Anthraquinone compounds useful in photographic processes

Claim 2

A compound of the formula ##STR49## wherein: A represents the atoms necessary to complete a benzene or naphthalene radical; D is an anthraquinone dye moiety; Z 1 is hydrogen or a substituent replaceable by an oxidized aromatic amino color developer in elimination-coupling reactions; said substituent being selected from the group consisting of chloro, bromo, carboxy, sulfo, hydroxy, alkoxy and hydroxyalkyl; Y is the residue of an acid forming an amide with and reducing the basic character of the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded and is selected from the group consisting ##STR50## X 1 is hydroxy or a primary, secondary or tertiary amino of the formula ##STR51## wherein each R 3 is hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, or each R 3 may be alkylene so that the R 3 's together with the nitrogen atom provide a heterocyclic ring having 5 or 6 carbon atoms or each R 3 may be a lower alkyl having a substituent chosen from the group consisting of a hydroxy substituent, a methoxyethoxy substituent, a polyglycoloxy substituent, a carboxy substituent, an ethoxycarboxy substituent, a benzyl substituent, a phenyl substituent, a sulfo-phenyl substituent, an acetylaminophenyl substituent, a succinylaminophenyl substituent or a furane substituent; R is an anchoring substituent rendering the compound non diffusible said substituent containing a higher alkyl radical bonded to a single carbon atom of said aromatic nucleus formed by said A moiety; R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl; and n is 2 or n may be 1 when X 1 is a secondary or tertiary amino comprising an anchoring moiety rendering said compound non diffusible or R 1 is an alkyl radical providing such an anchoring moiety.

Claim 3

A compound as defined in claim 1 wherein R 1 is hydrogen, and n is 2.

Claim 4

A compound as defined in claim 1 wherein R comprises a higher alkyl linked directly to said aromatic nucleus or indirectly through a --CONH-- substituent.

Claim 5

A compound of the formula ##STR52## wherein: each of A and A 1 represents the atoms necessary to complete a benzene or naphthalene radical; D is an anthraquinone dye moiety; Y is the residue of an acid forming an amide with and reducing the basic character of the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded and is selected from the group consisting ##STR53## X and X 2 each is the substituent R, hydrogen, hydroxy, a primary, secondary or tertiary amino of the formula ##STR54## wherein each R 3 is hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, or each R 3 may be alkylene so that the R 3 's together with the nitrogen atom provide a heterocyclic ring having 5 or 6 carbon atoms or each R 3 may be a lower alkyl having a substituent chosen from the group consisting of a hydroxy substituent, a methoxyethoxy substituent, a polyglycoloxy substituent, a carboxy substituent, an ethoxycarboxy substituent, a benzyl substituent, a phenyl substituent, a sulfo-phenyl substituent, an acetylaminophenyl substituent, a succinylaminophenyl substituent or a furane substituent provided that at least one of X and X 2 must be hydroxy or amino; R and R 4 each represent an anchoring substituent rendering the compound non diffusible, said substituent containing a higher alkyl radical bonded to a single carbon atom of said aromatic nucleus formed by said A or A 1 moieties respectively; R 1 is hydrogen or alky; and n and n 1 each is 1 or 2 and each n and n 1 may be 1 when one X or X 2 is the substituent R or a secondary or tertiary amino comprising an anchoring moiety rendering the compound non diffusible or when R 1 is an alkyl substituent providing such an anchoring moiety but when said substituents do not contribute an anchoring moiety, at least one of n and n 1 must be 2.

Claim 6

A compound of the formula ##STR52## wherein: each of A and A 1 represents the atoms necessary to complete a benzene or naphthalene radical; D is an anthraquinone dye moiety; Y is the residue of an acid forming an amide with and reducing the basic character of the nitrogen atom to which it is bonded and is selected from the group consisting ##STR53## X and X 2 each is the substituent R, hydrogen, hydroxy, a primary, secondary or tertiary amino of the formula ##STR54## wherein each R 3 is hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, or each R 3 may be alkylene so that the R 3 's together with the nitrogen atom provide a heterocyclic ring having 5 or 6 carbon atoms or each R 3 may be a lower alkyl having a substituent chosen from the group consisting of a hydroxy substituent, a methoxyethoxy substituent, a polyglycoloxy substituent, a carboxy substituent, an ethoxycarboxy substituent, a benzyl substituent, a phenyl substituent, a sulfo-phenyl substituent, an acetylaminophenyl substituent, a succinylaminophenyl substituent or a furane substituent provided that at least one of X and X 2 must be hydroxy or amino; R and R 4 each represent an anchoring substituent rendering the compound non diffusible, said substituent containing a higher alkyl radical bonded to a single carbon atom of said aromatic nucleus formed by said A or A 1 moieties respectively; R 1 is hydrogen or alky; and n and n 1 each is 1 or 2 and each n and n 1 may be 1 when one X or X 2 is the substituent R or a secondary or tertiary amino comprising an anchoring moiety rendering the compound non diffusible or when R 1 is an alkyl substituent providing such an anchoring moiety but when said substituents do not contribute an anchoring moiety, at least one of n and n 1 must be 2.

