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Marcus Banfer

Werner H Russ

Hartmut Springer

Thomas Beck

Phthalocyanine dyes, in particular copper phthalocyanine and nickel phthalocyanine dyes which contain one or more groups of the formula given and defined below ##STR1## or one or more carboxy groups or both groups and which furthermore can contain one or more sulfo groups, customary sulfonamide groups and/or groups of the formula given and defined below ##STR2## dye hydroxy- and/or carboxamide-containing materials, in particular fiber materials, such as cellulose fiber materials, wool and polyamide fibers, in fast, predominantly green hues of high color strength. In the formulae: R is hydrogen or a lower substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic radical, A is an aromatic carbocyclic or aromatic heterocyclic radical or an alkylene radical, which may be interrupted by 1 or 2 hetero groups, X is a direct bond or a divalent organic bridging member or together with the group --N(R)-- forms the divalent radical of a saturated heterocycle containing two N atoms, Y, in the case where A is an aromatic radical, is a direct bond or a carbamoylalkylene group or a methylene, ethylene, methylamino or .beta.-cyanoethylamino group, or Y is lower alkylene, in which case the grouping --X--A-- must be a direct bond and m is 2, Z is a fiber-reactive group of the vinylsulfonyl series and m is the number 1 or 2.

Water-soluble phthalocyanine dyes

Water-soluble phthalocyanine dyestuffs, processes for their preparation and their use Phthalocyanine dyestuffs, in particular copper phthalocyanine and nickel phthalocyanine dyestuffs, which contain one or more groups of the formula define below ##STR1## or one or more carboxy groups, or both groups, and which furthermore can have one or more sulfo groups, customary sulfonamide groups and/or groups of the general formula defined below ##STR2## dye materials containing hydroxy and/or carboxamide groups, in particular fiber materials, such as, for example, cellulose fiber materials, wool and polyamide fibers, in deep-colored, fast, mainly green shades. In the formulae:

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