Pigment yellow 185

Pigment yellow 185 is an organic compound that is used as a green yellow pigment and optical brightener.

It is classified as a derivative of isoindoline.

This yellow green compound is prepared by addition of ammonia to phthalonitrile to give diiminoisoindole, which in turn condenses first with N-methylcyanoacetamide and then with barbituric acid.

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