WHEREIN R1 AND R2 STAND FOR MEMBERS SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, LOWER ALKYL, CYCLOALKYL, ARALKYL AND ARYL, A STANDS FOR THE RESIDUAL PART OF AN AROMATIC RING SYSTEM, B STANDS FOR A CARBOCYCLIC OR HETROCYCLIC RING SYSTEM BEING LINKED WITH THE CH GROUP VIA A CYCLIC CARBON ATOM OF SAID CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC RING SYSTEM, D STANDS FOR A CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC RING SYSTEM BEING LINKED WITH THE CH GROUP VIA A CYCLIC CARBON ATOM OF SAID CARBOXYLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC RING SYSTEM, SAID HETERYL METHANE COMPOUND BEING FREE OF SULPHONIC ACID GROUPS AND ARE VALUABLE DYESTUFF INTERMEDIATES.