10-12<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:="" en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">2-Amino-6-phenylazobenzothiazole
has been prepared in high yield (93<span style="font-size:11.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;="" mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;="" mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";="" color:#131313;mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:="" ar-sa"="">%) by the interaction of
ammonium thiocyanate and bromine in glacial acetic acid. The resulting
heterocyclic amine was diazotized in phosphoric-nitric acid 'mixture and was coupled
with various coupling components to get azo dyes. Some of the dyes in the
series showed good pick up and fastness on polyester fibre.</span