of the composition and the molar ratio of said oxidation base to said coupler being between 5:1 and 1:2.

Claim 3

The composition of claim 1 wherein said paraphenylenediamine is selected from the group consisting of: paraphenylenediamine, paratolylenediamine, chloroparatoluyenediamine, methoxyparaphenylenediamine, chloroparaphenylenediamine, 2,6-dimethyl paraphenylenediamine, 2,5-dimethyl paraphenylenediamine, 2-methyl-5-methoxy paraphenylenediamine, 2,6-dimethyl-3-methoxy paraphenylenediamine, N,N-dimethyl paraphenylenediamine, 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-diethylaniline, N,N-di-β-hydroxyethylparaphenylenediamine, 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-di-β-hydroxyethylaniline, 3-chloro-4-amino-N,N-di-β-hydroxyethylaniline, 4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, carbamylmethyl) aniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, carbamylmethyl) aniline, 4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-piperidinoethyl) aniline, 4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-morpholinoethyl) aniline, 3-methyl-4amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-morpholinoethyl) aniline, 4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-acetylaminoethyl) aniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-acetylaminoethyl) aniline, 4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-mesylaminoethyl) aniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-mesylaminoethyl) aniline, 4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-sulfoethyl) aniline, 3-methyl-4-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-sulfoethyl) aniline, N-[(4'-amino) phenyl] morpholine, N-[(4'-amino) phenyl] piperidine and 3-methyl-5-amino-N,N-(ethyl, β-piperidinoethyl) aniline.

Claim 4

The composition of claim 1 which also includes in addition to said paraphenylenediamine at least one other oxidation base.

Claim 5

The composition of claim 3 wherein said other oxidation base is selected from the group consisting of a paraaminophenol and a heterocyclic base.

Claim 6

The composition of claim 4 wherein said heterocyclic base is selected from the group consisting of 2,5-diamino pyridine.

Claim 7

The composition of claim 1 which also includes at least one addititonal coupler.

Claim 8

The composition of claim 6 wherein said additional coupler is selected from the group consisting of resorcin, metaaminophenol, 2,4-diamino anisole, 7-hydroxy phenomorpholine, 2-methyl-5-ureido phenol, 2,6-dimethyl-5-aminophenol, 2-methyl-5-acetylaminophenol, 3-amino-4-methoxy phenol, 2,6-dimethyl-5-acetylaminophenol and a pyrazolone.

Claim 9

The composition of claim 1 which also includes a dye selected from the group consisting of anthraquinone, nitrobenzene, indamine, indophenol and indoaniline dye.

Claim 10

The composition of claim 1 which also includes a leucoderivative of an indamine, a leucoderivative of an indophenol, or a leucoderivative of an indoaniline.

Claim 11

The composition of claim 1 wherein said hydroalcoholic solution contains a lower alkanol.

Claim 12

The composition of claim 1 which also contains one or more of a glycol, a wetting agent, a thickening agent, a vinyl pyrrolidone polymer, an acrylic acid polymer, a complexing agent and a reducing agent.

Claim 13

The composition of claim 1 having a pH between 5 to 11.

Claim 14

A process for dyeing human hair consisting essentially of applying an effective amount of a mixture of an oxidizing agent and the dye composition of claim 1 to the hair and rinsing, washing and drying the hair.

Claim 15

The process of claim 13 wherein said oxidizing agent is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, urea peroxide, and a persalt.

Claim 16

The process of claim 14 wherein said persalt is an alkaline persulfate or perborate.