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410 DYES SYNTHESISED IN THE FIBRE
reducing solvent and a copper salt or copper complex, followed by heating,
generates copper phthalocyanine pigment. The final dye or print has excellent
fastness properties.
NH
4N
NH2
Cu2+
N
NN
N Cu N
NN
N
Figure 19.5 Formation of copper phthalocyanine from appropriate precursors
REFERENCE
1. J Shore, in Cellulosics Dyeing, J Shore, Ed (Bradford: SDC, 1995).

