Substituted ether or thioether isothiazole azo dyes

Azo compounds of the formula:

• ##STR32## wherein R is lower alkyl or phenyl;
• X is O or S;
• R.sub.1 is selected from lower alkyl, cyclohexyl, and phenyl wherein said lower alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with 1-3 of --OH, Cl, Br, aryl, aryloxy, lower alkanoyloxy, lower alkoxy, or lower alkoxy substituted with --OH, Cl, Br, or lower alkoxy, and wherein said phenyl is unsubstituted or substituted with Cl, Br, lower alkoxy, or lower alkyl, and when X is S, R.sub.1 is further selected from pyridyl, pryimidinyl, benzothiazolyl, benzoxazolyl, benzimidazolyl, azolyl radicals having the formula ##STR33## wherein Y is an oxygen or sulfur atom and Z is an ethylenically unsaturated group of two carbon atoms or of a nitrogen and a carbon atom, wherein said azolyl radicals may be substituted with lower alkyl, phenyl, or phenyl substituted as above for R.sub.1 ;
• R.sub.2 is selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, formamido, lower alkoxycarbonylamino, lower alkanoylamino, lower alkanoylamino substituted with cyano, lower alkoxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, phenoxy, or phenyl, phenoxy, halogen substituted phenoxy, cycloalkylcarbonyl, and lower alkylsulfonyl;
• R.sub.3 is H, or lower alkyl;
• and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently selected from H, alkyl of 1-8 carbons, cyclohexyl, phenyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl substituted phenyl, and lower alkyl substituted with cyclohexyl, lower alkanoyloxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, succinimido, lower alkanoylamino, lower alkylsulfonylamino, lower alkyl sulfonyl, sulfamoyl, carbamoyl, hydroxy, pyrrolidono, phthalimido, aryl, cyano, aryloxy, lower alkoxycarbonyloxy, lower alkoxy, phenoxy, or lower alkoxyalkoxy.