Processing silver halide photographic material with blocked agent and hydroxylamine

Claim 1

A method of processing an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic material, which comprises processing under alkaline conditions, in the presence of a hydroxylamine, an imagewise exposed photographic material containing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer which contains a blocked photographic agent capable of non-imagewise releasing in exposed and non-exposed areas of said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer a photographically useful agent by ring cleavage of a 4- to 7-membered ring containing at least one carbonyl group, said blocked photographic agent being a compound represented by the following general formulae (I) to (V): ##STR8## wherein A represents a photographically useful group which is connected to the blocking group through a hetero atom thereof; Q represents --CO-- or --SO 2 --; X represents a divalent timing group connected to the imidomethyl group through an oxygen atom thereof; R 1 represents a substituent on the phenyl nucleus selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, a secondary or tertiary amino group, a ureido group, an aminosulfonamido group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbonamido group, a sulfunamido group, a carbamate group, an oxycarbonyl group, an acyloxy group, a carbonate group, an acyl group, a carboxy group, a sulfo group, a cyano group and a nitro group; m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 4; n represents 0 or 1; Z represents --CR 7 R 8 --, --O--, --S-- or --NR 9 --; Y represents the nonmetal atoms necessary to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; 1 represents 0 or 1; R 7 , R 8 and R 9 each represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group and an aryloxy group; R 2 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and an aryl group; R 3 and R 4 each represents a substituent on the nitrogen atom selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alicyclic group and a heterocyclic ring residue; R 5 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alicyclic group and a heterocyclic ring residue; and R 6 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and an aryl group.

Claim 2

A method of processing an imagewise exposed silver halide photographic material, which comprises processing under alkaline conditions, in the presence of a hydroxylamine, an imagewise exposed photographic material containing a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer which contains a blocked photographic agent capable of non-imagewise releasing in exposed and non-exposed areas of said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer a photographically useful agent by ring cleavage of a 4- to 7-membered ring containing at least one carbonyl group, said blocked photographic agent being a compound represented by the following general formulae (I) to (V): ##STR8## wherein A represents a photographically useful group which is connected to the blocking group through a hetero atom thereof; Q represents --CO-- or --SO 2 --; X represents a divalent timing group connected to the imidomethyl group through an oxygen atom thereof; R 1 represents a substituent on the phenyl nucleus selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, a secondary or tertiary amino group, a ureido group, an aminosulfonamido group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbonamido group, a sulfunamido group, a carbamate group, an oxycarbonyl group, an acyloxy group, a carbonate group, an acyl group, a carboxy group, a sulfo group, a cyano group and a nitro group; m represents 0 or an integer of 1 to 4; n represents 0 or 1; Z represents --CR 7 R 8 --, --O--, --S-- or --NR 9 --; Y represents the nonmetal atoms necessary to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; 1 represents 0 or 1; R 7 , R 8 and R 9 each represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group and an aryloxy group; R 2 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and an aryl group; R 3 and R 4 each represents a substituent on the nitrogen atom selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alicyclic group and a heterocyclic ring residue; R 5 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alicyclic group and a heterocyclic ring residue; and R 6 represents a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and an aryl group.