Color photographic materials with chelatable azo dyes

Claim 1

A color photographic material, comprising: a support base having thereon: a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer; and a compound associated with the emulsion layer, the compound being represented by general formula (I) ##STR58## wherein A represents an aromatic carbon ring nucleus represented by the formula (IV): ##STR59## wherein L 1 , L 2 , and L 3 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a substituted alkoxy group, --NHCOR 2 , --NHSO 2 R 2 --, --SO 2 R 2 , --COR 2 , ##STR60## or an amino group and M is a unidentate or bidentate coordination chelating group selected from the group consisting of a hydroxy group or a salt thereof, a precursor of a hydroxy group and a sulfonamide group, or A represents a heterocyclic ring nucleus having a unidentate or bidentate chelate-forming group, at least one ring of which is composed of 5 or 6 atoms; B represents a hydrogen atom, a sulfo group, a cyano group, a fluorosulfonyl group, a halogen atom, an --SO 3 -phenyl group, an --SO 3 -substituted phenyl group, a carboxy group, and --SOR 1 group, an SO 2 R 2 group, a --COR 2 group, a group shown by ##STR61## or a group shown by ##STR62## D represents an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a substituted aralkyl group, a phenyl group, a substituted phenyl group, an amino group (which may be substituted by an alkyl group), or a heterocyclic ring composed of 5 or 6 atoms; E represents a hydroxy group, a salt thereof, or a precursor forming a hydroxy group or a salt thereof; L represents a bond bonding Y to D, A or B; n represents 1 or 0; and Y represents a moiety having a function of releasing a diffusible azo dye compound capable of forming metal chelate compounds or a precursor thereof from the compound of general formula (I) by the decomposition thereof as the result of a redox reaction; and wherein R 1 represents an alkyl group or a substituted alkyl group; R 2 represents an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a substituted aralkyl group, a phenyl group or a substituted phenyl group; and R 3 and R 4 , which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an aralkyl group, a substituted aralkyl group, a phenyl group, or a substituted phenyl group.