Method for dyeing of natural leathers using reactive dyes

Claim 3

A method according to claim 1, wherein Y and at least one of Y 1 and Y 2 represent a quaternary pyridinium group represented by the formula: ##STR158## wherein R 1 and R 2 represent independently a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, a methyl group, a sulfo group, a carboxyl group, a carbamoyl group, a lower alkoxy (C 1 ˜C 4 ) carbonyl group and a cyano group, or a quaternary ammonium group represented by the formula: ##STR159## wherein R 3 , R 4 and R 5 independently represent an alkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) group, a hydroxyalkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) group, a benzyl group, a sulfoalkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) group, a carboxyalkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) group and an alkoxy (C 1 ˜C 4 ) alkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) group; D represents a chromophore of non-metal containing azo dyestuffs, metal-containing azo dyestuffs, formazane dyestuffs, phlhalocyanine dyestuffs or anthraquinone dyestuffs; A represents an amino group, an alkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) amino group, a hydroxyalkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) amino group, a cyanoalkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) amino group, a β-sulfoethylamino group, --NHC 2 H 4 SO 3 H, --NHCH 2 COOH, an anilino group, anilino groups substituted by a chlorine atom, a sulfo group, an alkyl (C 1 ˜C 4 ) group, an alkoxy (C 1 ˜C 4 ) group, a nitro group or a carboxyl group, an N-methylanilino group, an N-ethyl-4-chloroanilino group, an alkoxy (C 1 ˜C 4 ) groups, an alkoxy (C 1 ˜C 4 ) alkoxy (C 1 ˜C 4 ) groups, a phenoxy group, phenoxy groups substituted by a chlorine atom, a nitro group, a methyl group, a sulfo group or a carboxyl group, a morpholino group, a piperidino group or a piperadino group; X represents an alkylenediamino group or an arylenediamino group.

Claim 4

A method according to claim 2, wherein Y and one of Y 1 and Y 2 represent ##STR160## A represents an amino group, a methylamino group, an ethylamino group, a propylamino group, a butylamino group, a dimethylamino group, a diethylamino group, an N-methyl, N-ethyl amino, an octylamino group, a cyclohexylamino group, a monoethanolamino group, a diethanolamino group, a β-cyanoethylamino group, a di-β-cyanoethylamino group, a β-sulfoethylamino group, --NHC 2 H 4 SO 3 H, --NHCH 2 COOH, an anilino group, o-, m- or p-sulfoanilino group, 2,5-disulfoanilino group, o-, m- or p-toluidino group, o-, m- or p-methoxyanilino group, o-, m- or p-chloroanilino group, 2-methyl-4-sulfoanilino group, 2-methoxy-4-sulfoanilino group, p-nitroanilino group, 2-sulfo-4-methylanilino group, 4-chloro-2-sulfoanilino group, o-, m- or p-carboxyanilino group, 2-carboxy-4-sulfoanilino group, an N-methylanilino group, an N-ethyl-4-chloroanilino group, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a propoxy group, a butoxy group, a methoxyethoxy group, an ethoxyethoxy group, a methoxypropoxy group, a phenoxy group, o-, m- or p-chlorophenoxy group, o-, m- or p-nitrophenoxy group, o-, m- or p-sulfophenoxy group, o-, m- or p-carboxyphenoxy group, a morpholino group, a piperidino group or a piperadino group; X represents an ethylenediamino group, a 1,3-propylenediamino group, a 1,6-hexylenediamino group, a 2-hydroxy-1,3-propylenediamino group, --NHCH 2 CH 2 OCH 2 CH 2 NH--, a 1,4-phenylenediamino group, a 1-methyl-2,6-phenylenediamino group, a 1,3-phenylenediamino group, a 4-sulfo-1,3-phenylenediamino group, a 4,6-disulfo-1,3-phenylenediamino group, a 2-sulfo-1,4-phenylenediamino group, a 2,5-disulfo-1,4-phenylenediamino group, a 5-carboxyl-1,3-phenylenediamino group, a 2,5-dimethoxy-1,4-phenylenediamino group, a 1-N-methylaminoanilino group, a 1,2-phenylenediamino group, a 2,4,6-trimethyl-5-sulfo-1,4-phenylenediamino group, ##STR161## a 2-methyl-5-sulfo-1,3-phenylenediamino group, 4-methyl-1,2-phenylenediamino group, ##STR162##