RED MONOAZO COMPOUND HAVING TWO VINYLSULFONE TYPE FIBER REACTIVE GROUPS

Abstract: A monoazo compound of the formula (I) in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is alkyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl or phenyl, R₂, R₃ and R₄ are each hydrogen or alkyl, A₁ and A₂ are each phenylene or naphthylene, B is in which R₅ is hydrogen, methyl or sulfo, L is hydrogen or sulfo, and the asterisked linkage is bonded to the azo group, and Z₁ and Z₂ are each -S0₂CH=CH₂, -SO₂CH₂CH₂OSO₃H or the like, which is useful for dyeing or printing fiber materials to give dyed or printed products of extremely deep red color excellent in various fastness properties and dischargeability.

Description: The present invention relates to a monoazo compound, a process for producing the same and a process for dyeing or printing fiber materials using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a monoazo compound having two vinylsulfone type fiber reactive groups in the molecule, which is particularly useful for dyeing or printing fiber materials in a red color. Many kinds of reactive dyes useful for dyeing or printing fiber materials in a red color are known. For example, United States Patent No. 3,223,470 discloses a red reactive dye (monoazo compound) having both the vinylsulfone type fiber reactive group and a chlorotriazinyl fiber reactive group, which is represented by the following formula (A) in the free acid form. EP-A-0167219 discloses fiber-reactive compounds having both pyridinotriazinyl and vinylsulfone type groups of the following formula, wherein D is an organic dye moiety, R₁ and R₂ are independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, R₃ is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, phenyl or naphthyl group, X₁ and X₂ are independently hydrogen, halogen or a lower alkyl, cyano, carbamoyl, vinyl, β-sulfoethyl, β-­ sulfatoethyl, carboxyl, carboxylic acid ester or sulfonic acid group, and Z is appended to the above-defined D or R₃ and stands for _SO₂CH=CH₂ or _SO₂CH₂CH₂Y, in which Y is a group capable of being split by the action of an alkali which are useful for dyeing hydroxyl or amide group containing fiber materials. EP-A-0 076 782 discloses reactive dyes represented by the formula, wherein D is the residue of a sulfo group-containing organic dye of the series mono or polyazo, metal­ complex-azo, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, formazane, azomethine, dioxazine, phenazine, stilbene, triphenylmethane, xanthene, thioxanthone, nitroaryl, naphthoquinone, pyrenquinone or perylene tetracarbimide, R is hydrogen or optionally substituted C₁-C₄-alkyl; A is an optionally substituted aliphatic or aromatic bridging unit: Y is _CH=CH₂ or _CH₂CH₂X in which X is a group splittable by an alkali; Z is hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbun; and R₁ and R₂ are each independently of one another hydrogen or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon. The fiber reactive group of the formula is disclosed in FR-A-1325245 together with an anthraquinone type chromophore. However, known red reactive dyes including the dye shown above are not yet sufficient to meet needs of high level for dye performances such as build-up property, solubility, robustness and dischargeability, and fastness properties of dyed products such as acid-hydrolysis fastness and chlorine fastness. The object underlying the present invention is to provide new red reactive dyes excellent in various dye performances including those described above. This object could be achieved on the basis of the surprising finding that a specific monoazo compound having two vinylsulfone type fiber reactive groups in the molecule can meet such needs. The present invention provides a monoazo compound represented by the following formula (I) in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is C 1∼4 alkyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted with C 1∼4 alkyl, nitro, sulfo or halogeno, R₂, R₃ and R₄ independently of one another are each hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, A₁ and A₂ independently of one another are each an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene or naphthylene group, B is in which R₅ is hydrogen, methyl or sulfo, L is hydrogen or sulfo, and the asterisked linkage is bonded to the azo group, and Z₁ and Z₂ independently of one another are each _SO₂CH=CH₂ or _SO₂CH₂CH₂Y in which Y is a group splittable by the action of an alkali. The invention also provides a process for producing the monoazo compound of the above formula (I), which comprises using a cyanuric halide, an acylaminonaphthalene disulfonic acid re­ presented by the following formula (II) in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is as defined above, an aromatic diamine compound represented by the following formula (III), wherein B and R₂ are as defined above, an amine compound represented by the following formula (IV), wherein A₁, R₃ and Z₁ are as defined above, and another amine compound represented by the following formula (V), wherein A₂, R₄ and Z₂ are as defined above. The present invention also provides a process for dyeing or printing fiber materials, which comprises using the monoazo compound of the above formula (I). In the formula (I), the alkyl residue represented by R₂, R₃ and R₄ is preferably one having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted with hydroxy, cyano, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, halogeno, carboxy, carbamoyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylcarbonyloxy, sulfo, sulfamoyl and the like. Examples of the alkyl residues are as those described in, for example, JP-A-122549/1984. Of those, preferred are methyl and ethyl. In the present invention, preferred is a case where R₂ is hydrogen, and any one of R₃ and R₄ is hydrogen. The phenylene group represented by A₁ and A₂ may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or two substituents. Examples of preferred substituents are methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, chloro, bromo, carboxy and sulfo. The naphthylene group represented by A₁ and A₂ may be unsubstituted or substituted with one sulfo group. Preferred examples of these phenylene and naphthylene groups are as those described in JP-A-122549/1984. In the present invention, most preferred is the phenylene group unsubstituted or substituted with one substituent. The symbol Y in _SO₂CH₂CH₂Y which is represented by Z₁ and Z₂ denotes a group capable of being split by the action of an alkali and includes different groups known per se such as sulfuric acid ester group, thio-sulfuric acid ester group, phosphoric acid ester group, acetic acid ester group and halogen atoms (e.g. chlorine). Of these groups represented by Z₁ and Z₂, particularly preferred is a β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl group (-SO₂CH₂CH₂OSO₃H), which includes the vinylsulfonyl group (-SO₂CH=CH₂). In the present invention, the most preferred is a case where both Z₁ and Z₂ denote the β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl group. Preferred examples of the substituent R₁ are methyl, ethyl, n- or iso-propyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl, phenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-methylphenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-nitrophenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-sulfophenyl and 2-, 3-or 4-chlorophenyl. Among the monoazo compounds of the formula (I), preferred are those represented by the following formulas (I-1) and (I-2), each in the free acid form, wherein R₆ is hydrogen or sulfo, R₇ is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and R1 is as defined above, and wherein R₈ and R₉ independently of one another are each hydrogen, methylor ethyl, B₁ is wherein the asterisked linkage and L are as defined above. The monoazo compound of the formula (I) can be produced by using as starting materials a cyanuric halide such as cyanuric chloride, the acylaminonaphthalene disulfonic acid of the formula (II), the aromatic diamine compound of the formula (III), the amine compound of the formula (IV) and another amine compound of the formula (V), wherein the acylaminonaphthalene disulfonic acid (II) and the aromatic diamine compound (III) are used as a coupling component and a diazo component, respectively, and the remaining materials are used for the condensation reaction. The monoazo compound (I) can be produced, for example, in the following manner. The aromatic diamine compound (III) is diazotized in a manner known per se, followed by coupling with the acylaminonaphthalene disulfonic acid (II) also in a manner known per se, thereby obtaining a monoazo intermediate compound, the amine compound (IV) and another amine compound (V) is subjected to first condensation reaction with the cyanuric halide, followed by second and third condensation reactions using the remainders. In this manner, the order of condensation is not particularly limited. However, considering the yield and quality of the monoazo compound (I) to be obtained, it is preferred to use any one of the monoazo intermediate and the starting materials (IV) and (V) having the lowest reactivity to the cyanuric halide first of all. A first condensation of any one of the monoazo intermediate and the starting materials (IV) and (V) with the cyanuric halide can be carried out in an aqueous medium at a temperature of _10° to 