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Photographic light-sensitive element

Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1983-10-04
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Granted: 1985-05-28
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Expires: 2003-10-04
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Abstract

Abstract A photographic light-sensitive element having at least one light-sensitive silver halide layer and a dye image forming non-diffusible material which, upon a redox reaction under alkaline conditions releases a diffusible cyan dye or precursor thereof wherein said material is ##STR1## wherein Car represents a carrier component having at least on Ball group as a part thereof which alone or together with other such groups in said Car renders said compound non-diffusible during development in alkaline processing solution, said Car being capable of releasing from said compound a diffusible dye or the precursor thereof as the result of a redox reaction under alkaline conditions: R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R 1 is ##STR2## wherein R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl, a cycloalkyl or an aryl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R 2 and R 3 may be linked through an oxygen atom or nitrogen atom to each other to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; X is hydroxyl group or a salt thereof or a group which can be hydrolyzed to a hydroxyl group; Y is ##STR3## wherein R 4 is an acyl, a hydroxyalkyl, an alkoxyalkyl, an alkoxyalkyleneoxyalkyl, a carboxyalkyl, carboxyphenyl, a carboxyalkyl-phenyl, a hydroxyalkyl-phenyl, or an alkoxyphenyl group; R 5 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or an aryl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or the same group as defined in R 4 , provided the sum of the number of carbon atoms contained in R 4 and R 5 is not more than 10; m is an integer of 0 or 1; and J 1 and J 2 are independently selected from divalent groups --R 6 --(0) n --R p 7 -- wherein R 6 and R 7 are independently selected from alkylene having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, phenylene and phenylene substituted by a chlorine atom, methoxy group, or a methyl group; n is an integer of 0 or 1; p is 1 when n is 1, and p is 1 or 2 when n is 0, provided that when p is 1, the sum of the number of the carbon atoms contained in R 6 and R 7 is not more than 13.

Inventors

  • 👤 Tatsuhiko Kobayashi
  • 👤 Satoru Ikeuchi
  • 👤 Kazumasa Watanabe
  • 👤 Shunji Suginaka

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C8/00; G03C8/02; G03C8/08; G03C8/10; G03C7/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 42
Claim 1
Independent Claim 395 words
A photographic light-sensitive element comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a dye image forming non-diffusible material which releases a diffusible cyan dye or the precursor thereof wherein said dye image forming material is a compound of Formula I: wherein Car represents a carrier component having at least one Ball ballasting group as a part thereof which alone or together with other such groups in said Car renders said compound non-diffusible during development in an alkaline processing solution, said Car being capable of releasing from said compound a diffusible dye or the precursor thereof as the result of a redox reaction under alkaline conditions; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R 1 is ##STR45## wherein R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl or an aryl group, and R 2 and R 3 may be linked through an oxygen atom or nitrogen atom to each other to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; X is hydroxyl group or a salt thereof or a group which can be hydrolyzed to a hydroxyl group; Y is ##STR46## wherein R 4 is selected from the group consisting of acyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyleneoxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyphenyl, carboxyalkyl-phenyl, hydroxyalkyl-phenyl, and alkoxyphenyl group; R 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl or aryl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and the same group R 4 is selected from, provided the sum of the number of carbon atoms contained in R 4 and R 5 is not more than 10; m is an integer of 0 or 1; and J 1 and J 2 are independently selected from divalent groups having the formula; --R 6 --(O) n --R p 7 -- wherein R 6 and R 7 are independently selected from alkylene having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, phenylene and phenylene substituted by a chlorine atom, a methoxy group, or a methyl group; n is an integer of 0 or 1; p is 1 when n is 1, and p is 1 or 2 when n is 0, provided that when p is 1, the sum of the number of the carbon atoms contained in R 6 and R 7 is not more than 13.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 395 words
A photographic light-sensitive element comprising a support having thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a dye image forming non-diffusible material which releases a diffusible cyan dye or the precursor thereof wherein said dye image forming material is a compound of Formula I: wherein Car represents a carrier component having at least one Ball ballasting group as a part thereof which alone or together with other such groups in said Car renders said compound non-diffusible during development in an alkaline processing solution, said Car being capable of releasing from said compound a diffusible dye or the precursor thereof as the result of a redox reaction under alkaline conditions; R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R 1 is ##STR45## wherein R 2 and R 3 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl or an aryl group, and R 2 and R 3 may be linked through an oxygen atom or nitrogen atom to each other to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; X is hydroxyl group or a salt thereof or a group which can be hydrolyzed to a hydroxyl group; Y is ##STR46## wherein R 4 is selected from the group consisting of acyl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyleneoxyalkyl, carboxyalkyl, carboxyphenyl, carboxyalkyl-phenyl, hydroxyalkyl-phenyl, and alkoxyphenyl group; R 5 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl or aryl having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and the same group R 4 is selected from, provided the sum of the number of carbon atoms contained in R 4 and R 5 is not more than 10; m is an integer of 0 or 1; and J 1 and J 2 are independently selected from divalent groups having the formula; --R 6 --(O) n --R p 7 -- wherein R 6 and R 7 are independently selected from alkylene having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, phenylene and phenylene substituted by a chlorine atom, a methoxy group, or a methyl group; n is an integer of 0 or 1; p is 1 when n is 1, and p is 1 or 2 when n is 0, provided that when p is 1, the sum of the number of the carbon atoms contained in R 6 and R 7 is not more than 13.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 18 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said X is selected from acetoxy, chloroacetoxy, trifluoroacetoxy, and benzoyloxy.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 36 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said J 1 is a divalent group selected from the class consisting of ##STR47## and --CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 -- and said J 2 is ##STR48##
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 118 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is ##STR49## wherein Z represents a group of atoms, inclusive of those to which A and the --NHSO 2 -- group in Formula II are attached, necessary to form a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring or a heterocyclic ring selected from pyrazolone and pyridine; A represents OR 8 or NHR 9 wherein R 8 l is a hydrogen atom or a group which is hydrolyzed to provide a hydroxy group and R 9 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, said alkyl group being allowed to function as an independent Ball; and a is an integer of 1 or 2.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 103 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is Formula (III) ##STR50## wherein Z 1 represents a group of atoms necessary to form a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring or a heterocyclic ring selected from pyrazolone and pyridine; A represents OR 8 or NHR 9 wherein R 8 is a hydrogen atom or a group which is hydrolyzed to provide a hydroxy group and R 9 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, said alkyl group being allowed to function as an independent Ball; and a is an integer of 1 or 2.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 128 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is Formula (IV) ##STR51## wherein Y 1 is selected from hydrogen atom, alkyl, aryl, heterocyclic group, and --CO--G 1 ; G 1 is --OG 2 --SG 2 or ##STR52## wherein G 2 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, and aryl; G 3 is selected from the same group as G 2 , and an acyl group derived from an aliphatic or an aromatic carboxylic acid or from sulfonic acid; G 4 l is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; Z 2 is a residue necessary to complete a condensed benzene ring, provided said condensed benzene ring can have at least one substituent, and said condensed benzene ring or Y 1 have a Ball group as a substituent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 108 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is Formula (V) ##STR53## wherein Ball represents an organic ballasting group having such a number of carbon atoms so as to be capable of making said compound nondiffusible in said alkaline processing composition during the period of development therein; Q is an oxygen atom or NQ' wherein Q' is a hydroxyl group or amino group; Z 3 is a saturated or unsaturated 5- to 7-member-cyclic nonaromatic hydrocarbon, said cyclic hydrocarbon being allowed to fuse with an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a heterocyclic ring to form a condensed ring; and F is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 47 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is Formula (VI) ##STR54## wherein Z 4 represents a group of atoms necessary to form a benzene ring; R 10 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and f is 1 or 2.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 73 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car group is Formula (VII) ##STR55## wherein R 11 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms; b is 0 or 1; provided that when b is 0, R 11 is an alkyl having at least 8 carbon atoms; c is an integer of 0 to 1; and Z 5 is a group of atoms necessary to complete a quinone ring.