RESEARCH ON ORGANIC DYE STUFFS AT THE RUBEZHNOYE CHEMICAL COMBINE

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Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-00810A001500740010-3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT SECRET/ COUNTRY USSR (Voroshilovgrad Oblast) 25X1 DATE OF INFO. Research on Organic Dye Stuffs at the Rubetnoye Chemical Combine This Document contains information affecting the Na- tional Defense of the United States, within the mean- ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited. REPORT NO. DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. REFERENCES 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 1. The Rubezhnoye (N 49-01, E 38-23) Chemical Combine produced,principally, organic dye stuffs, intermed,ete products,, and some base materials. The plants, built by American firms.in 1926, were partly dismantled during World War II and.the buildings were heavily damaged. From 1946 reconstruction was slow. For example the power station which had been under construction as early as 1946 had not been completed zz w o rected the works of the German research tegam. Soviet personnel of the laboratory. included two women secretaries,, a woman bookkeeper, a woman librarian, and three workmen. Several Soviet chemists and women assistant chemists were assigned to the German specialists. The Soviet chemists were not equal in training to the Geraans. They were un- acquainted with many chemical processes and.conspicuously lacking in the ability to perform chemical calculations. In general they were docile and eager to learn but were distracted from their duties by competitions and political in- doctrination. They were 'specially reluctant to assume responsibility and worked 2. The manager of the Combine, not a specialisty was aState or Party functionary who directed not only. the wor1~ . but also most of the provi,q can and clothing shops, hotels, culture buildings, and other installations it Rubezhnoye. The technical manager of the Combine was the chief engineer who waste supervisor of department and. shop managers. he laboratory of the German specialists employe n. the works was directed by Bulkin (fnu), a rather young Soviet chemist, who was afterward sentenced to several years of penal servitude for unknown reasons. He was succeeded by Viktor Yemilyevioh Reyrifart, a.Moscow the :ist who was given the title of director after the laboratory had been taken -over by the NIOPIK (nauchny institut organicheskikh produktov i krasitelyey "Scientific Institute for Organic Products and Dye Stuffs). Second to Reynfartp who was a high,-ranking Party functionary, was Daputy Direc:.t,or `tyoyanov (fnu) who had, been awarded a Stalin prize for scientific works in 1951 a d h di SECRET X NAVY FBI AEC 25X1 25X1 3.November 1953 25X1 25X1 v--25M Approved For Release 2005/06/302rRP-RDP80-0081 OA001500740010-3 SECRET only when given positive orders by supervisors. The women assistant chemists were very diligent and were constantly instructed by chemists in both chemical and political subjects. Chemists,, as well as assistant chemists, were organized according to work and salary grades; they could be promoted or demoted to higher or lower grades. 25X1 25X1 4. twenty-three deported German specialists. twenty-one from the of en Farbenfabrik and two from the Deutsche Hydrierwerke in Rodleben ar- rived at R.ubezhnoye. With the exception of one physicist and two engineers all were chemists. Only three of them were employed in their proper field; the others had to familiarize themselves with new subjects. Their duties were made known to them by Professor Voroshtsov (fnu), director of a Moscow scientific dye stuff laboratory, who determined the possibilities of employment and the salary for each member of the German team. Salaries were between 4,000 and 7,000. rubles. After reading scientific literature for one month, the Germans were assigned a temporary laboratory with small and simply..equipped rooms. The supply of current and gas was irregular. The gas, which was a..benzo.l-air mixture, was so irregularly supplied that the burners often went out and.benzol vapor appeared in the rooms. This was extremely detrimental to the health of the working staff in the laboratory and affected the hemoglobin level of the