Claims
- 1. A water-soluble azo compound which conforms to the formula ##STR42## in which A is phenylene unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2 substituents selected from the group consisting of alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, chlorine, sulfo and carboxy, or
- A is a group of the formula ##STR43## in which W is a direct bond or a vinylidene group of the formula --CH.dbd.CH-- or a group of the formula --NH--CO--NH-- and
- R* is hydrogen or nitro, sulfo, carboxy, methyl, ethyl, methoxy or ethoxy;
- B is a pyridinium group of the formula ##STR44## in which R is carboxy or carbamoyl;
- n is zero or 1;
- M is hydrogen or an alkali metal;
- K is a group of the formula ##STR45## the one --SO.sub.3 M group being bonded in the meta- or para-position relative to the --NH--Z group ##STR46## in which D is phenylene unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2 substituents selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, carboxy and sulfo, or is naphthylene unsubstituted or substituted by 1 or 2 sulfos;
- R.sup.1 is hydrogen, chlorine, alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or alkoxy of 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
- R.sup.2 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
- G is carboxy, methyl or carbalkoxy of 2 to 5 carbon atoms;
- Y is a vinyl, .beta.-sulfatoethyl or .beta.-chloroethyl;
- M has the abovementioned meaning;
- m is zero or 1;
- Z is .alpha.- or .beta.-bromoacryloyl or is .beta.-chloropropionyl, .beta.-chloroethylsulfonylbenzoyl or (.beta.-chloroethylsulfonylmethyl)-benzoyl or a group of the formula ##STR47## in which D and Y have the abovementioned meanings and Hal is chlorine or fluorine;
- one of the sulfo, sulfato and carboxy groups forms an anion equivalent to the pyridinium cation.
- 2. An azo compound according to claim 1, wherein A is para-phenylene or a sulfo-substituted para-phenylene or a 2,2'- or 3,3'-disulfodiphen-4,4'-ylene or a group of the formula ##STR48## in which M has the meaning mentioned in claim 1.
- 3. A compound according to claim 1, wherein X is .beta.-sulfatoethyl.
- 4. A compound according to claim 2, wherein X is .beta.-sulfatoethyl.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of our copending application Ser. No. 07/115,435, filed Oct. 30, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,861,344.
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