The invention relates to dyes of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which K is the radical of a coupling component which contains a hydroxy group or an enolizable keto group in the ortho- or para-position to the azo bridge; and R is hydrogen or an optionally substituted aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic radical and in which the rings A and B may bear substituents.

Examples of substituents for the rings A and B are: bromo, nitro, methyl, methoxy, ethoxy, phenoxy, hydroxy, thiophenoxy, phenyl, acylamino, cyano, methylsulfonyl and sulfamoyl. Examples of acylamino radicals are acetylamino, benzoylamino and benzenesulfonylamino.

Examples of radicals R are alkyl of one to eight carbon atoms, which may bear hydroxy, alkoxy of one to four carbon atoms, cyano, acyloxy, carbamoyl or N-substituted carbamoyl as a substituent, cyclohexyl, benzyl, phenylethyl, styryl and particularly hydrogen, phenyl, phenyl bearing halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, nitro, carbamoyl, N-phenylcarbamoyl, sulfamoyl, N-substituted sulfamoyl, arylsulfonyl, C-acylamino or S-acylamino as a substituent, naphthyl or anthraquinonyl.

Examples of radicals R in addition to those already specified are: methyl, isopropyl, butyl, β-hydroxyethyl, β-ethoxyethyl, acetoxymethyl, carbamoylmethyl, chlorophenyl, dichlorophenyl, methylphenyl, methoxyphenyl, methoxychlorophenyl, methoxydichlorophenyl, methylchlorophenyl, cyanophenyl, nitrophenyl, nitrochlorophenyl, nitromethoxyphenyl, nitromethylphenyl, carbamoylphenyl, N-phenylcarbamoylphenyl, sulfamoylphenyl, N-phenylsulfamoylphenyl, N-dichlorophenylsulfamoylphenyl, phenylsulfonylphenyl, acetylaminophenyl, benzoylaminophenyl, dichlorobenzoylaminophenyl and naphthoylaminophenyl.

Examples of suitable coupling components are compounds of the phenol, naphthol, acetoacetarylide, pyrazolone, quinolone, pyridone, pyrimidone and isoquinolone series.

Examples of specific coupling components are: phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, p-cresol, α-naphthol, β-naphthol, 2-naphthol-3-carboxylic acid ester and amide, acetoacetanilide, acetoacet-o-anisidide, 1-phenyl-3-methyl-pyrazolone, 1-phenylpyrazolone-3-carboxylic acid ester or amide, 2,4-dihydroxyquinoline, N-methyl-4-hydroxyquinolone-2, 2,6-dihydroxy-3-cyano-4-methylpyridine, 2,6-dihydroxy-3-carbamoyl-4-methylpyridine, N-methyl-2-hydroxy-3-cyano-4-methylpyridone-6, N-γ-methoxypropyl-2-hydroxy-3-cyano-4-methylpyridone-6, N-butyl-2-hydroxy-3-cyano-4-methylpyridone-6, N-benzyl-2-hydroxy-3-cyano-4-methylpyridone-6, 2-amino-4,6-dihydroxypyrimidine, 2,4-dihydroxy-6-aminopyrimidine, 2,4-diamino-6-hydroxypyrimidine, 1,3-dimethyl-4-hydroxypyrimidinedione-2,6 and 1,3-dihydroxyisoquinoline.

Dyes of the formula (I) may be prepared by reaction of a diazo compound of an amine of the formula (II): ##STR2## wherein A, B and R have the above meanings with a coupling component of the formula: HK

where K has the above meanings.

Compounds of the formula (II) (1-phenylphthalazone-(4) derivatives) may be prepared by methods known from the literature, for example from the corresponding substituted 2-benzoylbenzoic acids and hydrazine, monoalkylhydrazines or monoarylhydrazines.

For the production of a dye having a 2-naphthol-3-carboxamide component it is convenient to start from an acid chloride of the formula: ##STR3## and to convert it into the dye amide by reaction with an appropriate amine by a conventional method.

Dyes which are suitable as pigments are particularly compounds of the formula (I) in which R is hydrogen or an aromatic radical and K is the radical of a coupling component of the β-naphthol, acetoacetarylide, pyrimidine, dihydroxyquinoline or dihydroxypyridine series. These dyes are distinguished by substantial insolubility in solvents and as pigments they exhibit in nearly every case good fastness to overcoating, migration and overspraying as well as very good fastness to light. They are therefore suitable for example for use in printing inks, surface coatings or plastics such as PVC. Moreover the resistance to high temperature of the new pigments which in some cases is outstanding and their excellent resistance to adverse weather conditions are to be emphasized.

