Silver halide light-sensitive colour photographic material

Claim 2

A silver halide light-sensitive color photographic material comprising a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer which contains a polymer coupler and a compound of formula [I]: wherein Ar is an aryl group, R is an alkylene group, and p is an integer of from 1 to 3.

Claim 3

A photographic material according to claim 1, wherein the polymer coupler is obtained by polymerizing a yellow coupler monomer, a cyan coupler monomer or a magenta coupler monomer.

Claim 4

A photographic material according to claim 2, wherein the yellow coupler monomer is of formula [II]: wherein R 2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or alkoxy group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom or a sulfo, carboxy, sulfonamide, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl or cyano group; R 3 is an alkyl or aryl group; X is a group that splits off during a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent, provided that the yellow coupler monomer of formula [II] contains, in any position including groups represented by X, R 3 and a group which contains a polymerizable vinyl group.

Claim 5

A photographic material according to claim 2, wherein the cyan coupler monomer is of formula [III] or [IV]: wherein, in formula [III], R 4 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; X is a group that splits off during a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; R 5 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or alkoxy group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom or a sulfo,.carboxy, sulfonamide, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl or cyano group: Y is a group which contains a polymerizable vinyl group, and, in formula [IV], R 7 and R 9 have the same definitions as R 4 and R 5 respectively above in formula [III], X is as defined in formula [III]; R 6 and R 8 , which may be identical or different, are each a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or alkoxy group of 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a sulfo, alkyl carbamoyl, aryl carbamoyl, carboxy, sulfamoyl group, a -NH-L group wherein L is an alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl or alkoxycarbonyl group or an acryloylamino, methacryloylamino, acryloyloxy or methacryloyloxy group, provided that at least one of R 6 and R 8 is a group containing a polymerizable vinyl group.

Claim 6

A photographic material according to claim 2, wherein the magenta coupler monomer is of formula [v]: wherein X is a group that splits off during a coupling ) reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent; R 10 is a hydrogen atom,an alkyl or alkoxy group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a sulfo, carboxy, sulfonamide, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl or cyano group; R 11 is a hydrogen atom,an alkyl or alkoxy group of 1 to 8 carbon ; atoms, a halogen atom, a sulfo, alkylcarbamoyl, arylcarbamoyl, carboxy, sulfamoyl group, a -NH-L group wherein L is an alkylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl or alkoxycarbonyl group an acryloxlamino, methacryloxlamino, acryloyloxy or methacryloyloxy group; [c] has the same definition as R 11 above or is wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; A is -NH- or -O-; B is a divalent organic group; n is 0 or 1 and m and ℓ, which may be identical or different, are an integer from 1 to 3, provided that at least one of the [C] and R 11 groups is a group containing the polymerizable vinyl group.

Claim 7

A photographic material according to claim 3, wherein the group which contains a polymerizable vinyl group has the formula: wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; A is -NH- or -O-; B is a divalent organic group; and q is 0 or 1.

Claim 8

A photographic material according to claim 4, wherein the group Y is of formula: wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; A is -NH- or -O-; B is a divalent organic group; and q is 0 or 1.

Claim 9

A photographic material according to claim 5, wherein the group which contains a polymerizable vinyl group is of formula: wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; A is -NH- or -O-; B is a divalent organic group; and q is 0 or 1.

Claim 10

A photographic material according to claim 3, wherein at least one of X, R 3 and the phenyl group substituted by the group R 2 in formula [II] have the group which contains a polymerizable vinyl group.

Claim 11

A photographic material according to claim 4, wherein Y is of formula: wherein A, B, R 1 and n are as defined in claim 7.

Claim 12

ll. A photographic material according to claim 5, wherein [C] is of formula: wherein A, B, R 1 and n are as defined in claim 5.

Claim 13

A photographic material according to any one of claims 5 to 11, wherein B is an alkylene group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an arylene group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an arylene-alkylene group of 7 to 24 carbon atoms, an arylene-bisalkylene group of 8 to 32 carbon atoms or an alkylene-bisarylene group of 13 to 34 carbon atoms.

Claim 14

Use of a photographic material as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in the formation of colored images by imagewise exposure, color development, bleaching and fixing.