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 46 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is Formula (VIII) ##STR56## wherein Z 6 represents a group of atoms necessary to form a benzene ring; and R 12 and R 13 each is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 85 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is Formula (IX) ##STR57## wherein R 14 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms; d is 0 or 1, provided that when d=0, R 14 is an alkyl having at least 8 carbon atoms; e is an integer of 0 or 1; Z 7 is a group of atoms necessary to complete a hydroquinone ring; and I is hydroxyl group or a precursor which can be hydrolyzed to a hydroxyl group.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 91 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is Formula (Xa) or (Xb) ##STR58## wherein T 1 and T 2 are independently selected from oxygen and imino; R 15 and R 16 are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl; R 17 , R 18 and R 19 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, and acylamino, provided that groups adjacent to each other may combine with each other to form condensed rings, and at least one of said R 15 to R 19 is an organic Ball group.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 98 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car group is Formula (XI) [Me(Lig.sup.1).sub.v (Lig.sup.2).sub.q (Lig.sup.3).sub.r (Lig.sup.4).sub.s ](B).sub.t (XI) wherein Me is a transition metal; Lig 1 and Lig 2 are each a multidentate ligand; Lig 3 and Lig 4 are each a coordinatable ligand; B is a counter ion; v is an integer of from 1 to 3; q is an integer of up to 2, provided that, when q is 0, v is at least 2; r and s are independently integers of up to 4, and t is an integer of up to 6.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 77 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said support has thereon a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having a cooperative relation with said cyan or shifted cyan dye image forming material of said Formula (I), a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having a cooperative relation with a magenta or shifted magenta dye image forming material, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having a cooperative relation with a yellow or shifted yellow dye image forming material.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 28 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein the coating amount of said cyan dye image forming material is from 2×10 -4 to 2×10 -3 moles/m 2 .
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 44 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said dye image forming material is cross-oxidized with a developing agent oxidized at the time of reducing said silver halide into metallic silver, and the cross-oxidized product undergoes alkali hydrolysis to release an imagewise-distributed diffusible dye.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 19 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 4, wherein said Ball represents alkyl acylamido, aryl acylamido, succinimido or phthalimido group.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 19 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 5, wherein said Ball represents alkyl acylamido, aryl acylamido, succinimido or phthalimido group.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 20 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 6, wherein said Ball group represents alkyl acylamido, aryl acylamido, succinimido or phthalimido group.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 19 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 7, wherein said Ball represents alkyl acylamido, aryl acylamido, succinimido or phthalimido group.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 20 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 8, wherein said Ball group represents alkyl acylamido, aryl acylamido, succinimido or phthalimido group.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 20 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 9, wherein said Ball group represents alkyl acylamido, aryl acylamido, succinimido or phthalimido group.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 20 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 10, wherein said Ball group represents alkyl acylamido, aryl acylamido, succinimido or phthalimido group.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 20 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 11, wherein said Ball group represents alkyl acylamido, aryl acylamido, succinimido or phthalimido group.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 26 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said light-sensitive element further comprises a process control layer in combination with a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 21 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 25, wherein said process control layer consists essentially of a neutralizing layer and timing layer.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 24 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 25, wherein said process control layer is arranged between said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and said support.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim 15 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 26, wherein said neutralizing layer comprises a polymeric acid.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim 29 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said diffusible dye is released as an inverse function of said development of said silver halide emulsion layer under alkaline conditions.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim 62 words
The photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1, wherein said Car is Formula (XII) ##STR59## wherein R 20 is selected from alkyl and alkoxy having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R 21 is selected from from tert-butyl, tert-amyl, phenyl, and ##STR60## wherein R 22 and R 23 are independently selected from hydrogen and alkyl; and w is an integer of 0 to 3.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim 33 words
A photographic film unit comprising: (a) said photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1; (b) a dye image receiving layer; and (c) means to squeeze out said alkaline processing composition inside said film unit.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim 18 words
The photographic film unit of claim 31, wherein said dye image receiving layer contains silver halide developing agent.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim 15 words
The photographic film unit of claim 32, wherein said developing agent is a 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolinone derivative.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim 13 words
The photographic film unit of claim 33, wherein said developing agent is 1-phenyl-4-methyl-4-hydroxymethyl-3-pyrazolinone.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim 25 words
The photographic film unit of claim 31, wherein said dye image receiving layer is located between said support and said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim 24 words
The photographic film unit of claim 31, wherein said film unit further comprises a transparent cover sheet over the layer outermost from said support.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim 27 words
The photographic film unit of claim 36, wherein said film unit further comprises a neutralizing layer and a timing layer on said cover sheet in this order.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim 71 words
A process for forming a photographic transfer image comprising: (a) imagewise exposing said photographic light-sensitive element of claim 1; (b) treating said imagewise-exposed light-sensitive element with an alkaline processing composition in the presence of a silver halide developing agent, whereby said image forming material then releases said diffusible dye imagewise; and (c) at least a portion of said diffusible dye diffusing in an imagewise distribution to a dye image receiving layer.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim 16 words
The process of claim 38, wherein said alkaline processing solution is a nonviscous alkaline processin solution.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim 12 words
The element of claim 7 wherein F is chloride, bromide or fluoride.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim 15 words
The element of claim 13 wherein said transition metal is selected from Ni and Co.

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