Uniformly dyed water-swellable cellulosic fibers

Uniformly dyed water-swellable cellulosic fibers, said fibers being fast to washing, dry cleaning, sublimation and light and having been produced by contacting water-swellable cellulose fibers subsequently or concomitantly with water, ethylene glycol or a derivative thereof and, while the fibers are still swollen, an essentially water-insoluble dye of the formula ##STR342## in which D is phenyl substituted by cyano, trifluoromethyl, methyl, fluoro, chloro, bromo, C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, ##STR343## anthraquinonyl;

• anthraquinonyl substituted by methyl, chloro, bromo or carboxyl;
• or benzoisothiazolyl substituted by nitro, chloro or bromo;
• R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 alkyl or phenyl;
• X is cyano, carbamoyl or ##STR344## R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 independently of one another are hydrogen;
• C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 alkyl;
• C.sub.2 to C.sub.8 alkyl substituted by hydroxy, C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 alkoxy, phenoxy, tolyloxy, cyclohexyloxy, benzyloxy, .beta.-phenylethoxy, carboxyl, carboxylic ester with a total of 2 to 9 carbon atoms, carboxylic acyloxy with a total of 1 to 11 carbon atoms, C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 alkylaminocarbonyloxy, benzoylaminocarbonyloxy, tolylaminocarbonyloxy, chlorophenylaminocarbonyloxy, dichlorophenylaminocarbonyloxy or pyrrolidonyl;
• cyclohexyl, norbornyl;
• phenyl-C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 -alkyl;
• tolyl-C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 -alkyl;
• .beta.-phenyl-.beta.-hydroxy-ethyl;
• phenyl;
• phenyl substituted by fluoro, chloro, bromo, methyl, trifluoromethyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy or pyrrolidonyl;
• CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OH;
• or (CH.sub.2).sub.3 (OC.sub.2 H.sub.4).sub.n OB;
• n is zero, 1 or 2;
• B is hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl, cyclohexyl, benzyl, phenylethyl, phenyl or tolyl;
• R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 independently of one another are hydrogen or C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alkyl;
• R.sup.1 to R.sup.2 together with the nitrogen are pyrrolidino, piperidino, morpholino or hexamethyleneimino;
• T.sup.1 is hydrogen, chloro, bromo or methyl;
• T.sup.2 is hydrogen or methyl;
• T.sup.3 is hydrogen, ##STR345## or COOB.sup.1 ;
• B.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 to C.sub.8 alkyl, phenyl-C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 -alkyl or (OC.sub.2 H.sub.4).sub.n OB;
• Y is --SO.sub.2 -- or --CO--;
• T.sup.4 is hydrogen or chloro;
• and
• T.sup.5 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl.