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Heat-developable color photographic material
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1982-09-30
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Granted: 1985-02-19
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Expires: 2002-09-30
Abstract
Abstract A heat-developable color photographic material is disclosed. The material is comprised of a support having thereon a layer containing at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a hydrophilic binder, a dye releasing activator and a dye releasing compound which reduces the silver halide and releases a hydrophilic dye. The heat-developable color photographic material can easily provide a clear and stable color image by imagewise exposure to light and a heat-development procedure. A method of forming a color image using the heat-developable color photographic material is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Hideki Naito
- 👤 Hiroshi Hara
- 👤 Toshiaki Aono
- 👤 Kozo Sato
- 👤 Shinsaku Fujita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 20:29
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C8/00; G03C8/40; G03C8/4013; G03C1/00; G03C1/494; G03C1/498; G03C8/4033
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 41
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
A heat-developable color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt oxidizing agent, a hydrophilic binder, a dye releasing activator and a dye releasing compound represented by the following general formula and which is capable of reducing the organic silver salt oxidizing agent and/or the silver halide and which releases a hydrophilic dye, wherein said dye releasing compound is immobilized in a hydrophilic binder: R--SO.sub.2 --D (I) wherein R represents a reducing group capable of being oxidized by the organic silver salt oxidizing agent; and D represents a dye portion for forming an image.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
A heat-developable color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least a light-sensitive silver halide, an organic silver salt oxidizing agent, a hydrophilic binder, a dye releasing activator and a dye releasing compound represented by the following general formula and which is capable of reducing the organic silver salt oxidizing agent and/or the silver halide and which releases a hydrophilic dye, wherein said dye releasing compound is immobilized in a hydrophilic binder: R--SO.sub.2 --D (I) wherein R represents a reducing group capable of being oxidized by the organic silver salt oxidizing agent; and D represents a dye portion for forming an image.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the color photographic material further contains a reducing agent for the organic silver salt oxidizing agent and/or silver halide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reducing group represented by R has an oxidation reduction potential to a saturated calomel electrode of 1.2 V or less.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formulae (II) to (IX): ##STR30## wherein R 1 and R 2 , which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyl group, an acyl group, an acylamino group, an alkylsulfonylamino group, an arylsulfonylamino group, an aryloxyalkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an N-substituted carbamoyl group, an N-substituted sulfamoyl group, a halogen atom, an alkylthio group or an arylthio group.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 4, wherein the alkyl moiety or the aryl moiety in the substituent for R 1 and R 2 is further substituted with an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a cyano group, an acyl group, an acylamino group, a substituted carbamoyl group, a substituted sulfamoyl group, an alkylsulfonylamino group, an arylsulfonylamino group, a substituted ureido group or a carboalkoxy group.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formula (X): ##STR31## wherein G represents a hydroxy group or a group giving a hydroxy group upon hydrolysis; R 10 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic group; X 10 represents an electron donating group substituent when n is 1 or substituents, which may be the same or different, one of said substituents being an electron donating group and the second or second and third substituents being selected from the group consisting of an electron donating group or a halogen atom when n is 2 or 3; wherein X 10 groups may form a condensed ring, excluding an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, with each other or with OR 10 ; n is 1, 2 or 3 and the total carbon number of X 10 n and R 10 is larger than 8.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 6, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formula (Xa): ##STR32## wherein G represents a hydroxy group or a group giving a hydroxy group upon hydrolysis; R 11 and R 12 , which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group or R 11 and R 12 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; R 13 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group; R 10 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic group; X 11 and X 12 , which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, an acylamino group or an alkylthio group; and R 10 and X 12 or R 10 and R 13 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 6, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formula (Xb): ##STR33## wherein G represents a hydroxy group or a group giving a hydroxy group upon hydrolysis; R 10 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic group; X 12 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, an acylamino group, an alkylthio group; and R 10 and X 12 may be bonded to each other to form a ring.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formula (XI): ##STR34## wherein G represents a hydroxy group or a group giving a hydroxy group upon hydrolysis; R 10 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic group; X 10 represents an electron donating group substituent when n is 1 or substituents, which may be the same or different, one of said substituents being an electron donating group and the second or second and third substituents being selected from the group consisting of an electron donating group or a halogen atom when n is 2 or 3; wherein X 10 groups may form a condensed ring, excluding an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, with each other or with OR 10 ; n is 1, 2 or 3 and the total carbon number of X 10 n and R 10 is larger than 8.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 9, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formula (XIa): ##STR35## wherein G represents a hydroxy group or a group giving a hydroxy group upon hydrolysis; R 21 and R 22 , which may be the same or different, each represents an alkyl group or an aromatic group, and R 21 and R 22 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; R 23 represents hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aromatic group; R 20 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic group; X 20 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a halogen atom or an acylamino group; n is 0, 1 or 2; R 20 and X 20 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; R 20 and R 21 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; R 21 and X 20 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; and the total number of the carbon atoms included in R 20 , R 21 , R 22 , R 23 and X 20 n is from 7 to 40.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developing color photographic material as claimed in claim 9, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formula (XIb): ##STR36## wherein G represents a hydroxy group or a group giving a hydroxy group upon hydrolysis; R 21 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic group; R 20 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a halogen atom or an acylamino group; n is 0, 1 or 2; R 20 and X 20 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; R 20 and R 21 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; R 21 and X 20 may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; and the total number of the carbon atoms included in R 20 , R 21 and X 20 n is from 7 to 40.