Abstract: 1:2 Chromium complex dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein A represents the radical of a phenol substituted by alkyl and/or acylamino or of a 2-naphthol optionally substituted by acylamino, one V represents hydrogen and the other hydrogen or nitro, X is aryl, an aliphatic or araliphatic radical or an optionally substituted amino group and wherein the benzene ring a can be substituted by halogen, cyano, nitro, acylamino, low molecular alkyl, low molecular alkoxy, sulphonamide and sulphone groups, and the benzene ring b can carry a further fused benzene ring or can be substituted by halogen, nitro, low molecular alkyl or alkoxy and arylazo groups, and wherein K.sup.+ represents a cation.

Abstract: 1:2 Chromium complex dyes which contain one molecule of an azo or azomethine compound of the formula ##STR1## and one molecule of the azomethine compound of the formula ##STR2## COMPLEXED TO A CHROMIUM ATOM, IN WHICH FORMULAE A represents the radical of a diazo component of the benzene or naphthalene series, which carries the complex-forming group XH in ortho-position to the azo group,B represents the radical of a coupling component which couples in ortho-position to HX' or the radical of an aromatic o-hydroxyaldehyde,Z represents a nitrogen atom or the -CH group,X represents an oxygen atom or a -CO-O group,X' represents an oxygen atom, a NH group, a low molecular N-alkyl, N-aralkyl or N-aryl group, andR represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic or cycloaliphatic radical,And the benzene ring a can carry a further fused benzene ring or can be substituted by halogen, nitro, alkyl and alkoxy, in particular by low molecular alkyl and alkoxy, and these compounds contain together 0 to 5 water-solubilizing

Abstract: Asymmetrical 1:2-chromium complex dyestuffs having excellent fastness to light, rubbing, washing, alkali, milling sea water, decatizing and perspiration and having the formula ##STR1## WHEREIN A.sub.1 represents o-phenylene unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, nitro, lower alkyl, lower alkylsulphonyl, phenylsulphonyl, --SO.sub.3.sup.- M.sup.+ or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl and R.sub.2 represents hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl, or by a cellulosic fiber-reactive group, or o-naphthylene unsubstituted or substituted by --SO.sub.3.sup.- M.sup.+,A.sub.2 represents unsubstituted o-phenylene or o-naphthylene unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxyl or --SO.sub.3.sup.- M.sup.+, andA.sub.3 represents o-phenylene unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, nitro, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylsulphonyl, phenylsulphonyl, --SO.sub.3.sup.- M.sup.+ --or ##STR3## wherein R.sub.3 and R.sub.

Abstract: 1:2 Chromium complex dyes of an azo compound of the formula ##STR1## and an azomethine compound of the formula ##STR2## COMPLEXED TO A CHROMIUM ATOM, WHEREIN A is an ortho-phenylene or -- naphthylene diazo component radical; B is an ortho-phenylene or -- naphthylene coupling component radical; X is --O-- or --CO--O--; X' is --O--, --NH--, --N(lower alkyl)--, --N(aralkyl)-- or --N(aryl)--; R is an aliphatic radical; the benzene ring "a" is unsubstituted or substituted by a fused benzene ring, halo, nitro alkyl or alkoxy; the molecule containing 0-5 water solubilizing groups and optionally a group of the formula --N=N--Ar--N=N--Ar' and/or -N=N--Ar" wherein Ar, Ar' and Ar" represent an aromatic or carbocyclic radical.