The present invention relates to laundry care compositions comprising carboxylate dyes. The laundry care compositions can be laundry detergent compositions, laundry additive compositions such as fabric enhancer compositions or bleach additive compositions. Preferably, the laundry care composition is a laundry detergent composition. The composition can be a solid, such as a powder, tablet or bar, or a liquid. The composition can be in the form of a unit dose, such as pouch. Suitable unit dose pouches include single compartment and multi-compartment pouches.

The present invention relates to a colorant mixture comprising (A) at least one blue- or black-dyeing disperse dye of formula ##STR00001## wherein R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen or halogen, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy or halogen; —(CH.sub.2).sub.n—O—(CH.sub.2).sub.mR.sub.4, wherein R.sub.4 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl, n is a number from 2 to 6 and m is a number from 0 to 6; C.sub.5-C.sub.24aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, carboxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy or halogen; or C.sub.6-C.sub.30aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkoxy groups or halogen; and (B) at least one yellow-, orange- or red-dyeing disperse dye, solvent dye, vat dye or pigment; and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing cellulose or cellulose blend fibre materials.

The present invention relates to a colorant mixture comprising

(A) at least one blue- or black-dyeing disperse dye of formula

##STR00001## wherein R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen or halogen, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy or halogen; —(CH.sub.2).sub.n—O—(CH.sub.2).sub.mR.sub.4, wherein R.sub.4 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.8-alkyl, n is a number from 2 to 6 and m is a number from 0 to 6; C.sub.5-C.sub.24aryl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, carboxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkoxy or halogen; or C.sub.6-C.sub.30aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1-C.sub.4alkyl, C.sub.1-C.sub.8alkoxy groups or halogen; and

(B) at least one yellow-, orange- or red-dyeing disperse dye, solvent dye, vat dye or pigment; and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing cellulose or cellulose blend fibre materials.

The present invention relates to azo dyes of formula ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkoxy groups, C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkylcarbonyl groups, C.sub.7-C.sub.25arylcarbonyl groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, cyano groups or halogen atoms and which may be interrupted one or more times by the radical O, S, NR.sub.4, COO or OOC, R.sub.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkyl; X is hydrogen or halogen; and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by cyano, carboxy, hydroxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.6alkoxy or C.sub.2-C.sub.8alkoxyalkoxy; or are C.sub.7-C.sub.25aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by cyano, carboxy, hydroxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.6alkoxy or C.sub.2-C.sub.8alkoxyalkoxy,
to mixtures containing said dyes and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing semi-synthetic and especially synthetic hydrophobic fibre materials, more especially textile materials.

The present invention relates to azo dyes of formula

##STR00001##

wherein R.sub.1 denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkoxy groups, C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkylcarbonyl groups, C.sub.7-C.sub.25arylcarbonyl groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, cyano groups or halogen atoms and which may be interrupted one or more times by the radical O, S, NR.sub.4, COO or OOC, R.sub.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkyl; X is hydrogen or halogen; and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C.sub.1-C.sub.12alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by cyano, carboxy, hydroxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.6alkoxy or C.sub.2-C.sub.8alkoxyalkoxy; or are C.sub.7-C.sub.25aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by cyano, carboxy, hydroxy, C.sub.1-C.sub.6alkoxy or C.sub.2-C.sub.8alkoxyalkoxy,
to mixtures containing said dyes and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing semi-synthetic and especially synthetic hydrophobic fibre materials, more especially textile materials.

The present invention relates to azo dyes of formula ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.1 denotes C.sub.1-C.sub.12 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C.sub.1-C.sub.12 alkoxy groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, cyano groups or halogen atoms and which may be interrupted one or more times by the radical O, S, NR.sub.4, COO or OOC; R.sub.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.12 alkyl; either R.sub.2 is cyano and R.sub.3 is halogen or R.sub.2 is halogen and R.sub.3 is cyano; and Ar represents a carbocyclic or heterocyclic aromatic radical, to the process for the preparation thereof, to mixtures containing said dyes and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing semi-synthetic and especially synthetic hydrophobic fiber materials, more especially textile materials.

The present invention relates to disperse azo dyes based on diazo components having at least one fluorine-containing substituent and an 2,6-diaminosubstituted pyridine coupling component, to a process for the preparation of such dyes and to their use in the dyeing or printing of semi-synthetic and, especially, synthetic hydrophobic fiber materials, more especially textile materials.

Provided are a compound that generates an SHG signal but has suppressed generation of a TPF signal. Also provided is a cell examination method using the same. A compound for generating a second harmonic of light, the compound being an azobenzene derivative of formula (1), or a salt thereof. (R1 and R2 independently represent alkyl groups having 6-12 carbon atoms, and R3 to R18 independently represent substituents selected from hydrogen, halogens, alkyl groups, alkoxy groups, aryl groups, amino groups, hydroxyl groups, nitro groups, and cyano groups, but R5 and R6, R9 and R10, R13 and R14, and R17 and R18 may combine together and form a ring structure having 5-7 carbon atoms. X represents N+R19R20R21, a sulfonyl group, a carboxyl group, or an OR group. Here, R19, R20, and R21 independently represent straight-chain or branched alkyl groups having 1-5 carbon atoms, and OR represents a monovalent polyalkylene oxide group terminated by an alkoxy group. a is 0 or 1, b is 0 or 1, and n is an integer of 1-10.)