Azo dyes from a 5-aminopyrazole bearing 1 to 2 sulfated hydroxyalkoxycarbonyl or N-(hydroxyalkyl) carbamoyl groups on its ring

A dye of the formula:

• ##STR30## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkylthio, carbamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl, alkanoyl, cyanoalkyl, and halogen;
• R is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkanoyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkyl sulfamoyl, arylsulfamoyl, alkyl substituted with alkoxy, cyano, or halogen, and aryl substituted with alkoxy, halogen or cyano;
• and C is selected from ##STR31## wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.14 each represents up to three groups selected from hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, phenoxy, alkylthio, arylthio, and radicals having the formula --NH--X--R.sup.3 in which X is --CO--, --COO--, or --SO.sub.2 -- and R.sup.3 is selected from alkyl and alkyl substituted with halogen, hydroxy, phenoxy, aryl, cyano, cycloalkyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylthio, alkanoyloxy, and alkoxy, and when X is --CO--, R.sup.3 also is selected from hydrogen, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, arylamino, aryl, and furyl;
• R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, and alkyl substituted with halogen, CN, OH, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkoxyalkoxy, alkanoyl, alkanolyloxy, carbamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl, sulfamoyl, alkylsulfamoyl, alkoxyalkanoyloxy, and cycloalkyl, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together represent a single, combined group --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --S--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --SO.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --;
• R.sup.8 represents one or two groups each selected from hydrogen, alkyl and alkyl substituted with --CN, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyloxy, phenyl, cyclohexoxy, --OH, --Cl and Br;
• R.sup.9, R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 are each selected from hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, or phenyl substituted with 1-3 groups selected from Cl, Br, alkyl or alkoxy, alkylthio, benzylthio, cyclohexylthio and phenylthio;
• Q and Q' are each selected from --CO--, --SO.sub.2 --, or --CN;
• R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 are each selected from alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonylamino, trifluoromethyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted with 1-3 groups selected from Cl, Br, alkyl or alkoxy, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, cyanoalkyl, amino, haloalkyl, alkylamino, alkylthio, benzylthio, cyclohexylthio and phenylthio;
• and R.sup.12 and R.sup.13 together comprise --CH.sub.2 C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, or 1,2-C.sub.6 H.sub.4 -- connecting Q and Q';
• R.sup.16 and R.sup.17 are selected from hydrogen, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkyl, and alkyl substituted with alkoxy, hydroxy, alkoxyalkoxy, hydroxyalkoxy, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, alkanoylamino, or alkenylsulfonyl, and aryl substituted with hydroxyalkyl;
• e is 1 or 2;
• t and t' are each 1 or zero;
• X' is O, NH, N(alkyl)--, or N(aryl)--;
• Z is selected from straight- or branched-chain alkylene, and such alkylene substituted with phenyl, halogen, OSO.sub.3 M, alkoxy or aryloxy groups, --CH.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.m V--CH.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.p --, where m is 1, 2 or 3, p is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and V is O, S, SO.sub.2, --SO.sub.2 NH--, --SO.sub.2 N(alkyl)--, --SO.sub.2 N(aryl), --N(SO.sub.2 aryl)--, --NH, --NHCO--, --NHCONH, --N(SO.sub.2 alkyl), or --CON(alkyl);
• M is H, Na, K or NH.sub.4 ;
• n is 1 or 2;
• and wherein each of the above alkyl and alkoxy groups contain from 0 to three of the following:
• hydroxy;
• halogen;
• cyano;
• succinimido;
• glutarimido;
• phthalimido;
• 2-pyrrolidono;
• cyclohexyl;
• phenyl or phenyl substituted with alkyl, alkoxy, halogen, alkanoylamino, cyano or alkoxycarbonyl;
• alkanoylamino;
• sulfamoyl;
• alkyl-sulfamoyl;
• vinylsulfonyl;
• acrylamido;
• phthalimidinyl;
• benzoylsulfonicimidyl;
• alkylsulfonamido;
• phenylsulfonamido;
• alkoxycarbonylamino;
• alkylcarbamoyloxy;
• alkoxycarbonyl;
• alkoxybonyloxy;
• ##STR32## wherein Y is --NH--, --NH-alkyl--, --O--, --S--, or --CH.sub.2 O--;
• --S--R.sup.6, wherein R.sup.6 is alkyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkanoylamino, cyano, or alkoxycarbonyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, benzoxazolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzothiazolyl, or ##STR33## --SO.sub.2 R.sup.3 ;
• --COOR.sup.3 ;
• --OXR.sup.3 ;
• --NH--X--R.sup.3 ;
• --X--R.sup.3 ;
• --SO.sub.2 NR.sup.7 R.sup.7 ;
• wherein R.sup.3 and X are as defined above and each R.sup.7 is selected from H and R.sup.3 ;
• alkoxy;
• alkoxy substituted with hydroxy, cyano, alkanoyloxy, or alkoxy;
• phenoxy;
• or phenoxy substituted with one or more of alkyl, alkoxy or halogen.