Pigments of the formula (I) are not always obtained in the optimum physical form for a specific application. They may be converted however into the most suitable form by conventional methods such as grinding with salt, or heating in water or solvents.

Other dyes of formula (I), particularly those in which R is an aliphatic radical and the coupling component is derived from the cresol, N-alkylpyrimidine, N-alkylpyridine or N-alkylquinoline series are good disperse dyes which are particularly suitable for dyeing polyester fibers and which give dyeings having good lightfastness properties.

Particular importance attaches to dyes of the formula ##STR4## in which R is hydrogen; phenyl; phenyl substituted by chloro, bromo, methyl, ethyl, methoxy, ethoxy, cyano, nitro, sulfamoyl, phenylsulfonyl, N-phenylsulfamoyl, carbamoyl, N-phenylcarbamoyl, acetylamino or benzoylamino; or naphthyl;

m is 1 or 2;

n is zero, 1, 2, 3 or 4;

X is chloro, methyl or methoxy;

Z is chloro or bromo; and ##STR5## Ar¹ is phenyl; or phenyl substituted by chloro, methoxy, ethoxy, methyl, acetylamino or benzoylamino; ##STR6## Ar² is phenyl; or phenyl substituted by chloro, methyl or sulfamoyl; Ar³ is phenyl; phenyl substituted by chloro, bromo, nitro, methoxy, ethoxy, alkyl of one to four carbon atoms, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, N-phenylcarbamoyl, N-chlorophenylcarbamoyl, N-methylphenylcarbamoyl, N-methoxyphenylcarbamoyl, N-β-anthraquinonylcarbamoyl, phthalimido, benzoylamino, benzoylamino substituted by chloro, methyl, methoxy or acetylamino; ##STR7## T¹ is methyl or carbamoyl; T² is cyano or carbamoyl; and

T³ is hydroxyl or amino.

Particular industrial importance attaches to dyes of formula (Ia): ##STR8## in which X is hydrogen, chloro, methyl or methoxy;

Y is hydrogen or chloro; and

K¹ is the radical of a coupling component of the acetoacetarylide and particularly of the pyrazolone or 2-naphthol-3-carboxamide series.

The following Examples illustrate the invention. Unless otherwise stated, parts and percentages in the Examples are by weight.

EXAMPLE 1

27.2 parts of 1-(4'-chloro-3'-aminophenyl)-phthalazone-(4) is dissolved in 140 parts of concentrated sulfuric acid and diazotized at 0° to 10° C by the addition of 30 parts of nitrosylsulfuric acid (12.7% of N₂ O₃). The whole is stirred for another 4 hours at 0° to 10° C, the diazotization mixture is then poured into a mixture of 1000 parts of ice and 1000 parts of water, excess nitrite is removed by adding urea and 26.3 parts of finely powdered 2-naphthol-3-carboxylic acid N-phenylamide is added. A pH of from 6 to 7 is set up by dripping in dilute caustic soda solution. The whole is stirred for another six hours, suction filtered and washed throroughly with water. The filtered product is introduced into 400 parts of dimethylformamide and stirred for 3 hours at 100° C, suction filtered, throroughly washed with dimethylformamide and then with methanol and dried. 49 parts of a red powder of the formula: ##STR9## is obtained.

Similar dyes with the coupling components specified in the Table and with the hue indicated are obtained analogously to Example 1.

__________________________________________________________________________Example No.   Coupling component          Hue__________________________________________________________________________ 2   redSTR10## 3   redSTR11## 4   redSTR12## 5   orange red 6   yellow14## 7   yellow15## 8   yellow16## 9   yellow17##10   yellow18##11   yellow19##12   yellow20##13   yellow21##14   yellow22##15   yellow23##16   yellow24##17   yellow25##18   yellow26##19   yellow27##20   yellow28##21   yellow29##22   bordeaux##23   redSTR31##24   redSTR32##25   redSTR33##26   redSTR34##__________________________________________________________________________

EXAMPLE 27

The procedure described in Example 1 is followed but 18.8 parts of β-hydroxynaphthoic acid is used as the coupling component. After coupling is over the whole is acidified with dilute sulfuric acid to pH 1 and washed thoroughly with water and dried. 42 parts of the acid: ##STR35## is obtained. 470 parts of this acid is heated in 2200 parts of dry dichlorobenzene, 2 parts of dimethylformamide and 350 parts of thionyl chloride for one hour at 100° C, for 2 hours at 120° C and for 1 hour at 130° C, then cooled, suction filtered while cold, washed with dry benzene and dried. 295 parts of the acid chloride is obtained in this way.

