Abstract: The present invention relates to novel yellow anionic dyes, a process for their preparation, certain novel intermediates necessary for their preparation and the use of these dyes for dyeing natural or synthetic materials, in particular, paper. The dyes are of formula (14), (15) or (16) in which R1 represents hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy or SO3H, R2 represents SO3H or CO2H, R3 represents hydrogen, C1-C4alkyl, halogen, hydroxy, C1-C4alkoxy, carboxy, NH2 or NHC1-C4alkyl, R3a represents hydrogen or NH2 and A1 and A2, independently of the other, is selected from the group consisting of an acetoacetylated amine, a derivative of barbituric acid, a 2,4,6-triaminopyrimidine derivative, a pyridone derivative, an aminopyrazole or a pyrazolone derivative and a benzoic acid derivative, or A1 and A2, each one independently of the other, represent a certain phenol residue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel yellow anionic dyes, a process for their preparation, certain novel intermediates necessary for their preparation and the use of these dyes for dyeing natural or synthetic materials, in particular, paper.

Abstract: A dye of the formula (2) and a process for preparing the same, wherein the radicals are as defined in the specification

Abstract: A fluorine-containing macroazo compound having a fluorine segment in the molecule is useful as a polymerization initiator for producing, for example, fluorine-containing block polymers.

Abstract: An azo pigment composition which forms a dispersion having high tinting strength and excellent clearness, transparency, fluidity and storage stability, and which is formed from a coupling reaction between a diazo component and a coupler component, and contains a compound represented by formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Q represents a diazo or coupler component moiety, A represents a divalent bonding group selected from a class consisting of --CONR'--, SO.sub.2 NR'--, --CH.sub.2 NH-- and --CH.sub.2 NHCOCH.sub.2 NH-- in which R' represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or aryl group,each of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or alkenyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, and R.sub.3 and R.sub.

Abstract: The invention relates to monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein K is the radical of a coupling component of the benzene, naphthalene or heterocyclic series, and R is hydrogen, halogen, carboxy, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylsulfonylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylsulfonyl, phenyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylsulfonyl or naphthyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylsulfonyl or benzoyl radical, which radicals may be further substituted, or is a ##STR2## group, wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of the other is hydrogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, phenyl or naphthyl radical, which radicals may be further substituted, and wherein X is hydrogen, halogen or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoylamino or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylsulfonylamino radical, which radicals may be further substituted.These dyes give dyeings of good light- and wetfastness properties on polyamide material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to monoazo dyes which dye polyamide material with good light- and wet-fastness and which have the formula ##STR1## in which K is the radical of an amino- or alkoxy-benzene, amino- or alkoxy-naphthalene, naphthol, aminonaphthol, pyrazolone, aminopyrazole, indole, naphthimidazole, diphenylamine, tetrahydroquinoline or acetoacetamide and can be further substituted, R is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-6 -alkyl, trifluoromethyl, carboxyl or a --SO.sub.2 --C.sub.1-6 --alkyl, --SO.sub.2 --R.sub.1, ##STR2## --CO--R.sub.4 group, in which R.sub.1 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl- or naphthyl-C.sub.1-4 -alkyl radical, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently of one another are hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-6 -alkyl or C.sub.5-7 -cycloalkyl radical and R.sub.4 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl radical, and X is hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxy or halogen, and in which R in formula (1) may not be hydrogen or chlorine if the radical --N.dbd.

Abstract: Monoazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which K is the radical of a coupling component of the benzene or naphthalene series or of the heterocyclic series, and R is a ##STR2## --CO--R.sub.2 or --SO.sub.2 --O--R.sub.2 group in which R.sub.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1-4 -alkyl and R.sub.2 is a substituted or unsubstituted monosulfo-C.sub.1-12 -alkyl radical, a substituted or unsubstituted monosulfophenyl, disulfophenyl, monosulfonaphthyl or disulfonaphthyl radical, and X and Y, independently of each other, are hydrogen, C.sub.1-4 -alkyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxy, halogen, C.sub.2-6 -alkanoylamino, C.sub.1-5 -alkylsulfonylamino or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or phenoxy radical, produce dyeings on polyamide material which have good light and wet fastness properties.

Abstract: Metal-free azo compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein Ra is an aromatic group or an active methylene coupling component radical as defined in the specification,R.sub.t is an arylazo group or a group of the formula -Y-Z,whereinY is a direct bond or a bridging radical, andZ is a basic amino or quaternary ammonium group, ##STR2## wherein each of the variables is as defined above or below, X is a direct bond or a bridging radical,x is hydrogen, hydroxy C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, amino or carboxy,ring B is further unsubstituted or further substituted,d is 0, 1 or 2, andn is 0 or 1,with the provisos that (i) the compounds contain an average of at least 1.3 basic water-solubilizing groups, and (ii) the compounds are free of sulfo groups,and 1:1 and 1:2 metal complexes thereof,which metal-free compounds and metal complexes are useful as dyes for leather and paper.