Magenta image-providing phenylazonaphthyl dyes

Claim 1

A nondiffusible sulfonamido compound which is alkali-cleavable upon oxidation to release a diffusible colorproviding moiety from a benzene nucleus thereof, said compound having a formula as follows: ##SPC37## wherein Ball represents an organic ballasting group containing at least 8 carbon atoms which renders the compound nondiffusible in a photographic element during development in an alkaline processing composition; Y represents the carbon atoms necessary to complete a benzene or naphthalene nucleus; X represents -R 2 -L n -R 2 p - where each R 2 can be the same or different and each represents alkylene having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; phenylene; or phenylene substituted with chloro, bromo, cyano, nitro, methoxy, methyl, carboxy, or sulfo; L represents oxy, carbonyl, carboxamido, carbamoyl, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; n is an integer having a value of 0 or 1; p is 1 when n equals 1 and p is 1 or 0 when n equals 0, provided that when p is 1 the carbon content of the sum of both R 2 radicals does not exceed 14 carbon atoms; R represents hydrogen, or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; J represents sulfonyl or carbonyl; m and q each represent an integer having a value of 0 or 1; R 1 represents hydrogen, chloro, bromo, fluoro, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or alkoxy having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; Q is the 5- or 8-position relative to the hydroxy radical and represents hydrogen, hydroxy, or -NHCOR 3 or -NHSO 2 R 3 wherein R 3 is alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted with hydroxy, cyano, sulfinyl, carboxy or sulfo; benzyl, phenyl or phenyl substituted with carboxy, chloro, methyl, methoxy, or sulfonyl; G represents hydroxy, an alkali metal salt thereof, a photographically inactive amine salt thereof, or a hydrolyzable acyloxy group having the formula: ##EQU14## wherein R 4 is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or phenyl; E represents hydrogen, sulfo, -SO 2 NR 5 R 6 wherein R 5 represents hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R 6 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted with hydroxy, cyano, sulfamoyl, carboxy or sulfo; benzyl; phenyl, or phenyl substituted with hydroxy, sulfonyl, sulfamoyl, carboxy, or sulfo; or E represents ##SPC38## wherein each member is as described previously; r is an integer having a value of 1 or 2; Z represents chloro, bromo, or fluoro; carboxy, -COOR 4 wherein R 4 is as described previously, sulfo, a sulfamoyl radical as described for E, as well as hydrogen, alkoxy having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms substituted with cyano, hydroxy, sulfamoyl, carboxy, or alkylsulfonamido having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; or -CON(R 5 ) 2 wherein each R 5 is the same or different and is as described previously; X 1 represents alkylene, phenylene or substituted phenylene as described for R 2 ; X 2 represents alkylene as described for R 2 ; with the proviso that there be only one sulfo or carboxy radical present in said compound and that only one of R 1 and Z be hydrogen.