Abstract: A fungicidally active compound of the formula:

Abstract: A process for coloration of a substrate comprising applying thereto by means of an ink jet printer a composition comprising a medium and a compound of Formula (1): 1

Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising one or more compounds characterized by the formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar is an aromatic moiety having at least one substituent which is an acid group or salt thereof; X is a hydrocarbyl, carboxylic acid ester, sulfonic acid ester, carboxylic acid amide or sulfonic acid amide group; each Y is independently a hydrocarbyl, halogen, hydrocarbyloxy, carboxylic acid ester, sulfonic acid ester, carboxylic acid amide, imidazolone, sulfonic acid amide or nitro group; and a is 1, 2 or 3. Also disclosed is a process for preparing azo dyes which comprises coupling (i) at least one diazonium component of one or more aromatic amines containing at least one sulfonic acid group or carboxylic acid group, or salts thereof; with (ii) at least one coupling component represented by the formula: ##STR2## wherein X, Y and a are as defined above. The dye compositions prepared by this process and the azo pigments derived from such dyes are also disclosed.

Abstract: An azo metal chelate compound of an azo compound of the formula (I) with a metal: ##STR1## wherein A is a residue forming a heterocyclic ring together with the carbon atom and the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded, X is a residue forming an aromatic group together with the two carbon atoms to which it is bonded, R.sup.1 is an alkyl group which may be substituted, an aryl group which may be substituted, an alkenyl group which may be substituted, or a cycloalkyl group which may be substituted, Y is a hydrogen atom or a cation, and n is an integer of from 1 to 3.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each R.sub.1 is independently hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy or nitro,R.sub.2 is hydrogen or halo,R.sub.3 is halo, andMe is a divalent metal,useful for pigmenting polymeric materials such as polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, natural rubber and synthetic rubber, for the mass pigmentation of materials such as cellulose acetate and for pigmenting paper, lacquers, paints, printing inks and textile coatings.

Abstract: There are described benzophenoneazo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where the ring A can be benzofused and a benzofused ring A can be overbridged,m is 1 or 2,K is the radical of a coupling component,Y is hydrogen or arylazo,one of the two radicals X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 is hydrogen and the other is hydroxysulfonyl,R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently of the others hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, cyclohexyl, phenyl, 2-hydroxyethylsulfonyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy or, when m is 1 and Y is hydrogen, one of these substituents can also be the radical of the formula ##STR2## where L.sup.1 is a chemical bond or a bridge member, andX.sup.1, X.sup.2, R.sup.4, K and the ring A are each as defined above, andR.sup.4 is hydrogen, halogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A metal chelate compound comprising a monoazo compound of the following formula (I): ##STR1## (wherein A is a residue forming a hetero ring together with the carbon atom and the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded, B is a residue forming an aromatic group together with the two carbon atoms to which it is bonded, and X is a hydrogen atom or a cation), and a metal, and an optical recording medium comprising a substrate and a recording layer formed thereon for information to be written in and/or read out by laser, wherein said recording layer contains the metal chelate compound comprising a monoazo compound of the above formula (I) and a metal.

Abstract: Water-soluble azo compounds having useful fiber-reactive dye properties conforming to the general formula ##STR1## in which: A is phenylene which may be substituted or unsubstituted, or is a radical of the formula ##STR2## in which W is a direct bond or a radical of the formula --CH.dbd.CH-- or --NH--CO--NH-- and R* denotes hydrogen, nitro, sulfo, carboxy, methyl, ethyl, methoxy or ethoxy;n is the number zero or 1;B is a radical of the formula ##STR3## where R is equal to carboxy or carbamoyl; M is hydrogen or an alkali metal; andK is one of five radicals described in the specification, each of which contains a fiber-reactive group.These azo compounds produce fast dyeings on carboxamido- and/or hydroxy-containing materials, in particular cellulose fibers. On cellulose, fast dyeings are also obtained in a weakly acid to neutral medium, for example together with disperse dyes for dyeing a polyester fiber portion.

Abstract: Monoazo compounds of formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a coupling component radical,R.sub.1 is C.sub.1-6 alkyl; C.sub.1-6 alkyl substituted by 1 or 2 substituents selected from chloro, cyano, hydroxy, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, phenyl and phenyl substituted by 1 or 2 substituents selected from chloro, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, carboxy, sulfo, sulfamoyl and acetamido; C.sub.5-7 cycloalkyl; C.sub.5-7 cycloalkyl substituted by 1 to 3 C.sub.1-4 alkyl groups; phenyl; phenyl substituted by 1 to 3 substituents selected from chloro, C.sub.1-4 alkyl, C.sub.1-4 alkoxy, acetamido (maximum of 1), carboxy (maximum of 1), sulfo (maximum of 1) and --SO.sub.2 NR.sub.7 R.sub.8 (maximum of 1); 1- or 2-naphthyl or 1- or 2-naphthyl substituted by sulfo,whereineach of R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 is independently hydrogen; C.sub.1-4 alkyl; C.sub.1-4 alkyl monosubstituted by hydroxy or phenyl; cyclohexyl; phenyl or phenyl monosubstituted by chloro, methyl or methoxy, or--NR.sub.7 R.sub.

Abstract: Compounds useful for dyeing nylon, wool, and leather, having the formula: ##STR1## wherein X.sup.1 is chlorine, bromine, methyl or trifluoromethyl, Y.sup.3 is chlorine or bromine, and K.sup.1 is a radical of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.3 is C.sub.2 to C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl, methoxyethyl or methoxypropyl.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of dyeing thermoplastics with sulfonated monoazo colorant lakes having a sulfophenyl pyrazole substituent, of general formula ##STR1## wherein R is CH.sub.3 or COO.sup.- ; X is Cl, CH.sub.3, CH.sub.3 O, C.sub.2 H.sub.5 O, C.sub.2 H.sub.5 CONH, NH.sub.2 CONH, C.sub.6 H.sub.5 CONH, CH.sub.3 SO.sub.2 NH, C.sub.6 H.sub.5 SO.sub.2 NH, CH.sub.3 CONH, or hydrogen; Y is hydrogen, Cl, or CH.sub.3 ; Z is hydrogen or Cl, n is 0, 1 or 2; and Me.sup.+ is one equivalent of a cation selected from the group consisting of NH.sub.4.sup.+, Li.sup.+, K.sup.+, Na.sup.+, 1/2Sr.sup.2+, 1/2Mn.sup.2+, 1/2Ni.sup.2+, 1/2Ba.sup.2+, 1/2Mg.sup.2+ and 1/2Ca.sup.2+ ; with the proviso that if R is COO.sup.-, the additional equivalent charge is compensated by a further equivalent of said or another cation.

Abstract: Disclosed are azo dyes containing diazonium moieties from aminothiazoles, aminoisothiazoles, or aminothiadiazoles (1,2,4- or 1,3,4-), and certain coupler moieties from aniline, tetrahydroquinoline, and benzomorpholine type compounds, wherein the diazonium moieties have at least one cinnamoyl group, and wherein a wide variety of groups, e.g., one or more water-solubilizing substituents such as sulfonic acid groups or their metal or amine salts may be present in the dye molecule. These dyes are useful for dyeing materials selected from polyamide, cellulose ester, polyester, wool and other natural and synthetic fibers and generally exhibit improvements in dyeability and fastness properties.