Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material suitable for rapid processes

Claim 2

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support bearing at least one silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye-forming coupler and a compound of formula [I], wherein at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains silver halide grains having a silver chloride content of at least 90 mol% and a compound of formula [S]; Formula [I] wherein, R₂₁, R₂₂, R₂₃ and R₂₄ are, independently, hydrogen, a halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, acyl, alkylacylamino, arylacylamino, alkylcarbamoyl, arylcarbamoyl, alkylsulfonamido, arylsulfonamido, alkylsulfamoyl, arylsulfamoyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, nitro, cyano, alkyloxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, alkylacyloxy or arylacyloxy, provided that at least one of R₂₁ and R₂₃ has at least three carbon atoms; Formula [S] wherein Q₁ is a group which, together with the carbon and nitrogen to which it is attached, completes a 1,3,4-oxadiazole ring, a 1,3,4-thiadiazole ring or a 1,3,5-triazine ring; and M₁ is hydrogen, an alkali metal or ammonium.

Claim 3

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1 wherein the compound of formula [S] is of formula [SA]; Formula [SA] wherein Z is oxygen or sulfur; R A is hydrogen alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, -SR A1 , -NHCOR A3 , -NHSO₂R A4 or a heterocyclic group, in which R A1 and R A2 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl or aryl; R A3 and R A4 are, independently, alkyl or aryl; and M₂ is hydrogen, an alkali metal or ammonium; or the compound of formula [S] is of formula [SB] Formula [SB] wherein R A is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl cycloalkyl, -SR A1 , -NHCOR A3 , -NHSO₂R A4 or a heterocyclic group, in which R A1 and R A2 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl or aryl; R A3 and R A4 are, independently, alkyl or aryl; M₃ is hydrogen, an alkali metal or ammonium; and R B1 and R B2 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl or aryl.

Claim 4

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 2 wherein Z is oxygen.

Claim 5

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein the silver halide grains comprise silver bromide in a proportion of from 0.05 to 5 mol%.

Claim 6

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the silver halide grains comprise a gold compound.

Claim 7

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 5 wherein the gold compound is present in an amount of from 10⁻⁸ mol to 10⁻¹ mol per mol of silver halide.

Claim 8

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 6 wherein the gold compound is present in an amount of from 10⁻⁷ mol to 10⁻² mol per mol of silver halide.

Claim 9

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to any one of claims 5 to 7 wherein the gold compound is potassium chloroaurate, auric trichloride, potassium auric thiocyanate, potassium iodoaurate, tetracyanauric azide, ammonium aurocyanate, pyridyltrichloroaurate, auric sulfide or auric selenide.

Claim 10

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the compound of formula [I] is of formula [II] or [III]; Formula [II] wherein R₁ and R₂ are, independently, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or a heterocyclic group;     Formula [III] wherein R₃ and R₄ are, independently, alkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R₅ is alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, a heterocyclic group, or wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 20; k is 1 or 2; and Q₂ and Q₃ are, independently, -COXR₆ in which X is oxygen or in which R₆ is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl; and R₇ is hydrogen, alkyl or aryl; -OY, in which Y is, independently, as defined for -R₆, or -COR₆; in which R₇ is as defined above and R₈ is a hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or -COR₆; -P(O)(OR₆)([O] ℓ R₉) in which R₉ is, independently, as defined for R₆; and ℓ is 0 or 1; or a cyano group.

Claim 11

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to any one of claims 1 to 9 wherein the dye-forming coupler is: a yellow dye-forming coupler of formula [Y]; Formula [Y] wherein R 1Y is a halogen or alkoxy; R 2Y is hydrogen, a halogen or alkoxy; R 3Y is acylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylsolfamoyl, arylsulfamoyl, arylsulfonamido, alkylureido, arylureido, succinimido, alkoxy or aryloxy; and Z 1Y is a group capable of splitting off in a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of a color developing agent; or a magenta dye-forming coupler of formula [P] or [a]: Formula [P] wherein Ar is aryl; R p1 is hydrogen or a substituent; R p2 is a substituent; Y is hydrogen or a group capable of splitting off in a reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent; W is -NH-, -NHCO- in which the N atom is able to couple to a carbon atom of a pyrazolone nucleus, or -NHCONH-; and m is 1 or 2; Formula [a] wherein Za is a group which, together with the carbon and nitrogen to which it is attached, completes a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, which may have a substituent; X is hydrogen or a group capable of splitting off in a reaction with the oxidized product of a color developing agent; and Ra is hydrogen, a halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, a heterocyclic group, acyl, sulfonyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, cyano, a spiro-compound residue, an organic hydrocarbon compound residue, alkoxy, aryloxy, heterocyclicoxy, siloxy, acyloxy, carbamoyloxy, amino, acylamino, sulfonamido, imido, ureido, sulfamoylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, aryloxycarbonylamino, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, alkylthio, arylthio or heterocyclicthio; or a cyan dye-forming coupler of formula [E] or [F]; Formula [E] wherein R 1E is aryl, cycloalkyl or a heterocyclic group; R 2E is alkyl or phenyl; R 3E is hydrogen, a halogen, alkyl or alkoxy; and Z 1E is hydrogen or a group capable of splitting off in a reaction with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent; Formula [F] wherein R 4F is alkyl; R 5F is alkyl; R 6F is hydrogen, a halogen or alkyl; and R 2F is a hydrogen or a group capable of splitting off in a reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine type color developing agent.

Claim 12

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material according to any one of claims 1 to 10 wherein the silver halide emulsion layer is hardened using a chlorotriazine hardening agent of formula [HDA] or [HDB]; Formula [HDA] wherein R d1 is chlorine, hydroxy, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, -OM₄ in which M₄ is a monovalent metal, -NRʹRʺ in which Rʹ and Rʺ are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl or aryl or -NHCOR‴ in which R‴ is hydrogen, alkyl or aryl; and R d2 is, independently, a group as defined for R d1 with the exception of chlorine; Formula [HDB] wherein R d3 and R d4 are, independently, chlorine, hydroxy, alkyl, alkoxy or -OM₅ in which M₅ is a monovalent metal; Q₄ and Q₄ʹ are, independently, a bonding group indicating -O-, -S- or -NH-; L is alkylene or arylene; and p and q are, independently, 0 or 1.