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 9, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formula (XIc): ##STR37## wherein G represents a hydroxy group or a group giving a hydroxy group upon hydrolysis; R 20 represents an alkyl group or an aromatic group; X 20 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a halogen atom or an acylamino group; n is 0, 1 or 2; the group of ##STR38## represents a group in which 2 to 4 saturated hydrocarbon rings are condensed, the carbon atom ##STR39## in the condensed ring which is connected to the phenol nucleus (or a precursor thereof), a tertiary carbon atom which composes one of the pivot of the condensed ring, a part of the carbon atoms (excluding the above described tertiary carbon atom) in the hydrocarbon ring may be substituted for oxygen atom(s), the hydrocarbon ring may have a substituent, and an aromatic ring may be further condensed to the hydrocarbon ring; R 20 or X 20 and the group of ##STR40## may be bonded to each other to form a condensed ring; and the total number of the carbon atoms included in R 20 , X 20 n and the group of ##STR41## is from 7 to 40.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reducing group represented by R is represented by the following general formula (XII): ##STR42## wherein Ballast represents an organic ballasting radical of such molecular size and configuration as to render said compound nondiffusible during development in an alkaline processing composition; G represents a hydroxy group or a group giving a hydroxy group upon hydrolysis; G' represents an aromatic ring directly condensed to the benzene nucleus to form a naphthalene nucleus; and n and m are dissimilar positive integers of 1 to 2.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dye portion represented by D includes an azo dye, an azomethine dye, an anthraquinone dye, a naphthoquinone dye, a styryl dye, a nitro dye, a quinoline dye, a carbonyl dye or a phthalocyanine dye.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 14, wherein the dye included in the dye portion represented by D is represented by the following general formula: ##STR43## wherein R 1 to R 6 , which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or a substituent selected from an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an aryl group, an acylamino group, an acyl group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, an alkylsulfonylamino group, an arylsulfonylamino group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a cyanoalkyl group, an alkoxycarbonylalkyl group, an aryloxyalkyl group, a nitro group, a halogen atom, a sulfamoyl group, an N-substituted sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an N-substituted carbamoyl group, an aryloxyalkyl group, an amino group, a substituted amino group, an alkylthio group or an arylthio group.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 15, wherein the alkyl moiety and the aryl moiety in the substituent for R 1 to R 6 is further substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a cyano group, an acyl group, an acylamino group, an alkoxy group, a carbamoyl group, a substituted carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a substituted sulfamoyl group, a carboxy group, an alkylsulfonylamino group, an arylsulfonylamino group or a ureido group.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein an amount of the dye releasing compound is from 0.01 mol to 4 mols per mol of the silver.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 2, wherein the reducing agent is an auxiliary developing agent.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 18, wherein an amount of the auxiliary developing agent is from 0.01 time to 20 times by mol based on the silver.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 2, wherein an oxidized product of the reducing agent is capable of oxidizing the reducing group R in the dye releasing compound of claim 4.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light-sensitive silver halide is silver chloride, silver chlorobromide, silver chloroiodide, silver bromide, silver iodobromide, silver chloroiodobromide or silver iodide.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic silver salt oxidizing agent is present in a range from 0.2 mol to 250 mols per mol of light-sensitive silver halide.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the particle size of the silver halide is from 0.001 μm to 2 μm.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic silver salt oxidizing agent is a silver salt which forms silver by reacting with the dye releasing compound, when it is heated to a temperature of above 80° C. in the presence of exposed silver halide.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic silver salt oxidizing agent is a silver salt of an organic compound having a carboxy group, a silver salt of a compound containing a mercapto group or a thione group or a silver salt of a compound containing an imino group.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 25, wherein the organic silver salt oxidizing agent is a silver salt of carboxylic acid derivatives or N-containing heterocyclic compounds.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the light-sensitive silver halide and the organic silver salt oxidizing agent are present in the same layer.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrophilic binder is gelatin or a gelatin derivative.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dye releasing activator is a base, a base releasing agent or a water releasing compound.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 29, wherein an amount of the dye releasing activator is from 1/100 time to 10 times by molar ratio based on silver.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the color light-sensitive material further contains a thermal solvent.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the color photographic material further comprises an image receiving layer capable of receiving the hydrophilic diffusible dye.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 32, wherein the image receiving layer contains a dye mordant.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 32, wherein the image receiving layer contains a polymer mordant and gelatin.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the color photographic material further contains a transfer solvent.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
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A heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 35, wherein the transfer solvent is water or an alkaline aqueous solution.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
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A method of forming a color image which comprises imagewise exposing the heat-developable color photographic material as claimed in claim 1, developing by heating the photographic material at a temperature from 80° C. to 250° C. to release a hydrophilic diffusible dye and transferring the diffusible dye into an image receiving material.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
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A method of forming a color image as claimed in claim 37 wherein the transferring of the diffusible dye is carried out using a transfer solvent.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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A method of forming a color image as claimed in claim 38, wherein the transfer solvent is water or an alkaline aqueous solution.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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A method of forming a color image as claimed in claim 39, wherein the image receiving material contains a mordant for the diffusible dye.
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