Patent ID: 8348412

Claim:
A reactive dye of formula wherein R 1 is hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl, (R 2 ) s denotes s identical or different substituents from the group halogen, nitro, unsubstituted or halo-substituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 2 -C 4 alkanoylamino, C 1 -C 4 alkylsulfonyl, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl and sulfo, Me is chromium, cobalt or iron, E is a bivalent radical of formula wherein X denotes chlorine or fluorine, T is a fibre-reactive radical of formula —NH—(CH 2 ) 2-3 —SO 2 —Z (2a), —NH—(CH 2 ) 2-3 —O—(CH 2 ) 2-3 —SO 2 —Z (2b), (R 3 ) 0-2 denotes from 0 to 2 identical or different substituents from the group halogen, C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy and sulfo, Z is vinyl or a —CH 2 —CH 2 —U radical and U is a group that is removable under alkaline conditions, Q is a —CH(Hal)-CH 2 -Hal or —C(Hal)=CH 2 group, s is the number 0, 1, 2 or 3, q is the number 0 or 1, A denotes a bivalent radical of formula wherein R 1 , R 2 , X, T, m, n, q and s are as defined above, R 4 and R 7 denote hydrogen or C 1 -C 4 alkyl, R 5 and R 6 represent, each independently of the other, identical or different substituents from the group hydroxyl, halogen, nitro, unsubstituted or halo-substituted C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 alkoxy, C 2 -C 4 alkanoylamino, C 1 -C 4 alkylsulfonyl, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl and sulfo, and t and u are each independently of the other the number 0, 1, 2 or 3.