Anthraquinone dyes are an abundant group of dyes comprising a anthraquinone unit as the shared structural element. Anthraquinone itself is colourless, but red to blue dyes are obtained by introducing electron donor groups such as hydroxy or amino groups in the 1-, 4-, 5- or 8-position.[1] Anthraquinone dyestuffs are structurally related to indigo dyestuffs and are classified together with these in the group of carbonyl dyes.[2]
Members of this dye group can be found in natural dyes as well as in synthetic dyes. Anthraquinone dyestuffs are represented in mordant and vat, but also in reactive and disperse dyes. They are characterized by very good light fastness.[3]
- ^ Hunger, Klaus, ed. (2003), Industrial Dyes: Chemistry, Properties, Applications, Weinheim: WILEY-VCH Verlag, pp. 35 ff., ISBN 978-3-662-01950-4
- ^ Zollinger, Heinrich (2003), Color Chemistry: Syntheses, Properties, and Applications of Organic Dyes and Pigments (3rd ed.), Weinheim: WILEY-VCH Verlag, pp. 255 ff., ISBN 3-906390-23-3
- ^ Entry on Anthrachinon-Farbstoffe. at: Römpp Online. Georg Thieme Verlag, retrieved 14. Dezember 2018.