Water-soluble disazo compounds suitable as fiber-reactive dyestuffs

Abstract

Water-soluble disazo compounds, which can be used as fiber reactive dyestuffs and correspond to the general formula ##STR1## in which Y is vinyl or --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --Z, Z being sulfato, phosphato, halogen or hydroxy; D is phenylene or phenylene substituted by 1 or 2 radicals selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, carboxy, nitro and sulfo, or D is naphthylene or naphthylene substituted by 1 or 2 radicals selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, carboxy and sulfo; E is 1,4-phenylene or 1,4-naphthylene, or 1,4-phenylene or 1,4-naphthylene substituted by 1 or 2 radicals selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxy, ureido, lower alkanoylamino, chlorine, bromine, carboxy and sulfo; A is ethylene of the formula --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2--, or ethyleneoxy of the formula--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --O--, or propylene of the formula --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --, or is of the formula ##STR2## wherein X is hydroxy, lower alkanoylamino, halogen, sulfato or phosphato, or is ##STR3## M is hydrogen, a metal or the equivalent of a metal; R.sup.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl or lower alkyl substituted by hydroxy or phenyl or by both, or is alkyl of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms substituted by acetoxy, propionyloxy or phenylsulfonyloxy, or is cyanoalkyl of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl, or is carboxyalkylene, carbonamidoalkylene or carbalkoxyalkylene, the alkyl or aklylene moiety being in each case of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or is halogenoethyl or a group of the formula --A--SO.sub.3 M, A and M being as defined above; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, lower alkanoylamino, ureido or trifluoromethyl; and R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or halogen. These disazo compounds can be prepared in a manner which is in itself known by reacting the diazo and coupling components which are evident from the formula (1). They serve as dyestuffs for dyeing and printing fibers which contain hydroxyl and/or cabonamide groups, such as cellulose fibers, wool or synthetic polyamide fibers, or leathers.

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