Novel Disperse Dyes Based on Enaminones: Synthesis, Dyeing Performance on Polyester Fabrics, and Potential Biological Activities.

1-(3-aryl)-3-(dimethylamino)prop-2-en-1-one (enaminones) derivatives and the diazonium salt of para-chloroaniline were used to synthesize several novel disperse azo dyes with high yield and the use of an environmentally friendly approach. At 100 and 130 °C, we dyed polyester fabrics using the new synthesized disperse dyes. At various temperatures, the dyed fabrics' color intensity was assessed. The results we obtained showed that dyeing utilizing a high temperature method at 130 °C was enhanced than dyeing utilizing a low temperature method at 100 °C. Reusing dye baths once or twice was a way to achieve two goals at the same time. The first was obtaining a dyed product at no cost, and the second was a way to treat the wastewater of dyeing bath effluents and reuse it again. Good results were obtained for the fastness characteristics of polyester dyed with disperse dyes. When the disperse dyes were tested against certain types of microbes and cancer cells, they demonstrated good and encouraging findings for the potential to be used as antioxidants and antimicrobial agents.

Synthesis of New Monoazo Disperse Dyes for Dyeing Polyester Fabric Using Two Different Dyeing Methods: Demonstration of Their Antibacterial and Anticancer Activities.

3-(dimethylamino)-1-phenylprop-2-en-1-ones were obtained with good yields by reacting dimethylformamide dimethylacetal with different methyl ketones. 3-oxo-3-phenyl-2-(2-phenylhydrazono)propanals disperse dyes were obtained via reacting of 3-(dimethylamino)-1-phenylprop-2-en-1-ones with phenyldiazonium chloride. The novel dyes were used in dyeing polyester fabrics through two different dyeing methods at temperatures of 100 and 130 °C. We found that the color strength when using the dyeing method at 130 °C was better than the dyeing method at 100 °C. The fastness properties of dyed fabrics with these new disperse dyes were studied and gave very good results (except for fastness to light, which gave moderate results). The new dyes were evaluated against some different types of bacteria and cancer, which showed excellent and promising results for the possibility of using these dyes as antibacterial and anticancer agents.