blood., decreasing it from .90to 70 per- cent. The glass equipment was very poor and tins. and glasses for conserves were used to a very large extent. From time to time glass, equipment delivered as reparations, or resulting from dismantlings, arrived from Germany but most of it was stolen before reaching-he laboratory. Writing paper was scarce, too, and packing paper was generally used for writing. In mid-1947, the German team moved into a new laboratory with better equipment which had been constructed for them. The installations were not perfect but the laboratory ensured undisturbed work to a certain degree. A library on the fifth story of the building became useful gradually. All major chemical works had been seized in Germany. 5. A so--called teihn.ikutn, an experimental plant where all major experiments of the processes developed in the laboratory were executed under commercial conditions, was attached to the laboratory. Although equipped with modern instruments from Germany and Hungary, the tkhniktzm. lacked implements and tools. It was directed by Popov (fnu), a Soviet chemist who was assisted by five other Soviet chemists. They worked in three shifts, and the German specialists had only to express their wishesion the technique of the pro- ceases to control the experiments. They were never informed whether the processes were adopted.for regular production nor were they allowed to enter the production shops. .La,41 Research on_Ryestuffs and D eetuff Intermediates. 6. Ethox-Cleve acid, intermediate product for dyestuff. (I ) Naphthol OH -p_- Ethyl alcohol C HS5OH C10H80 0( r Sulfuric acid H280 (II) Naphthol ethyl ether 0C2H5 $ Nitric acid 03) ~+5i C1211120 in organic(HNsolvent, 401-'C (III) Nitro-ethoxy-naphthalene N02 C12H11O3N OC2H5. + ryl\~ Iron (Fe ) Hydrochloric acid _(IV) Amino-ethoxy-naphthalene C12H130 N HH2 0/25 ? Suuls ric acid CRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 SECRET 03? (V) Amino -ethoxy-naphthalene- N12 sulfonic acid C12H13O4SN HSO3 (VI l~amino-2-ethoxy-6-naphthalene- sulfonic acid sodium salt C12H12O SNNa The etherification (I), in the Soviet Union, is allegedly supposed to be performed with boric acid (HBO ) as a catalyst. An orientation ex- periment failed and was not repeated. The nitration (II) proceeds smoothly. It results, also, in the formation of other nitro compounds which, in the main, remain in solution, while the 1-nitro compound precipitates. The L-nitro-2-ethoxy-naphthalene (III), which has been filtered off and dried,, is sufficiently pure for further treatment. The reduction to the amino compound (IV) with iron powder is difficult and tedious. The amino compound so obtained will be distilled in a vacuum, then dissolved in and recrystallized from ethyl alcohol, (C2H5OH). Sulfonating (IV) with 98%b sulfuric acid and salting out with sodium chloride offer no obstacles at all. 'j. Diehloro tro-aniline, intermediate product for dyestuff. (I) Nitro-aniline C 6B6O2N2 (II) 2,6-dichloro-p-nitro aniline . C6H4Cl2O2N2 + Chlorine (C12) in hydrochloric acid (Ml) NP2 o" 2 Chlorination with gaseous chlorine is to be preferred, by far, to that of a chlorate cio or NaC1O3) , Any excess of chlorine must be avoided,, since ,,CO) guinone like (O . . C. ,CO ) compounds form immediately and,, in addition, bH-CH the yield promptly drops off. As long as p-nitro-aniline-chlorine hydrate is still present, a. test by the spot method on paper containing lignin brings out a blood-red coloration, which is an excellent test for the completion of the reaction.. By dissolving it in, and then crystallizing it from concentrated sulfuric acid (H2H0j), or by dissolving it in, and then recrystallizing it from methanol (CH30H), the product can be purified. Allyl mustard oil, for use on the film area. (I) Glycerol CH OH 2 (C3H803) I CHOH 1 CH2 OH formic acid HOOCH CH200CH (II) Glycerol diformate (C5H805) CHOH +2arous.chloride (CuCZ) pyrolysis according to ,Sandmeyer---~ CH200CH CBE'l I 25X'' Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 SECiET,1 III) Allyl formate. (CjH602) CH2 II IH CH200 CH + hydrochloric acid (Hci) coned., up to 50'C (IV) Allyl chloride (C3g5C1) CH CH2C1 (V) Allyl mustard oil CHI 11 (C4H5NS) + ammonium thioc anate I1u1 CNS rearrangement CH I CH2'NsCmS The water formed as the result of esterification with formic acid is gradually distilled off in a vacuum; the glycerol diformate, after that, is not further purified. The pyrolysis (III) takes place between 1800 and 2600, and must be run very slowly, since completing it. too quickly results in other cleavage products. In conversion to allyl chloride (III), one must take into consideration that with hydrochloric acid weaker than 30 percent, the yield drops off rapidly. The final transition to mustard oil is accomplished most readily with ammonium thiocyanate (IV), less readily with potassium.thiocyanate (KCNS), and least. readily with sodium. thiocyanate (NaCNS). 