Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

Claim 2

In a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, said silver halide photographic light-sensitive material wherein said silver halide emulsion layer contains in combination at least one of those cyan couplers having the following Formula [I] and at least one of those compounds having the following Formula [II] or [III]: wherein R 1 is an alkyl radical, at aryl radical, a cycloalkyl radical or a heterocyclic radical; R 2 is an alkyl radical or an aryl radical; R 3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl radical or an alkoxy radical; and Z 1 is a hydrogen atom or a radical that can be split off by the reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent, wherein R 4 and R 5 each is an alkyl radical; R 6 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical, an -NHR' 6 radical, an -SR' 6 radical (wherein R' 6 is a monovalent organic radical) or a - CO O R6 radical (wherein R6 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic radical); and m is an integer of from 0 to 3, wherein R 7 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl radical, an oxy radical (-0 radical), an -SOR' 7 radical, an -SO 2 R" 7 radical (wherein R' 7 and R" each is a monovalent organic radical), an alkyl radical, an alkenyl radical, an alkinyl radical or a -COR"' 7 radical (wherein R"' 7 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic radical); each R 8 is an alkyl radical; R 9 and R 10 each is a hydrogen atom or a -OCOR' radical (wherein R' is a monovalent organic radical), said R 9 and said R 10 together being allowed to form a heterocyclic radical; and n is an integer of from 0 to 4.

Claim 3

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in Formula [I], an aryl radical represented by R is a phenyl radical; or wherein the cyan couplers having Formula [I] are formularized in Formula [IV] below; wherein R 11 is a polyfluoroalkyl radical or a phenyl radical; R 12 is an alkyl radical or an aryl radical; R 13 is an alkylene radical; R 14 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; X is a divalent radical such as -O-, -CO-, -COO-, -OCO-, -SO 2 NR -, -NR SO 2 R -, -S-, -SO-, or -SO -, wherein R and R each is an alkyl radical; ℓ is an integer of 0 to five; and, Z 2 is a hydrogen atom, or a radical that can be split off by the reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine-type color developing agent.

Claim 4

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 2, wherein, in Formula [I], the radicals represented by the R 1 are polyfluoroalkyl radicals, phenyl radicals or phenylradicals substituted by not less than one halogen atom, alkyl radicals, alkoxy radicals, alkylsulfonamido radicals, arylsulfonamido radicals, alkylsulfamoyl radicals, arylsulfamoyl radicals, alkylsulfonyl radicals, arylsulfonyl radicals, alkylcarbonyl radicals, arylcarbonyl radicals or cyano radicals.

Claim 5

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 3, wherein, in Formula [IV], the phenyl radicals represented by R 11 have a single or a plurality of substituents of a halogen atom, alkylsulfonamide radicals, arylsulfonamide radicals, alkylsulfamoyl radicals, arylsulfamoyl radicals, alkyl radicals, alkoxy radicals or cyano radicals; or wherein, in Formula [IV], the radicals represented by R 12 are aryl radicals when ℓ is equal to or more than one or wherein, in Formula [IV], the radicals represented by R 12 when ℓ is equal to zero are alkyl radicals; or wherein, in Formula [IV], the alkylene radicals represented by R 13 are straight-chain or branched--chain alkylene radicals each having one to 20 carbon atoms; or wherein, in Formula [N], the radicals represented by R 14 are hydrogen atoms; or wherein, in Formula [IV], the divalent radicals represented by X are -O-, -S-, -SO- or -SO 2 - radicals; or wherein, in Formula [IV], ℓ is equal to zero or one; or wherein, in Formula [IV], the radical represented by Z 2 is hydrogen atom or chlorine atom.

Claim 6

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 4, wherein, in Formula [IV], the aryl radicals represented by R 12 when ℓ is equal to or more than one are phenyl radicals; or wherein, in Formula [IV], the alkyl radicals represented by R 12 when ℓ is equal to zero are alkyl radicals each having one to 22 carbon atoms; or wherein, in Formula [IV], the straight--chain or branched-chain alkylene radicals each having one to 20 carbon-atoms represented by R 13 are alkylene radicals each having one to 12 carbon atoms.

Claim 7

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 5, wherein, in Formula [IV], the phenyl radicals represented by R 12 when ℓ is equal to or more than one have a single or a plurality of substituents of alkyl radicals, alkylsulfonamide radicals, arylsulfonamide radicals, aminosulfonamide radicals or alkyloxycarbonyl radicals or wherein, in Formula [IV], the alkyl radicals each having one to 22 carbon atoms represented by R12 when i is equal to zero are methyl radicals, ethyl radicals, propyl radicals, butyl radicals, octyl radicals or dodecyl radicals.

Claim 8

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 6, wherein, in Formula [IV], an alkyl radical which is a substituent of the phenyl radical represented by R 12 when ℓ is equal to or more than one is a t-butyl radical, a t-amyl radical or an octyl radical; an alkylsulfonamide radical which is a substituent thereof is a butylsulfonamide radical, an octylsulfonamide radical or a dodecylsulfonamide radical;. an arylsulfonamide radical which is a substituent thereof is a phenylsulfonamide radical; an aminosulfonamide radical which is a substituent thereof is a dimethylaminosulfonamide radical; and an alkyloxycarbonyl radical which is a substituent thereof is a methyloxycarbonyl radical or a butyloxycarbonyl radical.