50°C, preferably 0° to 30°C, while controlling the pH within 1 to 10, preferably 2 to 7. A second condensation of any one of remaining two with the first condensate can be carried out in an aqueous medium at a temperature of 10° to 80°C, preferably 20° to 50°C, while controlling the pH within 2 to 9, preferably 3 to 6, and a third condensation of the last one with the second condensate in an aqueous medium at a temperature of 40° to 100°C, preferably 40° to 80°C, while controlling the pH within 2 to 9, preferably 3 to 6. The aromatic diamine compound of the formula (III) includes, for example, 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid, 2,5-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid, 2,4-diaminobenzene-1,5-disulfonic acid, 2,5-diaminobenzene-1,4-disulfonic acid, 2,4-diamino-5-methylbenzenesulfonic acid, 2-amino-4-aminomethylbenzene-1-sulfonic acid, 2-amino-5-aminomethylnaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid, 2-amino-5-aminomethylnaphthalene-1,7-disulfonic acid and their N-methyl or ethylamino compounds. Of these, preferred are 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid, 2,4-diaminobenzene-1,5-disulfonic acid, 2-amino-4-aminomethylbenzene-1-sulfonic acid, 2-amino-5-aminomethylnaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid and 2-amino-5-aminomethylnaphthalene-1,7-disulfonic acid. All the starting compounds described above may be used in the form of a free acid or a salt such as alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts. The monoazo compound of the formula (I) may be in the form of a free acid, preferably in the form of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt such as sodium salt, potassium salt and the like. After completion of the reaction, the desired monoazo compound (I) containing reaction mixture may be subjected to salting-out in a conventional manner using an electrolyte, demineralization using a semipermeable membrane, evaporation such as spray-drying and the like to provide the monoazo compound (I) in the form of a powdery or liquid commercial product. The monoazo compound (I) of the present invention is fiber-reactive and useful for dyeing or printing hydroxyl group-containing and amide group-containing materials in a fibrous form including unmixed or mixed fiber spinning. The hydroxyl group-containing materials include natural or syntheric hydroxyl group-containing materials such as cellulose fiber materials, cellulose-containing fiber materials, regenerated products thereof and polyvinyl alcohol. Examples of the cellulose fiber materials are cotton and other vegetable fibers such as linen, hemp, jute and ramie fibers. Examples of the regenerated cellulose fibers are viscose staple and filament viscose. The amide group-containing materials include synthetic or natural polyamide and polyurethane. Examples of the materials, particularly in the fibrous forms, are wool and other animal furs, silk, leather, polyamide-6,6, polyamide-6, polyamide-11 and polyamide-4. The dyeing may be carried out in a suitable manner, which can be selected from conventional manners depending on the physical and chemical properties of said fiber materials. For example, cellulose fiber materials can be dyed using the present monoazo compound by an exhaustion dyeing, padding including cold batch-up dyeing or printing method. The exhaustion dyeing can be carried out at a relatively low temperature in the presence of an acid binding agent such as sodium carbonate, trisodium phosphate, sodium hydroxide and the like, if desired, using a neutral salt such as sodium sulfate, sodium chloride and the like, together with a hydrotropic agent, a penetrant or a level dyeing agent. The neutral salt usable for promoting the exhaustion may be added to a dye bath before or after temperature reaching a desired level for the dyeing, if desired, dividedly. The padding can be carried out by padding the fiber materials at ambient temperature or an elevated temperature, and after drying, steaming or dry-heating the materials to perform the dye-fixation. The printing can be carried out in a one-phase or two-phase manner. The one-phase printing may be conducted by printing the fiber materials with a printing paste containing an acid binding agent such as sodium hydrogencarbonate and the like, followed by steaming at a temperature of 100° to 160°C. The two-phase printing may be conducted by printing the fiber materials with a neutral or wealky acidic printing paste, and passing the materials through a hot alkaline bath containing an electrolyte or over-padding the materials with an alkaline padding liquor containing an electrolyte, followed by a steaming or dry-heating treatment. For the preparation of the