Water-soluble dyestuffs, processes for their manufacture, their use as

Abstract

Water-soluble dyestuffs are described which in the acid form possess the formula ##STR1## wherein D is a benzene or naphthalene nucleus, R.sub.1 is linked to D in ortho-position to the azo group and means hydrogen, halogen, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl, carboxy or sulfo, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or sulfo and X is the vinyl group or a sulfato-, chloro- or thiosulfatoethyl group, A is a bridging member preferably selected from the diphenylene, diphenylsulfone and diphenylamine series, Z and Z.sup.1 each represent a hydroxy or amino group with the proviso that each Z and each Z.sup.1 have the same meaning. These novel dyestuffs are prepared by diazotization and coupling of the corresponding diazo and coupling components in usual manner known in the art. The novel dyestuffs possess a very valuable fiber-reactivity and are suitable for dyeing natural and regenerated cellulose or natural, regenerated or synthetic polyamide fiber materials. They can easily be applied and fixed by application methods usual and known in the art, and yield on these fiber materials dyeings and prints which possess good fastnesses, especially fastnesses to light, to washing, to perspiration and to cross-dyeing. Their fixation degree on the fiber material and correspondingly their tinctorial strength are outstanding.