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Purification of crude organic pigments

Assignee: BASF SE
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Filing: 1982-03-31
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Granted: 1984-07-10
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Expires: 2002-03-31
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Abstract

Abstract A process for purifying crude organic pigments, wherein the crude pigment is suspended in a mixture of two organic liquids which are partially or completely immiscible with one another, the suspension is mixed at 50°-180° C. until equilibrium has been reached, the phases are allowed to separate, the phase containing the impurities (i.e. the first liquid) is separated off and the purified pigment is isolated from the other phase (i.e. the second liquid). Finely divided crude pigments can, directly after purification, be converted, while in the second liquid, into pigmentary forms. The process gives pigments of high purity, which after conversion into pigmentary forms give deep, brilliant colorations.

Inventors

  • 👤 Wolfgang Fabian
  • 👤 Rudolf Polster

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 11:46
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09B; C09B67/00; C09B67/0096

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 134 words
In a process for the purification of a crude organic pigment by suspending it in a warm organic liquid and separating off the pigment, wherein the improvement comprises that the crude pigment selected from the series of pigments of phthalocyanines, quinophthalones, perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid diimides and dioxazines is suspended in a mixture of (a) a polar hydrophilic organic liquid, the first liquid, which is miscible with water in all proportions and (b) a non-polar or polar organic liquid, the second liquid, which is immiscible with water and is partially or completely immiscible with the first liquid; wherein the suspension is mixed at 50°-180° C., the phases are allowed to separate, the phase, said first liquid, which contains the impurities is separated off and the purified pigment is isolated from the other phases, said second liquid.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 134 words
In a process for the purification of a crude organic pigment by suspending it in a warm organic liquid and separating off the pigment, wherein the improvement comprises that the crude pigment selected from the series of pigments of phthalocyanines, quinophthalones, perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid diimides and dioxazines is suspended in a mixture of (a) a polar hydrophilic organic liquid, the first liquid, which is miscible with water in all proportions and (b) a non-polar or polar organic liquid, the second liquid, which is immiscible with water and is partially or completely immiscible with the first liquid; wherein the suspension is mixed at 50°-180° C., the phases are allowed to separate, the phase, said first liquid, which contains the impurities is separated off and the purified pigment is isolated from the other phases, said second liquid.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 12 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein crude phthalocyanine is used.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 46 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a mixture of (a) formic acid, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol or glycerol, as the first liquid, and (b) benzene hydrocarbons, nitrobenzenes or chlorobenzenes, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic hydrocarbons or aliphatic chlorohydrocarbons or bromohydrocarbons, as the second liquid, is used.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 63 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein formic acid, ethylene glycol, glycerol or a mixture of these is used as the first liquid, and benzene, toluene, xylene, propylbenzene, butylbenzene, chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, trichlorobenzene, chlorotoluene, nitrobenzene, nitrotoluene, pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, petroleum ether, cyclohexane, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, dichloroethane, dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, dichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, 1,2-dibromoethane or a mixture of these is used as the second liquid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 45 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a mixture of ethylene glycol and xylene, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene or 1,2-dibromoethane or a mixture of formic acid and xylene or tetrachloroethylene is used as the mixture of liquids which are partially or completely immiscible with one another.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 45 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a mixture of ethylene glycol and xylene, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene or 1,2-dibromoethane or a mixture of formic acid and xylene or tetrachloroethylene is used as the mixture of liquids which are partially or completely immiscible with one another.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 45 words
A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein a mixture of ethylene glycol and xylene, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene or 1,2-dibromoethane or a mixture of formic acid and xylene or tetrachloroethylene is used as the mixture of liquids which are partially or completely immiscible with one another.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 37 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of first liquid to crude pigment is from 0.5 to 2 and the weight ratio of second liquid to crude pigment is from 0.5 to 5.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 37 words
A process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the weight ratio of first liquid to crude pigment is from 0.5 to 2 and the weight ratio of second liquid to crude pigment is from 0.5 to 5.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 37 words
A process as claimed in claim 5, wherein the weight ratio of first liquid to crude pigment is from 0.5 to 2 and the weight ratio of second liquid to crude pigment is from 0.5 to 5.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 50 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic suspension of the crude pigment, as obtained from the process of synthesis, is used for the purification process, and the other liquid, which is partially or completely immiscible with the liquid present in the suspension, is added to the suspension.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 54 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic suspension of the crude pigment, as obtained from the process of synthesis, is used for the purification process, the suspension is concentrated and the other liquid, which is partially or completely immiscible with the liquid present in the suspension, is added to the suspension.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 57 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a finely divided crude pigment having a primary particle size of ≦0.1 μm is used and, after separating off the first liquid containing the impurities, the finely divided crude pigment, still in the second liquid, is converted into the pigmentary form by heating and is then isolated, if desired.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 53 words
A process as claimed in claim 13, wherein the crude pigment used is a finely divided agglomerated crude copper phthalocyanine which may contain up to 2 chlorine or bromine atoms in the molecule, a finely divided agglomerated polychloro-copper phthalocyanine or polybromochloro-copper phthalocyanine, the primary particle size of these crude pigments being ≦0.1 μm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 21 words
A process as claimed in claim 11 or 12 or 13, wherein an organic suspension of crude copper phthalocyanine is used.

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