printing paste, a paste or emulsifier such as sodium alginate, starch ether and the like may be used, if desired, together with a conventional auxiliary agent such as urea and/or dispersing agent. The acid binding agent useful for fixing the compound of the present invention on the cellulose fiber materials includes water-soluble basic salts consisting of alkali or alkaline earth metals and inorganic or organic acids or compounds capable of liberating alkalis under heating conditions. Preferred are alkali metal hydroxides and alkali metal salts of inorganic or organic acids having a weak or medium strength. Particularly preferred are sodium salts and potassium salts. Examples thereof are sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydrogencarbonate, sodium carbonate, sodium formate, potassium carbonate, sodium dihydrogenphosphate, disodium hydrogenphosphate, trisodium phosphate, sodium silicate and sodium trichloroacetate. The dyeing of natural or synthetic polyamide and polyurethane fiber materials can be carried out by performing exhaustion in an acid or weak acid bath, while controlling the pH value, and then making the bath neutral, or in some cases alkaline to perform the fixation. The dyeing temperature ranges usually from 60° to 120°C. In order to achieve a level dyeing, there may be used a conventional level dyeing agent such as a condensation product of cyanuric chloride and 3 times by mole of aminobenzenesulfonic acid or aminonaphthalene-sulfonic acid, or an addition product of stearylamine and ethylene oxide. The present monoazo compound (I) can be characterized by excellent dye performances in the dyeing and printing of fiber materials, particularly cellulose fiber materials. For example, the compound can give a dyed product excellent in light fastness, perspiration-light fastness, formalin fastness, wet fastness such as washing resistance, peroxide-washing resistance, chlorine resistance, chlorine bleaching resistance, perspiration resistance and acid-hydrolysis resistance, and alkali fastness, abrasion fastness and iron fastness. The monoazo compound (I) can also exhibit extremely excellent build-up, level-dyeing and wash-off properties and high solubility as well as high exhaustion and fixation percentages and excellent dischargeability. Moreover, when used for the dyeing or printing, the monoazo compound (I) is robust so that the shade to be obtained can hardly be affected by changes in dyebath conditions such as dyeing temperature, pH, amount of inorganic salts and bath ratio, and thus a dyed or printed product with a constant quality can be obtained with superior reproducibility. Further, particularly when applied for the dyeing by the cold batch-up dyeing method, the monoazo compound (I) can exhibit excellent build-up property and alkali stability (almost no hydrolysis by the action of the alkali agent) and almost no difference in the depth and shade appears between the dyed products obtained by fixing at 25°C and at a lower temperature than that. The present invention is illustrated in more detail with reference to the following Examples which are only illustrative, but not limitative. In Examples, all parts and % are by weight. Example 1 2,4-Diaminobenzenesulfonic acid (18.8 parts) and cyanuric chloride (18.5 parts) were added in water (400 parts), and the mixture was allowed to react with each other at 0° to 5°C within a pH of 2 to 3, thereby completing a first condensation. 1-Aminobenzene-4-β-sulfatoethyl­ sulfone (28.1 parts) was added to the above first condensation reaction mixture, and the mixture was allowed to react at 5° to 15°C within a pH of 4 to 5, thereby completing a second condensation. Successively, the second condensate was diazotized in a conventional manner. To the diazonium salt containing mixture was added 1-propionylamino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfinic acid (37.5 parts), and the mixture was allowed to react at 0° to 5°C within a pH of 5 to 7, thereby completing a coupling reaction. Successively, 1-aminobenzene-3-β-sulfatoethylsulfone (28.1 parts) was added thereto, and the mixture was allowed to react at 60° to 70°C within a pH of 4 to 5, thereby completing a third condensation. Salting-out of the reaction mixture followed by filtration, washing and drying gave a monoazo compound represented by the following formula in a free acid form. Example 2 Example 1 was repeated, provided that 1-propionylamino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid, 2,4-diaminobenzenesulfonic acid, 1-aminobenzene-4-β-sulfatoethylsulfone and 1-aminobenzene-3-β-sulfatoethylsulfone used in Example 1 were replaced by the acylaminonaphthalene disulfonic acid of the formula (II) as shown in a column A