The present invention concerns functionalized photoreactive compounds of formula (I), that are particularly useful in materials for the alignment of liquid crystals. Due to the adjunction of an electron withdrawing group to specific molecular systems bearing an unsaturation directly attached to two unsaturated ring systems, exceptionally high photosensitivities, excellent alignment properties as well as good mechanical robustness could be achieved in materials comprising said functionalized photoreactive compounds of the invention.
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(2008/12/08)
One step diazotization coupling process
A process for producing metal-free azo pigments in purely organic liquid or aqueous/organic liquid containing at most 10% of water calculated on the total weight of the suspension is described. In this one-step process, a suitable aromatic amine is diazotized without isolation of the obtained diazo compound and coupled with a coupling component. Both reactions are carried out in purely or essentially organic medium. The latter consists essentially of such amount of an organic liquid that a substantial portion either of the diazo component or of the coupling component or of both these reactants remain undissolved. Both reactants must be free from sulphonic acid groups. If the resulting azo pigment contains carboxylic acid groups, these can be subsequently converted to the corresponding amido or ester groups.
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(2008/06/13)
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