Dyeing and printing basic dyeable textile substrates with becationic disazo and trisazo dyes having optionally further substituted 6-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-N-pyridiniumpyridone-2-coupling component radicals

Abstract

Disclosed are disazo and trisazo dyes free of sulfo groups which contain two 6-hydroxy-4-methyl-3-N-pyridiniumpyridone-2 coupling component radicals, preferably dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a tetrazo component radical, Each R.sub.1 is independently hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 hydroxyalkyl or --NR.sub.3 R.sub.4, wherein each of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is independently n-C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, Each R.sub.2 is independently hydrogen, n-C.sub.1-4 alkyl, n-C.sub.1-4 -hydroxyalkyl or C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, and Each A.sup.- is an anion. The dyes are useful for dyeing paper and basically dyeable substrates such as polymers and copolymers of acrylonitrile and dicyanoethylene and synthetic polyesters and polyamides modified to contain acid groups. Dyeings on textiles are even and possess good light fastness.

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