Azo dyes containing 2-amino-3-cyano-5-formylthiophene derivatives as diazo components and substituted aniline compounds as coupling components

A compound of the formula ##STR12## where R is phenyl or naphthyl;

• R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, hexyl, allyl, methallyl, 2-chloroethyl, 2-bromoethyl, 2-cyanoethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-phenyl-2-hydroxyethyl, 2,3,-dihydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxypropyl, 2-hydroxybutyl, 2-hydroxy-3-phenoxypropyl, 2-hydroxy-3-methoxypropyl, 2-hydroxy-3-butoxypropyl, 3-hydroxypropyl, 2-methoxyethyl, 2-ethoxyethyl, 2-propoxyethyl, 2-butoxyethyl, 2-phenoxyethyl, 2-phenoxypropyl, 2-acetoxyethyl, 2-propionyloxyethyl, 2-butyryloxyethyl, 2-isobutyryloxyethyl, 2-methoxymethylcarbonyloxyethyl, 2-ethoxymethylcarbonyloxyethyl, 2-phenoxymethylcarbonyloxyethyl, 2-methoxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-ethoxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-propoxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-butoxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-phenyloxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-benzyloxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-methoxyethoxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-ethoxyethoxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-propoxyethoxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-butoxyethoxycarbonyloxyethyl, 2-methylaminocarbonyloxyethyl, 2-ethylaminocarbonyloxyethyl, 2-propylaminocarbonyloxyethyl, 2-butylaminocarbonyloxyethyl, 2-methoxycarbonylethyl, 2-ethoxycarbonylethyl, 2-propoxycarbonylethyl, 2-butoxycarbonylethyl, 2-phenoxycarbonylethyl, 2-benzyloxycarbonylethyl, 2-.beta.-phenylethoxycarbonylethyl, 2-methoxyethoxycarbonylethyl, 2-ethoxyethoxycarbonylethyl, 2-propoxyethoxycarbonylethyl, 2-butoxyethoxycarbonylethyl, 2-phenoxyethoxycarbonylethyl and 2-benzoylethyl, and one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be hydrogen,
• R.sup.3 is hydrogen, methyl, methoxy, ethoxy or chlorine and
• R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of methylcarbonylamino, ethylcarbonylamino, n- and iso-propylcarbonylamino, n-, iso- and sec-butylcarbonylamino, benzylcarbonylamino, benzoylamino, o-, m- and p-methylbenzoylamino, o-, m- and p-chlorobenzoylamino, o-, m- and p-methoxybenzoylamino, o-, m- and p-nitrobenzoylamino, methylsulfonylamino, ethylsulfonylamino, propylsulfonylamino, methoxymethylcarbonylamino and ethoxy-, phenoxy-, cyano-, chloro- and bromomethylcarbonylamino.