Process for preparing disodium 5,5′-indigosulfonate, the feedstock being indigo, this process including the following steps: i) the indigo is subjected to a sulfonation treatment resulting in a mixture that contains 5,5′-indigosulfonic acid, this process including: ii) a reduction treatment is applied to the mixture obtained in step i), and optionally a purification step, so as to obtain a composition including leuco-5,5′-indigosulfonic acid, iii) the leuco-5,5′-indigosulfonic acid is isolated from the composition resulting from step ii), iv) the leuco-5,5′-indigosulfonic acid resulting from step iii) is oxidized to give disodium 5,5′-indigosulfonate.
5,5′-indigosulfonate 二钠盐的制备工艺,原料为靛蓝,该工艺包括以下步骤: i) 对靛蓝进行磺化处理,得到含有 5,5′-indigosulfonic acid 的混合物,该工艺包括:ii) 对步骤 i)中得到的混合物进行还原处理,并选择性地进行纯化步骤,从而得到包含亮蓝-5,5′-
靛红磺酸的组合物; iii) 亮蓝-5、5′-
靛红磺酸从步骤ii)得到的组合物中分离出来,iv)将步骤iii)得到的亮
氨酰-5,5′-
靛红磺酸氧化,得到5,5′-
靛红磺酸二
钠。