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US4314019A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Transition metal photoreduction systems and processes

Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1979-08-02
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Granted: 1982-02-02
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Expires: 1999-08-02
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Abstract

Abstract A radiation-sensitive element is disclosed including a radiation-sensitive layer comprised of a cobalt(III)complex and a photoreductant. A process is disclosed in which the photoreductant is converted to a reducing agent by exposure to electromagnetic radiation longer than 300 nanometers. The reducing agent is then reacted with a cobalt(III)complex. Images can be recorded directly within the radiation-sensitive layer or in a separate image-recording element or layer by use of the residual cobalt(III)complex not exposed or one or more of the reaction products produced by exposure. By using the ammonia liberated from ammine ligand containing cobalt(III)complexes on exposure in combination with imagewise and uniform exposures, positive or negative images can be formed in diazo image-recording layers or elements associated with the radiation-sensitive layer. By the selection of amine-responsive reducing agent precursors, the amines released by the cobalt(III)complexes cause an amplified image.

Inventors

  • 👤 Anthony Adin
  • 👤 James C. Fleming

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 21:12
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C1/00; G03C1/67; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/137

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 123 words
In an integral imaging element comprising a support, a radiation-sensitive layer capable of generating amines and an image-recording layer distinct from said radiation-sensitive layer and responsive to said amines to form an image corresponding to that of the imagewise exposure of said radiation-sensitive layer, said layers being disposed on said support; the improvement wherein said radiation-sensitive layer comprises, in chemical association, (a) a reducible, inert cobalt(III) complex free of a sensitizable anion and containing amine ligands, and (b) a quinone capable of forming in the absence of a cobalt(III) complex, upon exposure to activating radiation longer than 300 nanometers in wavelength, a reducing agent that forms a redox couple when associated with said complex, said quinone incorporating one or more labile hydrogen atoms.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 123 words
In an integral imaging element comprising a support, a radiation-sensitive layer capable of generating amines and an image-recording layer distinct from said radiation-sensitive layer and responsive to said amines to form an image corresponding to that of the imagewise exposure of said radiation-sensitive layer, said layers being disposed on said support; the improvement wherein said radiation-sensitive layer comprises, in chemical association, (a) a reducible, inert cobalt(III) complex free of a sensitizable anion and containing amine ligands, and (b) a quinone capable of forming in the absence of a cobalt(III) complex, upon exposure to activating radiation longer than 300 nanometers in wavelength, a reducing agent that forms a redox couple when associated with said complex, said quinone incorporating one or more labile hydrogen atoms.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
An element as defined in claim 1, wherein said quinone is a 5,8-dihydro-1,4-naphthoquinone having at least one hydrogen atom in each of the 5 and 8 ring positions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 57 words
An element as defined in claim 1, wherein said quinone has a hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom to which is also bonded the oxygen atom of an oxy substituent or a nitrogen atom of an amine substituent, the hydrogen to carbon bond being the third or fourth bond removed from a quinone carbonyl double bond.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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