Claim 7

A compound as defined in claim 4 wherein each of R and R 4 comprises a higher alkyl linked directly to said aromatic nucleus or indirectly through a --CONH-- substituent.

Claim 8

A compound of the formula: ##STR55## wherein: each of R and R 4 comprises an amide of at least 13 carbon atoms, said amide being bonded directly to a nuclear carbon atom of the shown benzene moiety or linked thereto through a phenylene or alkylene substituent; each of n and n 1 is 1 or 2 provided that at least one of said n and n 1 is 2; and D is an anthraquinone dye moiety.

Claim 9

A compound of the formula: ##STR55## wherein: each of R and R 4 comprises an amide of at least 13 carbon atoms, said amide being bonded directly to a nuclear carbon atom of the shown benzene moiety or linked thereto through a phenylene or alkylene substituent; each of n and n 1 is 1 or 2 provided that at least one of said n and n 1 is 2; and D is an anthraquinone dye moiety.

Claim 10

A compound of the formula: ##STR56## wherein: D is an anthraquinone dye moiety; Z 1 is hydrogen or a substituent replaceable by oxidized aromatic amino color developer in elimination-coupling reactions, said substituent being chloro, bromo, carboxy, sulfo, hydroxy, alkxoy or hydroxyalkyl; R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl; X 1 is hydroxy or amino; R is an anchoring moiety which renders the compound nondiffusible and comprises a higher alkyl of at least 10 carbon atoms bonded to a nuclear carbon atom of the shown benzene moiety by a linking group which is --CONH--; and n is 2.

Claim 11

A compound of the formula: ##STR56## wherein: D is an anthraquinone dye moiety; Z 1 is hydrogen or a substituent replaceable by oxidized aromatic amino color developer in elimination-coupling reactions, said substituent being chloro, bromo, carboxy, sulfo, hydroxy, alkxoy or hydroxyalkyl; R 1 is hydrogen or alkyl; X 1 is hydroxy or amino; R is an anchoring moiety which renders the compound nondiffusible and comprises a higher alkyl of at least 10 carbon atoms bonded to a nuclear carbon atom of the shown benzene moiety by a linking group which is --CONH--; and n is 2.

Claim 12

A compound of the formula: ##STR57## wherein: D is an anthraquinone dye moiety; R 1 is hydrogen; one of X 1 or X 2 is hydroxy or amino and the other is hydrogen or the substituent R; each R is an anchoring moiety rendering the compound nondiffusible and comprises a higher alkyl of at least 10 carbon atoms bonded to a nuclear carbon atom of the shown benzene moiety by a linking group which is --CONH--; and one of n and n 1 is 2 and the other is 1 unless X 1 or X 2 is R, in which case both n and n 1 are 1.

Claim 13

A compound of the formula: ##STR57## wherein: D is an anthraquinone dye moiety; R 1 is hydrogen; one of X 1 or X 2 is hydroxy or amino and the other is hydrogen or the substituent R; each R is an anchoring moiety rendering the compound nondiffusible and comprises a higher alkyl of at least 10 carbon atoms bonded to a nuclear carbon atom of the shown benzene moiety by a linking group which is --CONH--; and one of n and n 1 is 2 and the other is 1 unless X 1 or X 2 is R, in which case both n and n 1 are 1.

Claim 14

The compound: ##STR58##

Claim 15

The compound: ##STR58##

Claim 16

The compound: ##STR59##

Claim 17

The compound: ##STR59##

Claim 18

The compound: ##STR60##

Claim 19

The compound: ##STR60##