Compounds suitable for use in inks and inks having such compounds

US8328923B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey H. Banning · Hillsboro, US
• Stephan V. Drappel · Toronto, CA
• Michael B. Meinhardt · Lake Oswego, US
• Randall R. Bridgeman · Hubbard, US
• Alex J. Kugel · Fargo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 10, 2011
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09D11/34
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein are ink compositions including an ink vehicle and a colorant, wherein the ink vehicle includes a compound having a formula of R1—CONH—R2 or R2—CONH—R1, wherein R2 is an alkyl group having from 1 to about 18 carbon atoms and R1 is an alkyl group having from about 3 carbon atoms to about 200 carbon atoms, wherein R2 and R1 have the same number of carbon atoms or R2 has less carbon atoms than R1, and wherein at least one of the alkyl groups for R2 and R1 includes at least one hydroxyl group substituent.