Monoazo dyestuffs containing an N-.beta.-1,2,3-triazolylethyl anilino coupling component

An azo dyestuff selected from the group consisting of ##SPC20##

• wherein R stands for hydrogen or methyl;
• R.sub.1 is a member selected from the group consisting of chloro, bromo, lower alkyl, trifluoro lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, and acetylamino;
• m is an integer from 0 to 2;
• R.sub.2 stands for hydrogen, lower alkyl, or substituted lower alkyl, wherein the substituents are selected from the group consisting of cyano and ethoxy carbonyl;
• R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy methyl, phenyl, chlorophenyl, bromophenyl, lower alkyl phenyl, carboxylic acid, carbolower alkoxy;
• R.sub.5 is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl and benzyl;
• A is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, substituted phenyl, thiazol (1,3)-2-yl, 5-nitro thiazol (1,3)-2-yl, benzothiazol (1,3)-2-yl, 6-chloro benzothiazol (1,3)-2-yl, 6-ethoxy benzothiazol (1,3)-2-yl, 3-phenyl-thiadiazole (1,2,4)-5-yl, pyridin-3-yl, quinolin-8-yl, indazol-3-yl, and triazol (1,2,4)-3-yl, wherein the substituents on said phenyl radical are members of the group consisting of halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, nitro, cyano, carboxy, trifluoromethyl, carboxy lower alkyl, sulphoxy lower alkyl, carbonamide, lower alkyl carbonamide, dilower alkyl carbonamide, sulfonamide, lower alkyl sulfonamide, and dilower alkyl sulfonamide;
• X stands for an anion;
• and wherein the alkyl groups contain from 1-4 carbon atoms;
• said dyestuff being free of sulphonic acid groups.