Dechema corrosion handbook Vol. 3 Edited by D. Behrens,VCH Verlagsgesellschaft,Weinheim Frankfurt am Main, 1988. pp. ix + 282, price £286.00 (subscription price to series £238.00 per volume) ISBN 3-527-26654-2

4-Phenyl-5-aminopyrazole 2 obtained from phenylcyanoacetaldehyde 1 and hydrazine hydrate reacted with diethyl malonate to give 3-phenyl-5,7-dioxopyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine 3 , used as the key compound in the synthesis of arylazo dyes. The key compound 3 was coupled with various aryldiazonium salts 4 to yield 3-phenyl-7-hydroxy-6-arylazopyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimid-5-ones 5. The resulting arylazo dyes (5) were refluxed in phosphorus oxychloride to give 3-phenyl-5,7-dichloro-6-arylazo-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines 6 , which subsequently reacted with refluxing morpholine and piperidine to yield 3-phenyl-5,7-bis(morpholino and piperidino)-6-aryiazopyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines 7. The arylazo dyes 5 and 7 were applied to polyester fibres as disperse dyes and the arylazo dyes 6 were applied to polyamide fibres as disperse reactive dyes. The spectral and dyeing properties of the dyes were studied.