Nitrogen and/or sulfur containing heterocyclic azo dyes with aniline, tetrahydroquinoline and benzomorpholine couplers having sulfate group

Claim 1

A compound of the formula R--N═N--C wherein R is selected from benzothiazol-2-yl which may have 1-3 substituents selected from lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, thiocyano, lower alkylthio, cyano, carbamoyl, lower alkylcarbamoyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, lower alkylsulfonyl, sulfamoyl, SO 2 NH(lower alkyl), SO 2 N(di-lower alkyl), lower alkylsulfonamido, acylamido, halogen, trifluoromethyl and SO 3 (aryl); 2,1-benzisothiazol-3-yl which may have 1-3 substituents selected from lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, chlorine, bromine, SO 2 NH 2 , SO 2 NH(lower alkyl), and SO 2 N(di-lower alkyl); 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl which may have a substituent selected from lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, lower alkylsulfonyl, SO 2 NH 2 , SO 2 NH(lower alkyl), SO 2 N (di-lower alkyl), arylsulfonyl, acylamido, aryl, arylthio, lower alkenylthio, cyclohexylthio, thiocyano, cyclohexylsulfonyl, lower alkylthio, and cyclohexyl; 1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-yl which may have a substituent selected from lower alkyl, aryl, lower alkylthio, cyclohexylthio, and lower alkylsulfonyl; isothiazol-5-yl which may have 1 or 2 substituents selected from lower alkyl, halogen, cyano, carbamoyl, CONH lower alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkylthio, lower alkenylthio, arylthio, cyclohexylthio, s-heterocycle, aryloxy, and lower alkoxy; pyrazol-5-yl which may have 1 or 2 substituents selected from lower alkyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkylthio, aryl, cyano, carbamoyl, lower alkylcarbamoyl, and lower alkylsulfonyl, and the hydrogen on the N may be replaced with lower alkyl, aryl of 6-10 carbons, lower alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, lower alkanoyl, or lower alkoxycarbonyl; and thiophen-2-yl which may be substituted with 1-3 groups selected from lower alkyl, cyano, lower alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, lower alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, carbamoyl, lower alkylcarbamoyl, aryl, halogen, sulfamoyl, lower alkylsulfamoyl and formyl; and the coupler C is selected from those of the formulae: ##STR71## wherein R 1 is selected from hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, halogen, acylamido, lower alkylthio, and aryloxy; R 2 is selected from hydrogen, aryl, cycloalkyl, lower alkenyl and lower alkyl; R 3 and R 4 are each selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl; m is 0, 1 or 2; M is Na + , K + , H + or NH 4 + ; Z is selected from straight or branched chain lower alkylene and divalent groups of the formula --CH 2 (CH 2 ) n X--CH 2 (CH 2 ) p --, where n is 1, 2 or 3, p is 0, 1, 2 or 3, and X is O, S, SO 2 , --SO 2 NH--, --SO 2 N(lower alkyl)--, --N(SO 2 lower alkyl)--, --N(SO 2 aryl)--, --NHCO--, --NHCONH--, and --CON(lower alkyl); and in the above definition of X, Z, R, R 1 , and R 2 , any lower alkyl, lower alkylene, or cyclic radicals may bear up to three substituents selected from hydroxy, lower alkoxy, aryl, aryloxy, cyclohexyl, furyl, lower alkylcyclohexyl, aroyloxy, lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower alkanoyloxy, sulfamoyl, SO 2 NH(aryl), SO 2 NH(lower alkyl), SO 2 N(di-lower alkyl), NHCOO(lower alkyl), NHCONH(lower alkyl), acylamido, lower alkylsulfonamido, succinimido, glutarimido, phthalimido, 2-pyrrolidono, cyano, carbamoyl, lower alkylcarbamoyl, lower alkoxyalkoxy, lower alkylthio, halogen, arylthio, lower alkylsulfonyl and arylsulfonyl.