A series of five tetracyclic mono azo dyes based on the diazotization 1-amino-8-hydroxynaphthalene-3,6-disulphonic acid and subsequent coupling with substituted (un)sulphonated naphthalene derivatives have been synthesized. The chemical structures were established using UV–visible, IR, NMR as well mass spectrometry. Based number sulphonic other hydrophilic groups they contain, compounds showed ...