Light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material

Claim 2

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material which comprises a support and (A) a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, (B) a non-light-sensitive layer adjacent to the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and (C) a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer adjacent to the non-light-sensitive layer, coated on the support in this order, the non-light-sensitive layer comprising substantially non-light-sensitive silver halide grains, the red-sensitive silver-halide emulsion layer comprising (D) a DIR compound which releases a development inhibiting compound on the reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and (E) a 2-equivalent cyan coupler which is substantially colorless and represented by the general formula (I) or (II): c.sub.p -- Y (I) c.sub.p -- X -- C.sub.p (II) wherein C p represents a phenol cyan coupler residue, an α-naphthol cyan coupler residue or a pyrazoloquinozolone cyan coupler residue; Y represents --OR 1 or ##STR91## (wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 individually represent an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfonyl group, morpholino, piperazyl, imidazolyl, furyl, imidazolinyl, tetrazolyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrrolyl, pyrrolidinyl, thiazinyl, thiazolinyl, thiazolyl, and thienyl or R 2 and R 3 can cooperatively form a member selected from imidazolidinyl, imidazolinyl, imidazolyl, morpholino, oxazolidinyl, piperidino, pyrazinyl, pyrazolidinyl, pyrazolinyl, pyrazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrrolinyl, tetrazolyl, thiazolidinyl, triazolidinyl and triazolyl or --NHCOR 4 or --NHSO 2 R 4 (wherein R 4 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, an alicyclic hydrocarbon residue, an aromatic hydrocarbon residue, morpholino, piperazyl, imidazolyl, furyl, imidazolidinyl, tetrazolyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrrolyl, pyrrolidinyl, thiazinyl, thiazolinyl, thiazolyl and thienyl and X represents --O--X 1 --O--, ##STR92## --NHCO--X 1 --CONH-- or --NHSO 2 --X 1 --SO 2 --NH-- (wherein X 1 represents --J.sub.3w X.sub.2 --J.sub.1 --X.sub.3 --J.sub.2 --X.sub.3 --.sub.z J.sub.(ly X.sub.2 }.sub.x J.sub.3).sub.w wherein J 1 and J 2 individually represent --S--, --O--, --CO--, ##STR93## ##STR94## --SO--, --SO 2 --, --NHCO--, --CONH--, --NHSO 2 -- or --SO 2 NH--, J 3 represents --SO 2 --, --CONH-- or --CO--; X 2 and X 3 individually represent an alkylene group, an arylene group, an aralkylene group, an arylenealkylene group, or a 2,4-pyrimidine residue, x, y and z individually represent 0 or 1 and w represents 0 or 1, provided that when X 1 is attached to oxygen, w represents 1.

Claim 3

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 1 wherein R 1 is represented by --L.sub.1).sub.t {R.sub.5 --L.sub.2 --R.sub.6 --O).sub.u }.sub.v R.sub.7 wherein L 1 represents --SO 2 --, --CO--, --CONH--, --CONHCO-- or --CONHSO 2 --, L 2 represents --CO--, --COO--, --O--, --SO 2 --, --NHCO--, --NR 7 'CO-- (R 7 ' represents a lower alkyl group), --OCO-- or --CONH--, R 5 and R 6 individually represent an alkylene group, a phenylene group or a naphthylene group, R 7 represents an alkyl group having 1-4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, a phenylalkyl group having 7-10 carbon atoms, an alkylphenyl group having 7-10 carbon atoms, a naphthylalkyl group having 11-14 carbon atoms, an alkylnaphthyl group having 11-14 carbon atoms, tetrazolyl, and pyridyl, t and v each represent 0 or 1 and u represents 0, 1, 2, or 3.

Claim 4

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 1 wherein R 4 represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cyclo-alkyl group, a monovalent group derived from terpen by removal of one hydrogen, an aryl group, morpholino, piperazyl, imidazolyl, furyl, imidazolidinyl, tetrazolyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrrolyl, pyrrolidinyl, thiazinyl, thiazolinyl, thiazolyl, and thienyl.

