Patent ID: 7122667

Claim:
A reactive dye of formula (1) wherein Q 1 , Q 2 , Q 3 and Q 4 are each independently of the others hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C 1 –C 4 alkyl, A is the radical of a monoazo, polyazo, metal complex azo, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine, formazan or dioxazine chromophore, D is the radical of a diazo component, of the benzene or naphthalene series, X is halogen, 3-carboxypyridin-1-yl, 3-Carbamoylpyridin-1-yl, hydroxy, C 1 –C 4 alkoxy unsubstituted or substituted in the alkyl moiety, phenoxy unsubstituted or substituted in the phenyl moiety, C 1 –C 4 alkylthio unsubstituted or substituted in the alkyl moiety, unsubstituted or substituted amino, or an N-heterocycle which may or may not contain further hetero atoms, and Y is vinyl or a radical —CH 2 —CH 2 —U and U is a group removable under alkaline conditions selected from the group consisting of —Cl, —Br, —F, —OSO 3 H, —SSO 3 H, —OCO—CH 3 , —OPO 3 H 2 , —OCO—C 6 H 5 , —OSO 2 —C 1 –C 4 alkyl or —OSO 2 —N(C 1 –C 4 alkyl) 2 .