Diffusible color coupler moieties are released from nondiffusible m-sulfoamidoanilines or m-sulfoamidophenols in diffusion transfer photographic products and processes

Claim 2

Ballast is an organic ballasting radical of such molecular size and configuration as to render said alkali-cleavable compound nondiffusible during development in an alkaline processing composition; and

Claim 3

Ballast is an organic ballasting radical of such molecular size and configuration as to render said alkali-cleavable compound nondiffusible during development in an alkaline processing composition; and

Claim 4

Ballast is an organic ballasting radical of such molecular size and configuration as to render said alkali-cleavable compound nondiffusible during development in an alkaline processing composition; and

Claim 5

Ballast is an organic ballAsting radical of such molecular size and configuration as to render said alkali-cleavable compound nondiffusible during development in an alkaline processing composition; and

Claim 6

The photosensitive element of claim 1 wherein said sulfonamido compound has the formula: wherein:

Claim 7

The photosensitive element of claim 2 wherein G is NR1R2 wherein R1 and R2 are alkyl groups having eight to 22 carbon atoms.

Claim 8

G is OR or NR1R2 wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrolyzable moiety and R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or an alkyl group.

Claim 9

G is OR or NR1R2 wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrolyzable moiety and R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or an alkyl group.

Claim 10

G is OR or NR1R2 wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrolyzable moiety and R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or an alkyl group.

Claim 11

G is OR or NR1R2 wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrolyzable moiety and R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or an alkyl group.

Claim 12

G is OR or NR1R2 wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrolyzable moiety and R1 and R2 are each hydrogen or an alkyl group.

Claim 13

The photosensitive element of claim 1 wherein said sulfonamido compound is present in said silver halide emulsion layer.

Claim 14

A photosensitive element comprising a support having thereon a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye image-providing material, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a magenta dye image-providing material, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye image-providing material, at least one of said dye image-providing materials being a nondiffusible m-sulfonamidoaniline or m-sulfonamidophenol which is capable of reacting with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to release a coupler moiety which is capable of reacting with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible dye.

Claim 15

The photosensitive element of claim 5 wherein said sulfonamido compound has the formula: wherein:

Claim 16

A photographic film unit which is adapted to be processing by passing said unit between a pair of juxtaposed pressure-applying members comprising: a. a photosensitive element comprising a support having thereon at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each said silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a nondiffusible m-sulfonamidoaniline or m-sulfonamidophenol which is capable of reacting with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to release a coupler moiety which is capable of reacting with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible dye; b. a dye image-receiving layer; and c. means for discharging an alkaline processing composition within said film unit; said film unit containing an aromatic primary amino color developing agent.

Claim 17

The film unit of claim 7 wherein said sulfonamido compound has the formula: wherein:

Claim 18

The film unit of claim 8 wherein G is NR1R2 wherein R1 and R2 are alkyl groups having eight to 22 carbon atoms.

Claim 19

The film unit of claim 7 wherein said sulfonamido compound is present in said silver halide emulsion layer.

Claim 20

The film unit of claim 7 wherein said dye image-receiving layer is located in said photosensitive element between said support and the lowermost photosenSitive silver halide emulsion layer.

Claim 21

The film unit of claim 7 wherein said dye image-receiving layer is coated on a separate support and is adapted to be superposed on said photosensitive element after exposure thereof.

Claim 22

The film unit of claim 12 wherein said discharging means is a rupturable container and is so positioned during processing of said film unit that a compressive force applied to said container by said pressure-applying members will effect a discharge of the container''s contents between said dye image-receiving layer and the outermost layer of said photosensitive element.

Claim 23

A photographic film unit which is adapted to be processed by passing said unit between a pair of juxtaposed pressure-applying members comprising: a. a photosensitive element comprising a support having thereon a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye image-providing material, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a magenta dye image-providing material, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye image-providing material; b. a dye image-receiving layer; and c. a rupturable container containing an alkaline processing composition, said rupturable container being adapted to be positioned during processing of said film unit so that a compressive force applied to said container by said pressure-applying members will effect a discharge of the container''s contents within said film unit; said film unit containing an aromatic, primary amino color developing agent; at least one of said dye image-providing materials being a nondiffusible m-sulfonamidoaniline or m-sulfonamidophenol which is capable of reacting with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to release a coupler moiety which is capable of reacting with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible dye.

Claim 24

The film unit of claim 14 wherein said sulfonamido compound has the formula: wherein:

Claim 25

A process for producing a photographic transfer image in color comprising: A. imagewise-exposing a photosensitive element comprising a support having thereon at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each said silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye image-providing material comprising a nondiffusible m-sulfonamidoaniline or m-sulfonamidophenol which is capable of reacting with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to release a coupler moiety which is capable of reacting with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible dye; B. treating said photosensitive element with an alkaline processing composition in the presence of an aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to effect development of each of said exposed silver halide emulsion layers, thereby oxidizing said developing agent; C. said oxidized developing agent thereby reacting with said sulfonamido compound to release said coupler moiety which couples with oxidized, aromatic, primary amino color developing agent to form an imagewise distribution of diffusible dye as a function of said imagewise exposure of each of said silver halide emulsion layers; and D. at least a portion of each of said imagewise distributions of diffusible dye diffusing to a dye image-receiving layer to providE a positive image.

Claim 26

The process of claim 16 wherein said treatment step B) is effected by: A. superposing over the layer most remote from the support of said photosensitive element said dye image-receiving layer coated on a support; B. positioning a rupturable container containing an alkaline processing composition between said exposed photosensitive element and said dye image-receiving layer, said alkaline processing composition containing said developing agent; and C. applying a compressive force to said container to effect a discharge of the container''s contents between said most remote layer of said exposed photosensitive element and said dye image-receiving layer.

Claim 27

The process of claim 16 wherein said sulfonamido compound has the formula: wherein:

Claim 28

The process of claim 18 wherein G is NR1R2 wherein R1 and R2 are alkyl groups having eight to 22 carbon atoms.

Claim 29

The process of claim 16 wherein said sulfonamido compound is present in said silver halide emulsion layer.