A series of oligomeric azo dyes has been synthesized by coupling various ar
omatic diazonium salts to p-hydroxy benzoic acid-formaldehyde (p-HBAF) olig
omer. They were evaluated in terms of their softening points, yields, colou
r, UV-visible spectra, IR spectra and PMR spectra. Dyeing on wool and nylon
resulted in yellow to red shades having moderate to good fastness to light
and good to very good fastness to washing.