Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## or tautomeric forms thereof, in which: Z is N or CH,X is O, NR.sub.1 or N,W is N or C,K is a coupling component,R is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, halogen, nitro, --CN, --NHR.sub.1, --NH-acyl, phenoxy, --COOH, COOR.sub.1, --CONHR.sub.1 or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, R.sub.1 being hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl,M is H.sup..sym., Li.sup..sym., Na.sup..sym., K.sup..sym., NH.sub.4.sup..sym. or the protonated form of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 -trialkylamine, of a C.sub.4 -C.sub.12 -diamine or of a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkanolamine,A is a carbocyclic or nitrogen-containing aromatic radical which can be further substituted, andB is a 1,4-phenylene radical which can be further substituted.

Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## or tautomers thereof, wherein Z is N,S or CH,X is O,S,NR.sup.2 or N, V is N or CH, W is N or C, K is a coupling component from the group consisting of acylacetarylamides, phenols, pyridones, quinolines, pyrazoles, indoles, diphenylamines, aminopyridines, pyrimidines, pyrimidones, naphthols, naphthylamines, aminoathiozoles, thiophenes and hydroxypyridines, R is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl or alkenyl, R.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halogen, nitro, --CN, --NHR.sup.2, --NH--acyl, phenoxy, --COOR.sup.2, --COOR.sup.2 --CONHR.sup.2 or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, D is a 1,4-phenylene radical which can be substituted further and AN.THETA.

Abstract: The invention relates to phthalocyanine compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein MePc is a copper, cobalt or nickel phthalocyanine radical,R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl,X is alkylene, andR.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, are each independently alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by hydroxy, alkoxy, phenyl or amino, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, when taken together, are methylene, ethylene or propylene if X is methylene or ethylene, or two or three of R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.3, together with the nitrogen atom, form a 5- to 7-membered unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic ring which may contain one or two additional hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of O, N and S as ring members,An.sup..crclbar. is a cation and M is a cation, and x is greater than y and y is greater than 0, and the sum of x+y is 4 or less than 4.These compounds can be used as dyes, in particular for dyeing and printing cellulosic materials and polyacrylonitrile materials, especially paper.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for the preparation of 1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyanoanthraquinones by reacting compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are hydroxyl, halogen, acetate or sulfato ester, or, when taken together, are an oxygen atom attached by a double bond to the boron atom, R is a substituent and n is 0, 1 or 2, with an inorganic cyanide in a polar aprotic solvent and in the presence of an oxidizing agent, and subsequently hydrolyzing the reaction product.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for the preparation of 1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyanoanthraquinones by reacting compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are hydroxyl, halogen, acetate or sulfato ester, or, when taken together, are an oxygen atom attached by a double bond to the boron atom, R is a substituent and n is 0, 1 or 2, with an inorganic cyanide in a polar aprotic solvent and in the presence of an oxidizing agent, and subsequently hydrolyzing the reaction product.

Abstract: There are described azo compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein K is an optionally quaternized basic group,X is the radical COOR, in which R is an alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, or X is the radical CONHR', in which R' is an alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; and wherein the benzene rings B and/or D can be further substituted;and the use thereof as dyes for the dyeing of textile materials, and particularly for the dyeing of paper of all types, especially bleached, lignin-free, unsized paper.

Abstract: There are described new anthraquinone compounds which, in the form of the free acid, correspond to the formula I ##STR1## wherein the X's independently of one another are each a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y is hydrogen or is the same as X, and wherein the phenyl rings a can also be substituted by one or more halogen atoms, the production and use thereof, and also dye solutions containing a solvent mixture consisting of one or more aprotic solvents, at least one glycol and/or glycol ether, and optionally water and further additives, which solutions contain in each case a mixture of two anthraquinone dyes which, in the form of the free acid, correspond to the formulae I and IV ##STR2## wherein the X's independently of one another are each a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y is hydrogen or is the same as X, and wherein the phenyl rings a can also be substituted by one or more halogen atoms.

Abstract: Process for preparing ozone-fast dyeings on synthetic polyamide fibre materials from aqueous liquor with anthraquinone dyes which comprises using at least one anthraquinone dye which contains one or two fibre-reactive groups and one or two sulfo groups.The process according to the invention is suitable for dyeing synthetic polyamide materials producing with the monosulfoanthraquinone or disulfoanthraquinone dyes which contain one or two fibre-reactive groups level dyeings having good fastness properties, in particular good ozone fastness.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which X is a radical of the formula --CHCl--CH.sub.2 Cl, --CHBr--CH.sub.2 Br, --CCl.dbd.CH.sub.2 or --CBr.dbd.CH.sub.2,are prepared by halogenation of acryloylamidoglycolic acid and optionally elimination of hydrogen halide from the dihalogeno compounds by the action of alkali. The compounds are suitable as intermediates for reactive dyes.

Abstract: There are described novel cationic quinophthalone compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein the symbols have the meanings defined in claim 1, and also processes for producing them. These novel quinophthalone compounds can be used in particular as dyes for dyeing and printing paper, greenish-yellow dyeings having good fastness to water and to light being obtained.