of the following table, the aromatic diamine compound of the formula (III) as shown in a column B thereof, the amine compound of the formula (IV) as shown in a column C thereof and another amine compound of the formula (V) as shown in a column D thereof, respectively, to obtain the corresponding monoazo compound characterized by the shade of dyed product as shown in a column E thereof. Example 3 2-Amino-5-aminomethylnaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (25.2 parts) was diazotized in ice water in a conventional manner, and then an aqueous solution of 1-benzoylamino-8-hydroxynapthalene-3,6-disulfonic acid (42.3 parts) was added dropwise to the above diazonium salt solution at 10°C, while controlling the pH within 7 to 8 using a 20% aqueous sodium carbonate solution, to complete the coupling reaction. Successively, cyanuric chloride (18.5 parts) was added to the above monoazo intermediate containing mixture, and the resulting mixture was allowed to react at 20° to 30°C with a pH of 8 to 9, thereby completing a first condensation. Thereafter, 1-aminobenzene-4-β-sulfatoethylsulfone (28.1 parts) was added to the first condensate containing mixture, and the resulting mixture was allowed to react at 30° to 40°C within a pH of 4 to 5, thereby completing a second condensation. 1-Aminobenzene-3-β-sulfatoethylsulfone (28.1 parts) was added to the second condensate containing mixture and the resulting mixture was allowed to react at 60° to 70°C within a pH of 4 to 5, thereby completing a third condensation. Salting-out of the reaction mixture followed by filtration, washing and drying gave a monoazo compound represented by the following formula in a free acid form. Example 4 Example 3 was repeated, provided that 1-benzolyamino-8-hydroxynaphtalene-3,6-disulfonic acid, 2-amino-5-aminomethylnaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid, 1-aminobenzene-4-β-sulfatoethylsulfone and 1-aminobenzene-3-β-sulfatoethylsulfone used in Example 3 were replaced by the acylaminonaphthalene disulfonic acid of the formula (II) as shown in a column A of the following table, the aromatic diamine compound of the formula (III) as shown in a column B thereof, the amine compound of the formula (IV) as shown in a column C thereof and another amine compound of the formula (V) as shown in a column D thereof, respectively, to obtain the corresponding monoazo compound characterized by the shade of dyed product as shown in a column E thereof. Dyeing Example 1 Each of the monoazo compounds obtained in Examples 1 to 4 (0.3 part) was dissolved in water (200 parts), and sodium sulfate (10 parts) and cotton (10 parts) were added thereto in this order. The bath was heated to 60°C. 20 Minutes thereafter, sodium carbonate (4 parts) was added thereto, and dyeing was continued for 1 hour at that temperature. Thereafter, the cotton was taken out, washed with water and soaped to obtain each dyed product of a very deep color excellent in fastness properties. The above dyeing procedure was repeated, provided that the dyeing temperature, the bath ratio and the amount of inorganic salt were changed respectively to some extent, even whereby each dyed product having a quality similar to that of the above was obtained with good reproducibility. Mercerized cotton broad cloth was printed with the color paste having the composition described above, and then pre-dried, subjected to steaming at 100°C for 5 minutes, rinsed with hot water, soaped, again rinsed with hot water, and then dried. Thus there was obtained each printed product of a deep color excellent in various fastness properties. Dyeing Example 3 The monoazo compounds obtained in Examples 1 to 4 each (25 parts) was dissolved in hot water, and the solution was cooled to 25°C. To this solution were added 32.5% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (5.5 parts) and 50°Be′ water glass (150 parts), and then water was added thereto to make the whole 1000 parts at 25°C. Immediately thereafter, cotton cloth was padded with the obtained padding liquor. The cloth padded was batched-up, wrapped tightly with a polyethylene film, and allowed to stand in a room kept at 20°C. The above manner was repeated to obtain the cloth padded, which was then batched-up, wrapped with a polyethylene film and then allowed to stand in a room kept at 5°C. Both were allowed to stand for 20 hours, and thereafter washed with cool water and then hot water, soaped with a boiling detergent, then washed with cool water and dried to obtain each dyed product. There was observed almost no difference in color shade and depth between the dyed products obtained after standing at 5°C and 20°C each for 20 hours. It was also found that each build-up property was excellent.

