Patent ID: 6015885
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: C09B

Abstract:
A polyazo compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR50## wherein A represents unsubstituted phenylene, phenylene substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, chloro, bromo, carboxy, nitro, acylamino having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, sulfo and a group represented by the following general formula (18) or (19):--NHCOR.sup.18 ( 18)--NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.18 ( 19)whereinR.sup.18 represents optionally substituted lower alkyl, optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted naphthyl, unsubstituted naphthylene or naphthylene substituted with 1, 2 or 3 sulfo groups;E represents unsubstituted hydroxynaphthylene, or hydroxynaphthylene substituted with at least one non-reactive substitutent;m, m.sup.1 and m.sup.3 independently represent an integer of 0 or 1;B represents hydrogen atom, --SO.sub.2 -Z in which Z represents --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2 or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Y in which Y represents a group eliminatable by an action of an alkali, or a group represented by the following formula (1), (2) or (3): ##STR51## whereinG represents a group represented by the following formula (4) or (5): ##STR52## wherein""a"" represents to bond with A or E; and R represents hydrogen atom or optionally substituted lower alkyl;R.sup.1 represents a group represented by the following general formula (7), (8), (9) and (10): ##STR53## whereinR.sup.7 represents hydrogen atom or optionally substituted lower alkyl;D represents optionally substituted phenylene or optionally substituted naphthylene;Z represents the same definition as above;W.sup.1 represents optionally substituted straight-chain or branched lower alkylene;R.sup.8 represents hydrogen atom, optionally substituted lower alkyl or --W.sup.1 --CH.sub.2 SO.sub.2 Z in which W.sup.1 and Z represent the same definition as above;W.sup.2 and W.sup.3 independently represent straight-chain or branched alkylene having 2 to 6 carbon atoms;Q represents --O-- or --NR.sup.9 in which R.sup.9 represents hydrogen atom or lower alkyl; andp represents an integer of 1 to 6;R.sup.2, which is same as or different from R.sup.1, represents fluorine atom; chlorine atom; optionally substituted amino; --OR.sup.10 or --SR.sup.10, in which R.sup.10 represents hydrogen atom, optionally substituted lower alkyl or optionally substituted phenyl;a group represented by the following formula (6): ##STR54## wherein R.sup.6 represents hydrogen atom, lower alkyl, carbamoyl or carboxyl;or a group represented by the formula (7), (8), (9) or (10);R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently represent fluorine atom, chlorine atom or hydrogen atom; andR.sup.5 represents hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, chlorine atom, cyano or lower alkyl; andB.sup.1, which is same as or different from B, represents hydrogen atom or a group represented by the formula (1), (2) or (3); provided that at least one of B and B.sup.1 represents a group represented by the formula (1);or a salt thereof.