Abstract: There are described novel cationic compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein the symbols B and Z have the meanings defined in claim 1, and also processes for producing them and their use for dyeing and printing textile materials, such as polyacrylonitrile materials, leather and particularly paper, there being obtained greenish to reddish yellow dyeings which are distinguished by good general fastness properties.

Abstract: Process for the continuous trichromatic dyeing of synthetic polyamide materials which comprises using at least one blue-dyeing fibre-reactive sulfo-containing anthraquinone dye together with at least one red-dyeing sulfo-containing azo dye and at least one yellow- or orange-dyeing sulfo-containing azo dye.The process according to the invention is suitable for the continuous dyeing of synthetic polyamide materials from aqueous liquors, producing level dyeings having good fastness properties, in particular good ozone fastness.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of 1,4,5,8-tetrahydroxyanthraquinone or 5,8-dichloro-1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone by reacting phthalic anhydride with p-chlorophenol in oleum and in the presence of a boron catalyst, to give the quinizarine boron complex, and chlorinating this boron complex direct with a chlorinating agent, in the same reaction medium, to give the boron complex of dichloroquinizarine, and subsequently hydrolyzing this chlorinated boron complex to 1,4,5,8-tetrahydroxyanthraquinone or 5,8-dichloro-1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone.The novel process is environmentally and economically more advantageous than the sum of each of the individual process steps.

Abstract: There are described novel compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein the symbols R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.7 and A have the meanings defined in claim 1, also processes for producing them and their use as dyes for dyeing and printing textile materials, on which are obtained brilliant, deeply colored, blue dyes, particularly on polyester materials.

Abstract: There are described novel cationic quinophthalone compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein the symbols have the meanings defined in claim 1, and also processes for producing them. These novel quinophthalone compounds can be used in particular as dyes for dyeing and printing paper, greenish-yellow dyeings having good fastness to water and to light being obtained.

Abstract: Benzthiazole compounds of the formula ##STR1## or a tautomeric form thereof, in which KK is the radical of a pyrimidine coupling compound as defined, W is a radical of the formula --CH.sub.2 --NH--CO--C.sub.1 --C.sub.4 -alkyl-Q.sup..sym. An.sup..crclbar. in which An is an anion and Q is a quaternary radical of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sub.1 to R.sub.6 independently of one another are a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl radical, or the radicals R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5, together with the N atom, form a heterocyclic ring, m is the number 1, 2 or 3 and n is the number 0 or 1, and in which the benzene radicals A, B and/or C may be further substituted are particularly suitable as dyes for paper, brilliant yellow to orange dyeings which have, in particular, good wet-fastness and light-fastness, being obtained.

Abstract: The invention relates to dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein X is oxygen or sulfur, R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, Y is an unsubstituted or substituted aryl radical, n is 1, 2 or 3, the benzene ring A may be substituted by halogen and the benzene rings B and D may each independently be substituted by halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or a radical of the formula --O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --O--R.sub.1, wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl. These dyes are suitable for dyeing or printing natural or synthetic polyamide fibres.

Abstract: Dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which D is an organic dye radical which contains at least one group conferring solubility in water, R is a halogenoalkyl radical having 1 to 2 C atoms or a halogenoacryl radical and n is an integer from 1 to 4 and each group of the formula ##STR2## is bonded to D via an aromatic carbon atom, are prepared by reacting the corresponding dye compounds of the formula D--H).sub.n with halogenoalkanoylamidoglycolic or halogenoacryloylamidoglycolic acids and are suitable for dyeing cellulose and polyamide materials.

Abstract: The invention discloses novel basic dioxazine compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each of X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 independently is an unbranched or branched alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an unsubstituted or substituted phenyl group, halogen, hydrogen, cyano, a phenylamino group which is unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl nucleus, the CONH.sub.2 group, the CONH-phenyl group which can be substituted in the phenyl moiety, or a COO--C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group; Z is a non-quaternized or quaternized basic group, Y is an anionic group, each B independently is a fused ring system containing 2 to 4 carbocyclic and/or heterocyclic rings and which, in addition to containing the substituents Z and Y, can be further substituted; n is 1 to 4 and m is 0 to 2, with the proviso that m is not greater than n. Processes for obtaining these compounds and their use as dyes for coloring and printing in particular cellulosic fabrics, without the addition of salt, are also disclosed.

Abstract: Novel dioxazine compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which Z is a basic group, which can be quaternized, Y is an anionic group and X and X.sub.1 independently of one another are identical or different substituents from the category comprising: hydrogen, halogen, CN, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4); substituted or unsubstituted phenyl; NHCOR.sub.1 in which R.sub.1 is alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl or a heterocyclic radical; and OCOR.sub.2 in which R.sub.2 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) or cycloalkyl; or X and X.sub.1 are the group ##STR2## in which R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 independently of one another are: hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), cycloalkyl or aryl, or R.sub.4 together with R.sub.5 and with the inclusion of the N atom forms a heterocyclic ring, or X and X.sub.1 are the group COOR.sub.6, in which R.sub.