NOVEL PHENYLLBENZIMIDAZOLYLEEFURAN

摘要

2-Phenyl-5-benzimidazol-2'-yl-furanes of the formula (1) in which R1 is a sulphonic acid group or an ester or amide thereof, a carboxylic acid group or an ester or amide thereof, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group or an alkyl- or arylsulphonyl group, R2 is alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 or 4 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl, hydroxyalkyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkyl having a total of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, carboxyalkyl having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, carbalkoxyalkyl having a total of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, cyanoalkyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, carbamoylalkyl which has 1 to 6 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety and is unsubstituted or substituted on the nitrogen atom by 1 or 2 alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, benzyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by chlorine, methyl or methoxy, dialkylaminoalkyl having a total of 3 to 7 carbon atoms or phenethyl and, if n is the number 0, also hydrogen, R3 is hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, hydroxyalkyl having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, cyanoalkyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, carboxyalkyl having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, carbamoylmethyl which is unsubstituted or substituted on the nitrogen atom by 1 or 2 alkyl having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, alkoxycarbonylalkyl having a total of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 3 or 4 carbon atoms or benzyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by chlorine or methyl, R4 is hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, carboxyl carbalkoxy having a total of 2 to 5 carbon atoms, alkoxyalkoxycarbonyl having a total of 4 to 6 carbon atoms, benzyloxycarbonyl, cyano, sulpho, alkylsulphonyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, carbamoyl or sulphamoyl which are unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2 alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or sulphonic acid phenyl ester or trifluoromethyl, R5 is hydrogen, chlorine or methyl, R6 is hydrogen or chlorine, n is the number 0 or 1 and A(-) is a colorless anion equivalent to the cation of the fluorescent brightener, their preparation as well as their use for optically brightening organic materials are disclosed.