4itxo-benzoyl chloride, Parazol G, parazol G-aci.d,, intermediates for he yellow' components or color rij.m. (I) Nitro-benzoic acid (C7H504N) (II) nitro.benzoyl chloride (C_740 CIN ') (III) Nitro-benzpyl acetic ester (C11H11o5N) (IV) Parazol G-ester (C17H1008N) 25X1 ~. thionyl chloride 60012 . or phosphorus pentachloride (PC15 Y ~. sodium salt of acetoacetic ester C 6'H1101,Na 000CH3 CO0CH2.CO002H5 (V) Parazol G-acid (C17H1208N) CO0CH20CO.NH SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 The object of the above work was, on the one hand, to seek reasonably. to purify p-Nitro-benzolyl chloride through sublimation, which, however, proved unavailing in respect to the problem of apparatus. Following the instruction of a Soviet expert, the p-nitro-benzoyl chloride in the Soviet Union, was distilled in a vacuum; this, however, did not prove safe. In addition, the difficult condensation with acetoacetic ester was thoroughly studied, and it was found that the success, aside from the pH value (hydrogen ion concentration),is solely dependent on the purity of the nitro-benzoyl chloride. Also, by means of the following stage of operation, in itself easily pursued, and through the introduc- tion of a very pure p-nitro-benzoyl chloride,the.yield can be considerably increased. The final stage: the condensation of parazol G-acid, by means of stearyl chloride, to the finished yellow component,could not be accomplished, since a sufficiently pure stearic acid tCH3'(CH2)i6.CO2Hj was not available. 10. p-Methoxy benzoyl acetic ester, intermediate for a yellow component of color film. (I) Hydroxy benzoic acid (Oxy-benzoic acid) (C7H603) (II) Methoxy-benzoic acid (C8Hgo3) (III) Methoxy benzoyl chloride (C8H7C102) MCI (IV) -Methoxy benzoyl acetic ester (C12H1504) CO,CH30002C2H5 (2) Here the problem, above all, is to find a method of determination for p-methoxy benzoyl acetic ester (IV). A method was worked out by coupling the ester with diazo solution (sodium nitrite, NaNO ,t hydrochloric acid, HC1). This work was superseded, because in the meantime, in Moscow, a polarographic method of determination was discovered. However, p-methoxy benzoyl acetic ester, which hitherto had been known only as a liquid, could by this experiment be prepared in a crystallized form for the first time. The pure ester has a fine hawthorn aroma. 11. Eriochrome blue-black B, azo dye, ester, nitrocellulose lacquer). (I) Naphthol (C10Hgo) (II) Nitroso naphthol (C10H702N) (III) Amidol adid (C1OH9osN) + dimethyl sulfate [(CH3.O)2S03J and potassium hydroxide (KOH) -~- phosphorus trichloride PCl3 -J- sodioacetoaeetic.ester C6H110Na ~- sodium nitrite (NaNO._) sulfuric acid H2SO4 N H + sodium bisulfite (NaHSO, sulfuric acid H2S0. 0~ . NH2 H so3H is processed on a dye for cellulose + sodium nitrite (NaNO2) hydrochloric acid (HCl 25X1 (1) SECRET 25X1 Approved For Relea A001500740010-3 ,Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 SECRET] (Iv) C10H7O4C1SN2 -6- N2C1 03 (v) Eriochrome blue-black B (C20Hl4055N2 ) 3 The introduction of the nitroso group (I) poses no difficulties. In the same manner, the reduction and sulfonation (II) performed in a single operation gave little trouble. Contrary to the data of FIERZ-DAVID, the maximum yield amounts to 78-80 percent of the theoretical. The diazotized amidol acid (IV) couples with oC naphthol, in a caustic alkaline solution (potassium hydroxide [KOHJ or sodium hydroxide [NaOHJ) to form eriochrome blue-black. 