24.4 parts of this acid chloride is introduced into 250 parts of dry dichlorobenzene, 22 parts of p-aminobenzanilide is added and the whole is stirred for 1 hour at 90° C, for 1 hour at 110° C and for two hours at 120° C. The whole is suction filtered while hot, washed with dichlorobenzene and methanol and dried. 30 parts of a red powder of the formula: ##STR36## is obtained.

EXAMPLES 28 to 67

The procedure described in Example 27 is repeated but the amines specified in the Table are used instead of p-aminobenzanilide. The corresponding dyes inhibiting the hues indicated are thus obtained.

__________________________________________________________________________Example No.   Amine                                      Hue__________________________________________________________________________28   redSTR37##29   redSTR38##30   redSTR39##31   redSTR40##32   redSTR41##33   redSTR42##34   redSTR43##35   redSTR44##36   redSTR45##37   redSTR46##38   redSTR47##39   redSTR48##40   redSTR49##41   redSTR50##42   redSTR51##43   Bordeaux##44   redSTR53##45   redSTR54##46   Bordeaux##47   redSTR56##48   redSTR57##49   redSTR58##50   redSTR59##51   redSTR60##52   redSTR61##53   redSTR62##54   redSTR63##55   redSTR64##56   redSTR65##57   redSTR66##58   maroon67##59   Bordeaux##60   Bordeaux##61   redSTR70##62   redSTR71##63   redSTR72##64   redSTR73##65   redSTR74##66   redSTR75##67   redSTR76##__________________________________________________________________________

Dyes having the hue specified are obtained analogously to Example 1 or 27 with the diazotization and coupling components in the following Table. Dyes indicated by "disp" in the column "Hue" are polyester disperse dyes which when dyed onto polyester by a conventional method give the hue indicated in good fastness properties.

Diazo component for Examples 68 to 100:

__________________________________________________________________________ ##STR77##ExampleCoupling component      Hue__________________________________________________________________________68redSTR78##69redSTR79##70redSTR80##71redSTR81##72redSTR82##73redSTR83##74redSTR84##75redSTR85##76redSTR86##77redSTR87##78Bordeaux##79redSTR89##80orange, disp81yellow91##82yellow92##83yellow93##84yellow disp,85yellow95##86orange96##87yellow97##88yellow98##89yellow, disp90yellow100##91yellow101##92yellow102##93yellow103##94yellow104##95redSTR105##96yellow106##97yellow107##98yellow108##99orange109##100yellow110##__________________________________________________________________________

Diazo component for Examples 101 to 110:

__________________________________________________________________________ ##STR111##ExampleCoupling component       Hue__________________________________________________________________________101redSTR112##102redSTR113##103redSTR114##104Bordeaux5##105Bordeaux6##106redSTR117##107yellowish orange108brownR119##109yellow120##110orange121##111orange122##__________________________________________________________________________

Diazo component for Examples 112 to 118:

______________________________________ ##STR123##Ex-ample Coupling component        Hue______________________________________112 redSTR124##113 redSTR125##114 yellow126##115 redSTR127##116 yellow, disp117 yellow, disp118 yellow, disp______________________________________

Diazo component for Examples 119 to 112:

__________________________________________________________________________ ##STR131##ExampleCoupling component       Hue__________________________________________________________________________119redSTR132##120redSTR133##121yellow134##122reddish brown__________________________________________________________________________

Diazo component for Examples 123 to 126:

______________________________________ ##STR136##Ex-ample Coupling component         Hue______________________________________123 redSTR137##124 redSTR138##125 orange139##126 reddish brown______________________________________

Diazo component for Examples 127-130:

______________________________________ ##STR141##Example  Coupling component        Hue______________________________________127  redSTR142##128  orange143##129  brownR144##130  yellow145##______________________________________

Diazo component for Examples 131 and 132:

______________________________________ ##STR146##Example  Coupling component        Hue______________________________________131  redSTR147##132  orange148##______________________________________

Diazo component of Examples 133 and 134:

______________________________________ ##STR149##Example  Coupling component        Hue______________________________________133  redSTR150##134  orange151##______________________________________

Diazo component for Examples 135 to 137:

______________________________________ ##STR152##Example  Coupling component        Hue______________________________________135  redSTR153##136  brownR154##137  maroon155##______________________________________

