Preparation and purification of perylene-3,4-dicarbimides

US5808073A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Arno Bohm · Mannheim, DE
• Willi Helfer · Friedelsheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 21, 1997
• Grant date: Sep 15, 1998
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09B5/62
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Preparation of perylene-3,4-dicarbimides by reaction of a perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid or of the corresponding anhydrides with a primary amine by performing the reaction in the presence of a tertiary nitrogen base as solvent and of a transition metal or transition metal salt as catalyst, and purification of perylene-3,4-dicarbimides obtained by reaction of a perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic acid or of the corresponding anhydrides with a primary amine by heating the crude products initially in N-methylpyrrolidone and then treating the resulting N-methylpyrrolidone adducts in the presence of an organic diluent with a base, and if desired subjecting the subsequently isolated products to an additional treatment with an aqueous acid, and also novel perylene-3,4-dicarbimides and their use as fluorescent dyes, pigments or pigment additive precursors.