12. Metanil yellow, indicator dye. (I) Nitro-benzene (C6H502N) (II) Nitro-benzene sulfonic acid (C6H5o5SN) (III) Aniline sulfonic acid (C6H703SN) (IV) Diazochlorsulfonic acid (C6H503C1SN2) (V) Metanil yellow (C18H11+O3SN) 25X1 + oC naphthol (C10H8O) S03 03H + Fuming sulfuric acid (H2S0) )) ~. Iron (Fe). Sulfuric acid H2S0j) + Sodium nitrite NaNO ) Hydrochloric acid H l) + Diphenyl amine C H5 ) NH I 2r Ethyl alcohol (C2H5.OH The sulfonation (I) and reduction (II) proceed smoothly. The coupling with Biphenyl amine (IV) was undertaken in an ethyl alcohol solution. In methyl alcohol'(CH3OH), duller dyes are formed. 13. Indanthrene red.violet RH, vat dye of the thioindigo series. (I) o-Toluidine (C7H9N) + Acetic anhydride f(CH3.CO)207 or Formic acid HC02H SECRET Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 SECRET) (II) Acet-o-toluidide (C9H110N) -7- 3 CO0CH3 -+- Chlorine (C12 ) (III) Dichloro aceto-o-toluidide (c9H9oc12N) 01-11 ~L-Cl t n_ - - >_ rTr,.Tr~ (IV) Chloro amino toluene (c7H9clN) (V) Diazodiehloro amino toluene (C7H6C12N2) (VI) C14H12C12S2N4 C3 (V) C11 H12CX2S2 (VI) C7H6c1S C1 (VII) C9H9c1028 Sodium nitrite (NaN02) Hydrochloric acid HC1 -~- Sodium entasulfide ""- Na2S5)a at 700C Sulfuric acid (H280 + Chloro acetic acid CH C1.CO2H Sodium hydroxide NaOH) .CH2.C02H L Sulfuric acid (H .50 ) 2 (VIII) Thio- 3B - acid (C9H9C102S) SECRET) (3) S-S -eOO,\ + Iron (Fe) .CH2.CO2H -f- Chloro sulfonic acid (Cis03H 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 14. (IX) Thionaphthene chloride (C9H7clos) (X) Indanthrene red violet RH (C18H14cl2o2S2) -~- Bromine (Br) First, following the old process of I.G0Farben, the o-toluidine (I) was subjected to acetylation. The diacetyl compound is chlorinated (II) in an aqueous suspension and saponified under pressure with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or potassium hydroxide (KOH). Besides 5-chloros2-acetylaminotoluene, 3--chloro-2?acetylaminotoluene is also formed. Both chlorine compounds are separated by distillation, for which, however, very highly effective columns are required. These columns were not available in Rubezhnoye. Instead of products with a minimum freezing point of 26?C, only prod- ucts with a freezing point of from 16?C to 18?C were obtained in this manner. Further, a method was discovered whereby both chlorine products could be separated by agitating the aqueous solutions of the hydrochlorides with chlorobenzene. In this manner, the more weakly basic 3-chloro-2aminotoluene was almost quantitatively dissolved in the solvent. In the aqueous layer, enriched 5-.ehloro?2-aminotoluene hydrochloride remains. Later, an operation was performed in accordance with instructions received from Moscow, whose source remained unknown, in compliance with one which produces the formyl compound of o-toluidine in chlorobenzene. The formyl compound does not have to be isolated, but is directly chlorinated in the chloroben zene solution (C6H 5C1) and processed further. The 5-chloro-2-aminotoluene obtained in this manner is of excellent quality. The 3-chloro compound remains in solution in the chlorobenzene, but, for the most part, passes over into chlorinated quinone compounds. The process is more expensive than that of I.G.Farben, and besides the 3-chloro compound is lost. The advantage lies solely in the fact that one can obtain a pure product without any highly effective fractionating apparatus. The diazotization proceeds normally (IV), yet the conversion with sodium pentasulfide (Na2S)(V) presents certain difficulties. The Na2S5 solution is applied at 700C, and the diazo solution is permitted slowly to run into it, in order to assure the immediate decomposition of the explosive diazodisulfide ,compound. Since the diazo solution itself is quite readily decomposed, cane should be taken at the influx that the solution itself does not become warm before it has reached the reaction mass. This stage of the operation, at one beginning point of the process, might present the greatest difficulty. The reduction (V) and the glycination (VI) present no obstacles. The thio-3-B-acid (VIII) is isolated and dried. The thionaphthene compound (IX) forms quickly through the action of the chloro sulfonic acid on the thio-3B-acid. (VIII). In order to obtain a dye which conforms to standard, the chloro sulfonic acid employed must be especially pure, particularly in regard to a content of oxidizing substances, otherwise the dyes will take on a blue tinge. This dye was stricken from the production program of the Rubezhnoye combine, since