Claim 5

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 1 wherein C p is represented by the general formula (III), (IV) or (V); ##STR95## wherein R 8 represents hydrogen, halogen, or aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, an acylamino group --O--R 11 or --S--R 11 (wherein R 11 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue), R 9 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, an aryl group, morpholino, piperazyl, pyridinyl, furyl, quinolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrrolidinyl, thienyl, piperidyl, tetrazolyl, thiazinyl, thiazolinyl, imidazolyl, oxazolyl, imidazolidinyl, benzoxazolyl, benzimidazolyl, and benzothiazolyl, R 10 represents hydrogen or R 9 , p represents an integer of 1-4, q represents an integer of 1-3 and r represents an integer of 1-5.

Claim 6

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 4 wherein the aliphatic hydrocarbon residue is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group or a monovalent group derived from a terpen by removal of one hydrogen.

Claim 7

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 1 wherein the DIR compound is represented by the following general formula (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), or (XII): ##STR96## wherein A represents sulfur or selenium, D represents a group which forms, together with A or the sulfur, a compound possessing the development inhibiting action when A or the sulfur is split-off from the originally attached carbon atoms, E, F and G individually represent hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an amino group, tetrazolyl, oxazolyl, imidazolyl, thiazolyl, quinolinyl or -S-D, Z represents a non-metal atomic group necessary for forming a hydrocarbon ring or a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, Z' represents a non-metal atomic group which forms, together with the nitrogen when the C-N linkage is cleavaged, a heterocyclic group selected from a benztriazole group, a naphthotriazole group, an indazole group, a pyrazole group, a thiohydantoin group, and a rhodanine group, R 8 represents hydrogen, halogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, an acylamino group --O--R 11 or --S--R 11 (wherein R 11 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue), R 9 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, an aryl group, morpholino, piperazyl, pyridinyl, furyl, quinolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrrolidinyl, thienyl, piperidyl, tetrazolyl, thiazinyl, thiazolynyl, imidazolyl, oxazolyl, imidazolidinyl, benzoxazolyl, benzimidazolyl, and benzothiazolyl, M represents oxygen or N-L (L represents hydroxy or an amino group), X' represents hydrogen or halogen, R 11 represents --COR', --CONH 2 , --CONHR', ##STR97## --SO 2 --R', --SO 2 --OR', ##STR98## --COOR', ##STR99## or --CN (R' represents an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one member selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur wherein said ring may be fused with a benzene or naphthalene ring), and W represents hydrogen, halogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an aryl group, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, which contains at least one member selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur wherein said ring may be fused with a benzene or naphthalene ring, a heterocyclic group wherein the heteroalkyl group is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing at least one member selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur and wherein said ring may be fused with a benzene or naphthaline ring, an acyloxy group or --A--D, further, when two or more R's are contained in the group ##STR100## two R's can form, together with the nitrogen, a heterocyclic ring containing the nitrogen.

Claim 8

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 6 wherein --A--D represents a mercaptotertazole group, a mercaptothiazole group, a mercaptooxadiazole group, a mercaptothiadiazole group, a mercaptotriazine group, a mercaptotriazole group, an arylmercapto group, 1-phenyl-5-selenotetrazole, 2selenobenzoxazole, 2-selenobenzthiazole, and a selenobenzene group.

Claim 9

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 1 wherein R 2 and R 3 individually represent an alkyl group or an arylalkyl group.

Claim 10

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 6 wherein B and B' individually represent hydrogen, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or an alkoxyoxalyl group.

Claim 11

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 6 wherein the DIR compound is represented by general formula (IX), (X), (XI) or (XII).

Claim 12

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 6 wherein the DIR compound is represented by general formula (X), (XI) or (XII).

Claim 13

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 6 wherein the DIR compound is represented by general formula (X) or (XII).

Claim 14

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 6 wherein the DIR compound is represented by general formula (X).

Claim 15

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 1 wherein an average size of the substantially non-light-sensitive silver halide grains is not more than 1μ.

Claim 16

A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material according to claim 14 wherein the average size is not more than 0.3μ.