Fiber-reactive bisazo compound

A bisazo compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof:

• ##STR233## or X.sup.1 represents a group represented by the general formula (5a):
• ##STR234## while X.sup.2 represents a group represented by the general formula (5b) or a group represented by the following general formula (5c), (5d) or (5e) ##STR235## in which, A.sup.1 and A.sup.2, which are same or different, represent alkylene which may be optionally substituted, phenylene which may be optionally substituted or naphthylene which may be optionally substituted,
• R.sup.5, R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9, which are same or different, represent a hydrogen atom, alkyl which may be optionally substituted, cycloalkyl which may optionally substituted or phenyl which may be optionally substituted,
• R.sup.6 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms which may be optionally substituted by 1 or 2 substituents selected from the group consisting of alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon
• wherein
• m and n, which are the same or different, are 0 or 1;
• W represents a divalent connecting group represented by --NH-- or --NHCONH--, the connecting group connecting two naphthalene rings and the substitution position being at 6-position or 7-position of each respective naphthalene group;
• D.sup.1 and D.sup.2, which are same or different, represent a group represented by the following formula (2a), (2b), (2c) or (2d), provided that at least one of D.sup.1 and D.sup.2 being a group represented by the formula (2b), (2c) or (2d):
• ##STR236## in which, A represents a phenylene group which may be optionally substituted or a naphthylene group which may be optionally substituted;
• R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which are same or different, represent hydrogen or a lower alkyl group which may be optionally subsituted;
• R.sup.3 represents hydrogen, methyl or methoxy;
• U represents alkylene which may be optionally interrupted by a group of --N(R.sup.0)--, --NHCO--, --NHCONH--, or --O--, in which R.sup.0 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl group;
• * indicates a bond to the azo group;
• B.sup.1 and B.sup.2, which are same or different, represent a direct bond or a connecting group represented by the following general formula (3) ##STR237## in which, R.sup.4 represents hydrogen or a lower alkyl group which may be optionally substituted, and ** represents a bond to --N(R.sup.1)-- or --N(R.sup.2)--;
• Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2, which are same or different and represent an alkylcarbonyl group which may be optionally substituted, phenylcarbonyl group which may be optionally substituted or a group represented by the following general formula (4a);
• ##STR238## in which, both X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 represent chloro, or
• X.sup.1 represents fluoro, chloro or pyridinio:
• while X.sup.2 represents a group represented by the following general formula (5b);
• ##STR239## atoms, sulfo, carboxy, sulfamoyl, carbamoyl, hydroxy, halogeno, cyano, carbonate, sulfonate, phenyl which may be optionally substituted and sulfate, cycloalkyl which may be optionally substituted or phenyl which may be optionally substituted,
• Q represents --CH.sub.2 --, --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 -- or --NR.sup.10, wherein R.sup.10 represents hydrogen or alkyl which may be optionally substituted,
• Y.sup.1 and Y.sup.2, which are same or different, represent a group of --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 L.sup.1, wherein L.sup.1 represents a group eliminatable by the action of an alkali, and
• p represents 1, 2 or 3,
• X.sup.3 represents fluoro or chloro, and
• X.sup.4 represents chloro, hydrogen, methyl or cyano;
• provided that, when D.sup.1 and D.sup.2 represent a group represented by the above-described formula (2b) or (2c), Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represent a group represented by the formula (4a);
• and
• Y represents --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 L, in which L represents a group eliminatable by the action of an alkali.