Silver halide photographic materials and method of processing the same

Claim 3

The method of claim 1, wherein L is a group selected from the group consisting of the formulae (I-1) to (I-9): ##STR118## wherein R 1 and R 2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and a represents an integer of from 2 to 12, provided that R 1 and R 2 may be bonded together to form a cycloalkane, or plural ##STR119## may be the same or different; ##STR120## wherein ##STR121## has the same meaning as defined in formula (I-1); b and c independently represent an integer of from 2 to 6; and d represents an integer of from 1 to 8; ##STR122## wherein ##STR123## represents a cyclohexane ring; and e and f independently represent an integer of from 0 to 4; --(CH.sub.2).sub.g --A--(CH.sub.2).sub.h -- (I-4) wherein A represents a hydrocarbon ring other than cyclohexane; and g and h independently represents an integer of from 0 to 4; ##STR124## wherein ##STR125## represents a cyclohexane ring; X represents ##STR126## --O--, --SO 2 --, --SO--, --S-- or --CO--, wherein ##STR127## has the same meaning as defined in formula (I-1); ##STR128## wherein R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or ArCOOCH 2 -- wherein Ar has the same meaning as defined in formula (I); ##STR129## wherein R 4 and R 5 independently represent an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and ##STR130## wherein R 6 and R 7 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and i and j independently represent an integer of from 1 to 6.

Claim 4

The method of claim 2, wherein L is represented by a group selected from the group of formulae consisting of (I-3), (I-4), (I-5), (I-6) and (I-9).

Claim 6

The method of claim 1, wherein Ar represents an unsubstituted phenyl group, a 1-naphthyl group, a 2-naphthyl group, or a phenyl group substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group and a halogen atom.

Claim 7

The method of claim 5, wherein Ar represents an unsubstituted phenyl group.

Claim 8

The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the substantially water-insoluble photographically useful reagent is a cyan coupler represented by the formula (II): ##STR131## wherein R 1 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R 2 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; Z represents a hydrogen atom or a group or atom capable of being released by coupling reaction with a developing agent.

Claim 9

The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the substantially water-insoluble photographically useful reagent is a cyan coupler represented by formula (III): ##STR132## wherein R 11 represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group or a heterocyclic group; R 12 represents a methyl group or an acylamino group; R 13 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, an aliphatic or aromatic oxy group or an acylamino group, provided that R 12 and R 13 may be bonded together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; Z 11 represents a hydrogen atom or a group or atom capable of being released by oxidative coupling with a developing agent; p represents 0 or 1.

Claim 10

The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the substantially water-insoluble photographically useful reagent is a yellow coupler selected from those represented by formula (IV) and (V): ##STR133## wherein X 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a coupling-releasing group; R 21 represents a nondiffusible group having a total of from 8 to 32 carbon atoms; R 22 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or a nondiffusible group having a total of from 8 to 32 carbon atoms, provided that there can be plural R 22 's and which can be the same or different; R 23 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that there can be plural R 23 's which may be the same or different.

Claim 11

The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the substantially water-insoluble photographically useful reagent is a magenta coupler selected from formulae (VI), (VII) and (VIII): ##STR134## wherein R 31 represents a nondiffusible group having a total of from 8 to 32 carbon atom; R 32 represents a phenyl group or a substituted phenyl group; R 33 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; Z 1 represents a nonmetallic atomic group necessary for forming a 5-membered azole ring having from 2 to 4 nitrogen atoms; and X 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a group or atom capable of being released by coupling reaction with a developing agent.

Claim 12

The method of claim 7, wherein the cyan coupler is a compound represented by formula (II), wherein R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having at least 8 total carbon atoms and R 2 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and Z is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom.

Claim 13

The method of claim 7, wherein the cyan coupler is a compound represented by formula (II) wherein R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having sufficient carbon atoms to render the coupler difficultly diffusible in a hydrophilic colloid layer and R 2 is a methyl group and Z is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom.

Claim 14

The method of claim 1, wherein the hydrophilic colloid layer is a silver halide light-sensitive emulsion layer.

Claim 15

The method of claim 1, wherein said silver halide photographic material comprises a support having thereon at least one hydrophilic colloid layer containing at least one high boiling point organic solvent and at least one substantially water-insoluble photographically useful reagent both dispersed therein, wherein at least one of said high boiling point organic solvents is a compound represented by formula (I): (ArCOO).sub.n --L (I) wherein Ar represents an unsubstituted phenyl group; a 1-naphthyl group, a 2-naphthyl group, or a phenyl group substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, an alkoxy group and a halogen atom; L represents a 2- to 6-valent alkylene group having from 2 to 24 carbon atoms which may contain one or more ether bonds; and n represents an integer of from 2 to 6.