a sufficiently pure chloro sulfon.ip acid was not available. Vat printing black BL, vat dye. (I) Naphthylamine sulfonic acid (c10H903SN) SECRET) + Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) Hydrochloric acid HC1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 SECRET (II) Chloro naphthalene: sulfonic acid (C10H7C103N2S) 25X1 + Cuprous chloride (OtzCl) Sodium chloride(NaCl) (III) Chloro naphthalene sodium sulfo acid (C10H6C1O3SNa) + Zinc dust (Zn) Sulfuric acid (H2SO451 (IV) Chloro naphthalene sulfide (C10H7C1S) (V) Chloro naphthalene thio- glycolic acid (C12H9C102S) - Chioro acetic acid (CH0CICOOH Potassium Hydroxide ? Sulfuric acid ~-H2SO4 (VI) The same As (V) (VII) C12H8C120S (veil) C12H7e1oS (XII) Indanthrene.rinting black C20H9BrC102SN (XI) Bromoisatin chloride (C8H,BrC1ON) (X) Bromoisatin (C8HkBr02N) (IX) Isatin (c8H5o2N) SECRETS ? Phos. horus trichloride (PCl3 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 The diazotization (I) and the Sandmeyer reaction (II) present no diff- iculties. The 8-Chloro naphthalene-l--sulfonic acid sodium salt (III) is isolated. The further processing to 8-chloro naphthalene -1- thioglycolic acid (IV) also offers no obstacles, whereas the condensation of the thionaphthalene compound with bromoisatin chloride (XII) is sensitive. If, in the production of bromoisatin chloride (X), the hydrogen chloride formed is not drawn off and the operation is not immediately carried further, dyes with muddy, dirty shades are formed. The dye was prepared in all stages by a German expert in the technical institution of the combine. 15. Dibromo isoviolanthroneo vat dye. (i) Benzanthrone (C17H10o) (II) Benzanthrone bromide (III) C 31H17028 IV) Isoviolanthrone (o34Hi6o2) (V) Dibromo isoviolanthrone (C34H1i.Br2o2 ) -{- potassium. hydroxide (KOH) alcoholic -}- Bromine (Br2) - in water The bromination of benzanthrone (I), sulfidization (II) and desulfuri- zation (III) proceed smoothly. The bromination of isoviolanthrone, following a Soviet patent: of Krol'i.k', way' supposed. to take place in an aqueous suspension (IV) at 30?C, and with a quantity of bromine amounting to 600 per cent of the theoretical. This was not the case. All dyes prepared in this manner were too reddish. The German expert discovered that dyes according to type can be obtained at 70?C, with 300 per cent of bromine. + Bromine Br2) -il- Sodium sulfide (Na2S) in an autoclave 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 SECRETA 16. Dibromo.dibenzo pyrenequinone, vat dye. (I) 1, 5 Dibenzoyl naphthalene (C2441602) (II) Dibenzo pyrenequinone (C201202) (III) Dibromo dibenzo pyrenequinone (C24H10Br2O2) 6 B'r +Aluminum chloride Aid Manganese dioxide (Mn02 The preparation of the dye proceeds without any particular difficulty, with a moderate. yield, to be sure. Application of manganese dioxide proved the latter to be absolutely essential as a hydrogen-absorbing substance. 17. Vat sols, ester salts of vat dye compounds. Example: .0 0 11; C (I) Thioindigo ! LS/ - ~\S '-(II) C16H1002S2 - Iron (Fe) Pyridine (C5H5N) Chloro sulfonic acid C1SO3H + Pyridine sulfate c5H5NSO3 o.SO -NH 3. HN_03S.Q_.C (III) C2812008S1+N2 6I-. Soda (IV) Vat sol of Na2CO3 Thioindigo (C16H808S1+Na2 ) 03Na Na03S The quality of the iron used (I) for the reduction of the thioindigo is important for the course of the operation. A special reduction iron is best. The German expert prepared from five to six kg of indigo dyes the appropriate vat sole, i.e. depending on the solubility, either the sodium salt or the potassium salt (III). In one case which involved a pink dye, the salt of triethanolamine was prepared (ECU 6r0HJ3N). Previously, two to three moles of ethylene oxide 9CH2)20 per ethanol group had been added to the base. This vat sol was a syrup-like, brown liquid, whereas all the other were in the form of white or weakly-colored crystals. 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3 SECRET) 1'. This formula should be written ((CH3)2. S04-7. 2. This formula should be written CO.CH2.CO2C2H5. 3. This formula should be written NH2. 4. Very'likely this is the Soviet scientist L. Krolik who is known for his work in organic chemistry. SECRET 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2005/06/30 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001500740010-3