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Thiopyrylium dye sensitized photoconductive materials
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1981-02-27
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Granted: 1983-05-17
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Expires: 2001-02-27
Abstract
Abstract A photoconductive layer sensitized by a compound of the general formula: ##STR1## in which: R 1 and R 2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or substituted alkyl group, an aryl or substituted aryl group, an aralkyl or substituted aralkyl group, a cycloaliphatic or substituted cycloaliphatic group or a heterocyclic or substituted heterocyclic group providing R 1 and R 2 do not both represent cyclic groups of aromatic nature, or R 1 and R 2 together may represent the necessary atoms to complete a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring, R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 independently represent a hydrogen atom or any substituent providing the sum of their σ p constants has a value of less than +0.5, or R 3 and R 4 and/or R 5 and R 6 may represent the necessary atoms to complete an alicyclic or aromatic ring, R 3 and R 2 and/or R 1 and R 6 may represent the necessary atoms to complete a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring, R 7 and R 9 independently represent a hydrogen atom or any carbon linked substituent containing up to 16 carbon atoms, R 8 and R 10 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or any two adjacent substituents R 7 , R 8 , R 9 and R 10 together may complete an alicyclic or aromatic ring, and X - represents an anion.
Inventors
- 👤 Alan N. Ferguson
- 👤 Kenneth Reynolds
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-25 00:53
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G5/00; G03G5/02; G03G5/04; G03G5/06; G03G5/0622; G03G5/0644; G03G5/0661; C; C07; C07D; C07D335/00; C07D335/02; G03G5/0624; G03G5/0635; G03G5/0637; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/001; Y10S430/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A sensitized photoconductive layer comprising a binder, at least 15% by weight of an electron donating compound and a sensitizing amount of a thiopyrylium compound of the general formula: ##STR8## in which: R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or substituted alkyl group, an aryl or substituted aryl group, an aralkyl or substituted aralkyl group, a cycloaliphatic or substituted cycloaliphatic group, and a heterocyclic or substituted heterocyclic group of C, S, N and O atoms in 5, 6 or 7-membered rings providing R 1 and R 2 do not both represent cyclic groups of aromatic nature, and R 1 and R 2 together may represent the necessary atoms to complete a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring, R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and any substituent providing the sum of their σ p constants has a value of less than +0.5, and R 3 and R 4 and/or R 5 and R 6 may represent the necessary atoms to complete an alicyclic or aromatic ring, and R 3 and R 2 and/or R 1 and R 6 represent the necessary atoms to complete a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring, R 7 and R 9 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and any carbon linked substituent containing up to 16 carbon atoms, R 8 and R 10 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and any two adjacent substituents R 7 , R 8 , R 9 and R 10 together may complete an alicyclic or aromatic ring, and X - represents an anion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
293 words
A sensitized photoconductive layer comprising a binder, at least 15% by weight of an electron donating compound and a sensitizing amount of a thiopyrylium compound of the general formula: ##STR8## in which: R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl or substituted alkyl group, an aryl or substituted aryl group, an aralkyl or substituted aralkyl group, a cycloaliphatic or substituted cycloaliphatic group, and a heterocyclic or substituted heterocyclic group of C, S, N and O atoms in 5, 6 or 7-membered rings providing R 1 and R 2 do not both represent cyclic groups of aromatic nature, and R 1 and R 2 together may represent the necessary atoms to complete a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring, R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and any substituent providing the sum of their σ p constants has a value of less than +0.5, and R 3 and R 4 and/or R 5 and R 6 may represent the necessary atoms to complete an alicyclic or aromatic ring, and R 3 and R 2 and/or R 1 and R 6 represent the necessary atoms to complete a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring, R 7 and R 9 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and any carbon linked substituent containing up to 16 carbon atoms, R 8 and R 10 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and any two adjacent substituents R 7 , R 8 , R 9 and R 10 together may complete an alicyclic or aromatic ring, and X - represents an anion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The element of claim 1 wherein said thiopyrylium compound is in the form of a particulate discontinuous phase present as at least 0.005 percent by weight of said layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The element claimed in claim 2 in which R, R 4 , R 5 and R 6 independently are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and other substituent such that the sum of their σ p constants has a value less than +0.4.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The element claimed in claim 3 in which R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl, alkoxy, halogen and NH 2 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
56 words
The element claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, in which R 1 and R 2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, CH 3 , C 2 H 5 , C 6 H 5 , C 6 H 5 CH 2 , cyclo-C 6 H 11 and CH 2 CH 2 OH.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The element claimed in claim 1, in which R 8 =R 10 =H and R 7 =R 9 =C 6 H 5 .
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The element claimed in claim 4, in which R 8 =R 10 =H and R 7 =R 9 =C 6 H 5 .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The element of claim 1 wherein said thiopyrylium compound is in the form of a particulate discontinuous phase present as at least from 0.01 to 15 percent by weight of said layer.
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