Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material

Claim 2

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has a layer containing both a non-diffusible coupler which forms a properly smearing diffusible dye upon reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent and silver halide emulsion in which a diameter corresponding to the projected area of grains that takes 40% or more of the projected area of whole silver halide grains is 1.5 um or more wherein the non-diffusible coupler which forms a properly smearing diffusible dye in a coupler represented by the general formula (A): (Cp).sub.a X (A) wherein Cp represents a diffusible coupler component which forms a proper smearing of dye images and improves graininess; X represents a component which is bonded to the coupling position of the coupler component, which is released upon the reaction with the oxidation product of the color developing agent and which contains a ballast group having from 8 to 32 carbon atoms; and a represents 1 or 2.

Claim 3

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the photographic light-sensitive material has at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan color forming coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta color forming coupler and at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow color forming coupler, and at least one of these silver halide emulsion layers contains both the non-diffusible coupler and the silver halide emulsion.

Claim 4

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-diffusible coupler is present in an amount within the range of 0.005 to 0.5 mol per mol of silver halide.

Claim 5

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 3, wherein the non-diffusible coupler is present in an amount within the range of 0.01 to 0.1 mol per mol of silver halide.

Claim 6

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-diffusible coupler is a coupler represented by the following general formulae (I), (II) or (III): ##STR14## wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 , which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamino group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylthio group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a ureido group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, a hydroxy group, or a sulfo group; R 5 represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or an alkoxy group, provided that the total number of carbon atoms included in R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 is not more than 10; Z represents a non-metal atomic group necessary to form a heterocyclic group; and X' represents a group which contains a ballast group having from 8 to 32 carbon atoms, providing non-diffusibility to the coupler, and which is capable of being released upon a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent.

Claim 7

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 5, wherein the group represented by X' is an acyloxy group, a sulfonyloxy group, a sulfinyloxy group, a sulfamoyloxy group, a carbamoyloxy group, a thiocarbamoyloxy group, an oxamoyloxy group or a group represented by the following general formulae (IV) or (V): ##STR15## wherein A represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; B represents a non-metal atomic group necessary to form an aryl ring or a heterocyclic ring; and E represents a non-metal atomic group necessary to form a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic ring together with the nitrogen atom; these rings may be further condensed with an aryl ring or a heterocyclic ring; D represents a ballast group; and b represents a positive integer, when b is more than 1, D may be the same or different, and the total number of carbon atoms included is from 8 to 32.

Claim 8

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-diffusible coupler is a coupler represented by the following general formulae (VI), (VII), (VIII) or (IX): ##STR16## wherein R 6 represents an acylamino group, an anilino group or a ureido group; R 7 and R 8 each represents a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acylamino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an N-alkylcarbamoyl group, a ureido group, a cyano group, an aryl group, an N,N-dialkylsulfamoyl group, a nitro group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group or an aryloxy group; f represents an integer of from 0 to 4, when f is two or more, R 7 may be the same or different; R 9 , R 10 and R 11 each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a cyano group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acylamino group, an anilino group, a ureido group, a sulfamoylamino group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, a sulfonamido group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group or a sulfonyl group, provided that the total number of carbon atoms included in R 6 and (R 7 ) f of the general formulae (VI) and (VII), in R 7 and R 8 of the general formula (VIII) or in R 9 , R 10 and R 11 of the general formula (IX) is not more than 10; and X" represents a group which is bonded to the coupling position through an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom and which is capable of being released upon a coupling reaction.

Claim 9

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 7, wherein the group represented by X" is a group represented by the following general formulae (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII) or (XIV): ##STR17## wherein R 12 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; g represents an integer of 1 to 3; R 13 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an acylamino group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a sulfonamido group, a carbamoyl group, an imido group, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group, when g is two or more, R 13 may be the same or different; and R 14 and R 15 each has the same meaning as defined for R 13 .

Claim 10

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 8, wherein the aromatic group represented by R 12 , R 13 , R 14 or R 15 is a phenyl group which may be substituted with an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonylamino group, an aliphatic amido group, an alkylsulfamoyl group, an alkylsulfonamido group, an alkylureido group, an alkyl substituted succinimido group, an aryloxy group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an arylcarbamoyl group, an arylamido group, an arylsulfamoyl group, an arylsulfonamido group, an arylureido group, an amino group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, a sulfo group, a nitro group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, a thiocyano group or a halogen atom.

Claim 11

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 8, wherein the aliphatic group represented by R 12 , R 13 , R 14 or R 15 is an alkyl group substituted with an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an amino group, an acylamino group, a halogen atom, an aryl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a sulfonamido group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylthio group, a carboxy group, an alkylsulfonyl group, an imido group, an alkanoyloxy group or an arylcarbonyloxy group.

Claim 12

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the non-diffusible coupler is a coupler represented by the following general formulae (XV) or (XVI): ##STR18## wherein R 16 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group having 10 or less carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 10 or less carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an acylamido group, a sulfonamido group and a ureido group represented by the general formulae (XVII) to (XIX) as described below, or a carbamoyl group represented by the general formula (XX) as described below; ##STR19## wherein G and G', which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, provided that G and G' are not hydrogen atoms at the same time and that the total number of carbon atoms included in G and G' is from 1 to 12, an aliphatic group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, and each of these group may be substituted with a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, a carboxy group, an amino group, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an acyloxycarbonyl group, an amido group, an imido group, a carbamoyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group or a sulfonyl group; R 17 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group having 12 or less carbon atoms or a carbamoyl group represented by the general formula (XX); R 18 , R 19 , R 20 , R 21 and R 22 each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, a heterocyclic group, an amino group, a carbonamido group, a sulfonamido group, a sulfamyl group or a carbamyl group; J represents a non-metal atomic group necessary to form a 5-membered or 6-membered ring; and X"' represents a group which contains a group having from 8 to 32 carbon atoms, which is bonded to the coupling position through --O--, --S--, or --N═N--, and which is capable of being released upon a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent.

Claim 13

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 11, wherein the group represented by X"' is an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group or an arylthio group, each having from 8 to 32 carbon atoms.

Claim 14

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claim in claim 1, wherein the diameter corresponding to the projected area of grains that takes 40% or more of the projected area of whole silver halide grains is 1.7 μm or more.

Claim 15

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 13, wherein the diameter is 1.8 μm or more.

Claim 16

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 14, wherein the diameter is 2.0 μm or more.

Claim 17

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the diameter corresponding to the projected area of grains that takes 50% or more of the projected area of whole silver halide grains is 1.5 μm or more.

Claim 18

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 16, wherein the diameter corresponding to the projected area of grains that takes 70% or more of the projected area of whole silver halide grains is 1.5 μm or more.

Claim 19

A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the silver halide emulsion is a silver iodobromide emulsion containing 25 mol% or less of silver halide.