Pigment Yellow 81 is an
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. The ...
that is classified as a
diarylide pigment
Diarylide pigments are organic compounds that are used as pigments in inks and related materials. They often are yellow or yellow-green. To some extent, these organic compounds have displaced cadmium sulfide from the market. They exist as yellow ...
. It is used as a yellow colorant.
The compound is synthesized from three components. Treatment of
2,4-dimethylaniline with diketene gives an
acetoacetylated aniline. This compound is then coupled to the bis
diazonium salt
Diazonium compounds or diazonium salts are a group of organic compounds sharing a common functional group where R can be any organic group, such as an alkyl or an aryl, and X is an inorganic or organic anion, such as a halide.
General properti ...
obtained from
3,3'-dichlorobenzidine
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine is an organic compound with the formula (C6H3Cl(NH2))2. The pure compound is pale yellow, but commercial samples are often colored. It is barely soluble in water and is often supplied as a wet paste. It is widely used in the ...
.
[K. Hunger. W. Herbst "Pigments, Organic" in ''Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry'', Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2012. {{doi, 10.1002/14356007.a20_371]
References
Pigments
Organic pigments
Shades of yellow
Diarylide pigments