EXAMPLE 138

28.2 parts of 1-(4'-amino-3'-nitrophenyl)-phthalazone-(4) is dissolved in 140 parts of concentrated sulfuric acid and diazotized at 0° to 10° C by adding 30 parts of nitrosylsulfuric acid (12.7% of N₂ O₃). The whole is stirred for another four hours at 0° to 10° C and then the diazotization mixture is poured onto a mixture of 1000 parts of ice and 1000 parts of water, excess nitrite is removed by adding urea and then 26.3 parts of finely powdered 2-naphthol-3-carboxylic acid N-phenylamide is added. The pH is adjusted to 6 to 7 by dripping in dilute caustic soda solution. The whole is stirred for another six hours, suction filtered and washed thoroughly with water. The filtered product is introduced into 400 parts of glacial acetic acid and stirred for three hours at 100° C, suction filtered, washed thoroughly with glacial acetic acid and water and dried. There is obtained 40 parts of a red powder of the formula: ##STR156##

Similar dyes with the stated hues are obtained analogously to Example 138 with the coupling components given in the Table.

__________________________________________________________________________ExampleCoupling component       Hue__________________________________________________________________________139redSTR157##140redSTR158##141redSTR159##142Bordeaux0##143redSTR161##144orange162##145yellow163##146yellow164##147yellow165##148yellow166##149yellow167##150yellow168##151orange169##152orange170##__________________________________________________________________________

Dyes with the stated hues are obtained analogously to Example 138 with the diazotization and coupling components of the following Table:

Diazo component for Examples 153 to 162:

__________________________________________________________________________ ##STR171##ExampleCoupling component       Hue__________________________________________________________________________153redSTR172##154redSTR173##155Bordeaux4##156yellow175##157yellow176##158yellow177##159yellow, disp160orange179##161orange180##162yellow, disp__________________________________________________________________________

EXAMPLE 163

38.2 parts of 1,3-diphenyl-5-amino-7,8-dichlorophthalazone-(4) is dissolved in 140 parts of concentrated sulfuric acid and diazotized by adding 30 parts of nitrosylsulfuric acid (12.7% of N₂ O₃) at 0° to 10° C. The whole is stirred at 0° to 10° C for another four hours and then the diazotization mixture is poured onto a mixture of 1000 parts of ice and 1000 parts of water, excess nitrite is removed by adding urea and 26.3 parts of finely powdered 2-naphthol-3-carboxylic acid N-phenylamide is added. A pH of 6 to 7 is set up by dripping in dilute caustic soda solution. The whole is stirred for another six hours, suction filtered and washed thoroughly with water. The filtered product is introduced into 400 parts of dimethylformamide and stirred for three hours at 100° C, suction filtered, washed with dimethylformamide, methanol and water and dried. 42 parts of a red powder is obtained which has the formula: ##STR182##

Similar dyes having the hues indicated are obtained analogously to Example 163 with the coupling components specified in the Table:

______________________________________Ex.   Coupling component         Hue______________________________________164  ##STR183##                red165 yellow184##166 orange185##______________________________________

The following dyes characterized by their diazo and coupling components are also obtained analogously to Example 1.

__________________________________________________________________________Ex. Diazo component             Coupling component       Hue__________________________________________________________________________167##STR186##    redSTR187##168 "             bluish red#169 "             bluish red#170 "             redSTR190##171 "             yellow191##172 "             yellow192##__________________________________________________________________________

EXAMPLES OF USE

1. In surface coatings:

10 parts of the dye obtained according to Example 1 and 95 parts of a baking enamel formulation (for example 70% of coconut alkyd resin, 60% in xylene and 30% of melamine resin, about 55% in a mixture of butanol and xylene) are ground in an attrition mill. After having been applied and baked for thirty minutes at 120° C brilliant full color coatings are obtained having very good fastness to light and overspraying. Bright shades are achieved by the addition of titanium dioxide.

Similar surface coatings in the specified hues are obtained by using pigments described in the other Examples with the exception of those marked "disp".

2. In plastics:

Bright red colorations of polystyrene which have excellent fastness to light may be obtained by incorporating 0.5 part of the dye obtained according to Example 1 into 100 parts of polystyrene at 190° to 200° C in an extruder.

Colorations having good hiding power are obtained analogously by also incorporating 1 part of titanium dioxide.

Analogous results are obtained when the pigments from the other Examples (with the exception of those marked "disp") are used.

3. In printing inks:

8 parts of the pigment obtained according to Example 1, from 30 to 40 parts of resin (for example rosin modified with phenolformaldehyde) and from 55 to 65 parts of toluene are intimately mixed in a dispersion unit. A red toluene intaglio printing ink is thus obtained which has outstanding fastness to light and weathering and outstanding brilliance.

Similar results are obtained when the pigments from the other Examples (except those marked "disp") are used.