Claim 9

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in Formula [II], the alkyl radicals represented respectively by R 4 and R 5 are alkyl radicals each having one to 12 carbon atoms ; or wherein, in Formula [II], the monovalent organic radicals each represented respectively by R6 and R6 are alkyl radicals, cycloalkyl radicals, aryl radicals or heterocyclic radicals; or wherein the compounds having Formula [II] are compounds having the Formula [V] below: wherein R 15 and R 16 each is a straight-chain or branched--chain alkyl radical having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms, R 17 is a k-valent organic radical; and k is an integer of from 1 to 6.

Claim 10

9 . The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 8 , wherein, in Formula [IT], the alkyl radicals each having one to 12 carbon atoms represented respectively by R 4 and R 5 are alkyl radicals each which are branched in the α position thereof and have 3 to 8 carbon atoms each; or wherein, in Formula IV], the straight--chain or branched-chain alkyl radicals each having 3 to 8 carbon atoms represented by R 15 and R 16 are t-butyl radicals or t-pentyl radicals; or wherein, in Formula [V], the organic radical represented by R 17 is an alkyl radical, an alkenyl radical, a multivalent unsaturated hydrocarbon radical, an unsaturated hydrocarbon radical, an alicyclic hydrocarbon radical, an aryl radical, an arylene radical, or a 1,3,5-tri--substituted benzene radical; or wherein, in Formula [V], the organic radical represented by R 17 is an organic radical combined through an-O- radical, an -S- radical or an -S0 2 - radical; or wherein, in Formula [V], k is an integer of from 1 to 4.

Claim 11

10- The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 9, wherein, in Formula [II], the alkyl radical being represented by R 4 and R 5 , having a branched--chain in the α position thereof and having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, is a t-butyl radical or a t-pentyl radical; or wherein, in Formula [V], the organic radical represented by R 17 is 2,4-di-t-bytylphenyl, 2,4,-di--t-pentylphenyl, p-octylphenyl, p-dodecylphenyl, 3,5-di-t--butyl-4-hydroxylphenyl or 3,5-di-t-pentyl-4-hydroxylphenyl radical. - 11 The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in Formula [III], the alkyl radical represented by R 7 has one to 12 carbon atoms, the alkenyl or alkinyl radical has two to four carbon atoms, and the monovalent organic radicals each represented respectively by R , R and R in the -SOR , -SOR and -COR radicals are alkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl or aryl radicals; or wherein, in Formula [III], the radicals represented by R 7 is hydrogen atom, alkyl radicals, alkenyl radicals, alkinyl radicals or -COR radicals in which R represents an alkyl radical, an alkenyl radical, an alkinyl radical, or an aryl radical; or wherein, in Formula [III], the alkyl radical represented by R 8 is a straight-chain or branched--chain alkyl radical having one to five carbon atoms; or wherein, in Formula [III], the monovalent organic radical represented by R' in the - OCOR' radicals'represented respectively by R 9 and R 10 is an alkyl radical, an alkenyl radical, an alkinyl radical, an aryl radical, an alkylamino radical or an arylamino radical; or wherein, in Formula [III], the heterocyclic radical formed by Rg and R 10 in association is a radical having the Formula below: wherein R 18 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl radical, a cycloalkyl radical or a phenyl radical; or wherein the compounds each having Formula [III] are compounds having the Formula [VI] below: wherein R19 is an alkyl radical, an alkenyl radical, an alkinyl radical, or an acyl radical.

Claim 12

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 11, wherein, in Formula [III], the alkyl radical represented by R 8 is methyl radical or wherein, in Formula [IV], the radical represented by R 19 is methyl, ethyl, vinyl, allyl, propinyl, benzyl, acetyl, propionyl, acryloyl, methacryloyl, or crotonoyl radical.

Claim 13

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the silver halide emulsion contains the compound having Formulas [II] and [III] of five to 300 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the cyan coupler having Formula [I].

Claim 14

The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the silver halide emulsion contains the cyan coupler having Formula [I] in the range of 0.1 to one mole per mole of the silver halide.

Claim 15

15 . The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, comprising a support having thereon a cyan dye image-formable component unit comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing cyan dye-forming coupler (at least one of the cyan couplers is the cyan coupler of the invention having Formula [I]); a magenta dye image-formable component unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta dye-forming coupler; and an yellow dye image-formable component unit comprising at least one blue--sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containging at least one yellow dye-forming coupler.

Claim 16

16 . The silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the yellow dye-forming coupler is a compound having Formula [VII] below: wherein R 20 is an alkyl radical or an aryl radical; R 21 is an aryl radical; and Y is a hydrogen atom or a radical that can be split off during the course of a color developing reaction; and/or wherein the magenta dye-forming coupler is a compound having Formula [IX] below: wherein Ar is an aryl radical; R 26 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an slkyl radical or an alkoxy radical; R 27 is an alkyl radical, an amido radical, an imido radical, an N-alkylcarbamoyl radical, an N-alkylsulfamoyl radical, an alkoxycarbonyl radical, an acyloxy radical, a sulfonamido radical or an ureido radical; Y is as defined in Formula [VII]; and W is -NH-, -NHCO- (wherein the N atom is bonded with the carbon atom of the pyrazolone nucleus) or -NHCONH-.