Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha

Tooru Tabei

Yutaka Iizuka

Giichi Sato

Yasuhiko Arisaka

Tadashi Matuo

A water soluble disazo compound represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl, methoxy or ethoxy group, Y represents a methoxy or ethoxy group, R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R.sub.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl, --C.sub.2 H.sub.4 OH, ##STR2## group, and the ##STR3## group is bonded at the 6- or 7-position, a copper complex salt thereof, and a sheet or film colored therewith.

Water soluble disazo compound, copper salt thereof, and sheet or film

Lightfast and waterfast azo dyes suitable for dyeing fibers and paper, particularly cellulosic materials, and having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein A is a group selected from 4-methoxy-2-sulfophenyl, 4-methoxy-3-sulfophenyl, 2- or 3-sulphonyl, tolyl, 4-nitro-2,2'-disulfostilbyl, sulfonaphthyl and 4-(4-sulfophenylazo)-2-sulfophenyl;

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