Claims: Claims for the Contracting States BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, NL, SE 1. A monoazo compound represented by the following formula (1) in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is C 1∼4 alkyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted with C 1∼4 alkyl, nitro, sulfo or halogeno, R₂, R₃ and R₄ independently of one another are each hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, A₁ and A₂ independently of one another are each an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene or naphthylene group, B is in which R₅ is hydrogen, methyl or sulfo, L is hydrogen or sulfo, and the asterisked linkage is bonded to the azo group, and Z₁ and Z₂ independently of one another are each -SO₂CH=CH₂ or -SO₂CH₂CH₂Y in which Y is a group splittable by the action of an alkali. 2. A monoazo compound according to Claim 1, wherein R₁ is methyl, ethyl, n- or iso-propyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl, phenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-methylphenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-nitrophenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-sulfophenyl or 2-, 3- or 4-chlorophenyl. 3. A monoazo compound according to Claim 1, wherein R₂, R₃ and R₄ independently of one another are each hydrogen, methyl or ethyl. 4. A monoazo compound according to Claim 1, wherein A₁ and A₂ independently of one another are each phenylene unsubstituted or substituted with one or two members selected from methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, chloro, bromo, carboxy and sulfo, or naphthylene unsubstituted or substituted with sulfo. 5. A monoazo compound according to Claim 1, wherein both Z₁ and Z₂ are β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl. 6. A monoazo compound represented by the following formula in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is C 1∼4 alkyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted with C 1∼4 alkyl, nitro, sulfo or halogeno, R₆ is hydrogen or sulfo, and R₇ is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl. 7. A monoazo compound represented by the following formula in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is C 1∼4 alkyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted with C 1∼4 alkyl, nitro, sulfo or halogeno, R₈ and R₉ independently of one another are each hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and B₁ is in which L is hydrogen or sulfo and the asterisked linkage is bonded to the azo group. 8. A process for producing a monoazo compound represented by the formula (I) according to claim 1, which comprises reacting a cyanuric halide, an acylaminonaphthalene disulfonic acid represented by the following formula (II) in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is as defined above, with an aromatic diamine compound represented by the following formula (III), wherein B and R₂ are as defined above, an amine compound represented by the following formula (IV) wherein A₁, R₃ and Z₁ are as defined above, and another amine compound represented by the following formula (V) wherein A₂, R₄ and Z₂ are as defined above. 9. A process for dyeing or printing fiber materials, which comprises using a monoazo compound represented by the formula (I) according to claim 1. 10. Fiber materials dyed or printed by the process of Claim 9. Claims for the Contracting States ES 1. A process for producing a monoazo compound represented by the following formula (I) in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is C 1∼4 alkyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted with C 1∼4 alkyl, nitro, sulfo or halogeno, R₂, R₃ and R₄ independently of one another are each hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, A₁ and A₂ independently of one another are each an unsubstituted or substituted phenylene or naphthylene group, B is in which R₅ is hydrogen, methyl or sulfo, L is hydrogen or sulfo, and the asterisked linkage is bonded to the azo group, and Z₁ and Z₂ independently of one another are each _SO₂CH=CH₂ or _SO₂CH₂CH₂Y in which Y is a group splittable by the action of an alkali, which comprises reacting a cyanuric halide, an acylamino­ naphthalene disulfonic acid represented by the following formula (II) in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is as defined above, with an aromatic diamine compound represented by the following formula (III), wherein B and R₂ are as defined above, an amine compound represented by the following formula (IV) wherein A₁, R₃ and Z₁ are as defined above, and another amine compound represented by the following formula (V) wherein A₂, R₄ and Z₂ are as defined above. 2. The process according to Claim 1, wherein R₁ is methyl, ethyl, n- or iso-propyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl, phenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-methylphenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-nitrophenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-sulfophenyl or 2-, 3- or 4-chlorophenyl. 3. The process according to Claim 1, wherein R₂, R₃ and R₄ independently of one another are each hydrogen, methyl or ethyl. 4. The process according to Claim 1, wherein A₁ and A₂ independently of one another are each phenylene unsubstituted or substituted with one or two members selected from methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, chloro, bromo, carboxy and sulfo, or naphthylene unsubstituted or substituted with sulfo. 5. The process according to Claim 1, wherein both Z₁ and Z₂ are β-sulfatoethylsulfonyl. 6. The process according to Claim 1 for the production of a monoazo compound represented by the following formula in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is C 1∼4 alkyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted with C 1∼4 alkyl, nitro, sulfo or halogeno, R₆ is hydrogen or sulfo, and R₇ is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl. 7. The process according to Claim 1 for the production of a monoazo compound represented by the following formula in the free acid form, wherein R₁ is C 1~4 alkyl, β-carboxyethyl, β-carboxyvinyl or phenyl unsubstituted or substituted with C 1~4 alkyl, nitro, sulfo or halogeno, R₈ and R₉ independently of one another are each hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and B₁ is in which L is hydrogen or sulfo and the asterisked linkage is bonded to the azo group. 8. A process for dyeing or printing fiber materials, which comprises using a monoazo compound represented by the formula (I) according to claim 1. 9. Fiber materials dyed or printed by the process of Claim 8.

Inventors: HARADA, NAOKI, KIKKAWA, SADANOBU, MORIMITSU, TOSHIHIKO, OMURA, TAKASHI
Applicants: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Application year: 1987
Main classification: C09B62
IPC codes: C09B62