Photographic elements containing ballasted resorcinols

Claim 2

A photographic element according to claim 1 wherein said photographic element comprises from about 5 mg. to about 100 mg. per square foot of said ballasted resorcinol and the ballast group of said ballasted resorcinol contains at least eight carbon atoms.

Claim 3

A photographic element according to claim 1 wherein said photographic element comprises at least one layer containing a silver halide emulsion.

Claim 4

A photographic element according to claim 1 wherein said photographic element comprises at least one layer containing a photographic color-forming coupler.

Claim 5

A photographic element according to claim 1 wherein said ballasted resorcinol compound is represented by the formula:

Claim 6

A photographic element according to claim 1 wherein said ballasted resorcinol is 5-n-pentadecylresorcinol.

Claim 7

A photographic element according to claim 1 wherein said ballasted resorcinol is 5-n-pentadecylenecarbon-amidoresorcinol.

Claim 8

A photographic element according to claim 1 which comprises at least one layer containing a silver halide emulsion having associated therewith a photographic color coupler.

Claim 9

In 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 at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each said silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a nondiffusible coupler capable of reacting with oxidized aromatic primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible dye; b. a dye image-receiving layer; and c. a rupturable container containing an alkaline processing composition and which is 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 amino color developing agent; the improvement comprising employing a developing agent scavenger layer comprising a ballasted resorcinol in a polymeric binder.

Claim 10

The film unit of claim 10 wherein said dye image-receiving layer is located in said photosensitive element between said support and the lowermost photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer.

Claim 11

The film unit of claim 10 which contains a timing layer between said scavenger layer and said dye image-receiving layer.

Claim 12

The film unit of claim 10 which also contains a pH-lowering material.

Claim 13

The film unit according to claim 10 wherein said ballasted resorcinol is a compound of the formula:

Claim 14

In a process of forming a transfer image 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 nondif-fusible coupler capable of reacting with oxidized aromatic primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible dye; b. treating the layer outermost from the support of said photosensitive element with an alkaline processing composition to effect development of each of said exposed silver halide emulsion layers with an aromatic primary amino color developing agent; c. forming an imagewise distribution of diffusible dye image-providing material as a function of said image-wise exposure of each said silver halide emulsion layer; and d. at least a portion of each said imagewise distribution of diffusible dye image-providing material diffusing to a dye image-receiving layer; the improvement comprising employing a developing agent scavenger layer comprising a ballasted resorcinol in a polymeric binder.