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Color photographic light-sensitive material and method of developing the same

Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1988-06-02
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Granted: 1990-10-02
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Expires: 2008-06-02
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Abstract

Abstract A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material includes a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which comprises silver halide grains consisting of at least 50 mol % of silver chloride and contains at least one of the compounds represented by formulas [I] to [III]: ##STR1## wherein Z represents alkyl (the number of carbon atoms is 1 to 18), aryl (the number of carbon atom is 6 to 18), or heterocyclic, Y represents an atom group required for forming heterocyclic or aryl (the number of carbon atoms of the aryl is 6 to 18), M represents metal cation, organic cation, or hydrogen atom, and n represents an integer from 2 to 10. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitve material includes a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which comprises silver grains consisting of at least 50 mol % of a chloride and chemically sensitized in the presence of at least one of the compounds represented by formulas [I] to [III]. A method of developing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, characterized in that said emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which comprises silver halide grains consisting of at least 50 mol % of silver chloride and contains at least one of the compounds represented by formulas [I] to [III], and that the method comprises the steps of: color-developing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material in the presence of a color coupler; and desilverizing the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshihiro Nishikawa
  • 👤 Shunji Takada
  • 👤 Kazunori Hasebe

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03C; G03C7/00; G03C7/30; G03C7/392; G03C7/39208; G03C7/39236

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 1354 words
A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which comprises silver halide grains consisting of at least 95 mol % of silver chloride and which is chemically sensitized in the presence of at least one of the compounds represented by formulas (I) to (III): ##STR172## wherein z represents alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, aryl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or heterocyclic, Y represents an atom group required for forming heterocyclic or aryl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, M represents a metal cation, an organic cation, or a hydrogen atom, and n represents an integer from 2 to 10; said silver halide grains are spectrally sensitized by at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by formulas (XXa), (XXb), and (XXc), where ##STR173## wherein Z 11 represents oxygen, sulfur, or selenium, Z 12 represents sulfur or selenium; R 11 and R 12 each represent alkyl or alkenyl which is either substituted or unsubstituted and has six carbon atoms or less; with the provisos that at least one of R 11 or R 12 represents sulfo-substituted alkyl; and when Z 11 represents oxygen, V 11 and V 13 represent hydrogen, and V 12 represents phenyl, alkyl having 3 carbon atoms or less or alkoxy having 3 carbon atoms or less or phenyl substituted with chlorine, or that V 11 and V 12 , or V 12 and V 13 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; and when Z 11 represents sulfur or selenium, V 11 represents alkyl or alkoxy each having four carbon atoms or less, or hydrogen, V 12 represents alkyl having five carbon atoms or less, alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, chlorine, hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or hydroxyl, and V 13 represents hydrogen, or that V 11 and V 12 , or V 12 and V 13 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; and when Z 12 represents selenium, V 14 , V 15 , and V 16 represent the same meanings as those represented by V 11 , V 12 , V 13 when Z 11 represents selenium, respectively; and when Z 12 represents sulfur and Z 11 represents selenium, V 14 represents hydrogen, alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, or alkyl having five carbon atoms or less, V 15 represents alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, alkyl having four carbon atoms or less, chlorine, or hydroxyl, and V 16 represents hydrogen, or that V 14 and V 15 , or V 15 and V 16 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; and when both Z 11 and Z 12 represent sulfur, V 14 and V 16 represent hydrogen, and V 15 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, or that V 14 represents hydrogen and V 15 and V 16 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; and when Z 11 represents oxygen and Z 12 represents sulfur, V 14 and V 16 represent hydrogen, and V 15 represents chlorine, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, or that V 15 and V 16 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; X - 11 represents an anion residue of an acid; and m 11 represents 0 or 1; ##STR174## wherein Z 21 and Z 22 can be the same or different and represent oxygen, sulfur, selenium or N-R 26 ; R 21 and R 22 represent the same meanings as those represented by R 11 and R 12 of formula (XXa), and also represent that R 21 and R 24 or R 22 and R 25 can be coupled to form a 5- or 6-membered carbon ring; with the provisos that when n 21 represents 2 or 3, R 21 and R 22 do not represent a substituting group having sulfo at the same time; when at least one of Z 21 and Z 22 represents N-R 26 , R 23 represents hydrogen, and otherwise, represents lower alkyl or phenethyl; when n 21 represents 2 or 3, R 23 represents lower alkyl on phenethyl and R 23 can be coupled to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R 24 and R 25 represent hydrogen; R 26 and R 27 represent the same meanings as that represented by R 21 or R 22 , with the provisos that R 21 and R 26 do not represent a substituting group having sulfo at the same time and that R 22 and R 26 represent a substituting group having sulfo at the same time; when Z 21 represents oxygen, V 21 represents hydrogen; when Z 21 represents sulfur or selenium, V 21 represents hydrogen, or an alkyl or alkoxy, each having five carbon atoms or less; when Z 21 represents N-R 26 , V 21 represents hydrogen or chlorine; when Z 21 represents oxygen and Z 22 represents N-R 27 , V 22 represents hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy, each having five carbon atoms or less, chlorine, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, that V 22 can be coupled to V 21 or V 23 to form a condensed benzene ring; when Z 21 and Z 22 both represent oxygen, V 22 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or represents that V 22 can be coupled to V 21 or V 23 to form a condensed benzene ring; when Z 21 represents sulfur or selenium, V 22 represents hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxycarbonyl, each having five carbon atoms or less, alkoxy or acylamino, each having four carbon atoms or less, chlorine, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or that V 22 can be coupled to V 23 to form a condensed benzene ring; when Z 21 represents N-R 26 , V 22 represents chlorine, trifluoromethyl, cyano, alkylsulfonyl having four carbon atoms or less, or alkoxycarbonyl having five carbon atoms or less; V 23 represents hydrogen; V 24 represents the same meaning as that represented by V 21 when Z 22 represents an atom type corresponding to that represented by Z 21 ; when Z 22 represents oxygen, V 25 represents alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, chlorine, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, or represents that V 25 can be coupled to V 24 or V 26 to form a condensed benzene ring; when Z 22 represents N-R 26 , V 25 represents the same meaning as that represented by V 22 when Z 21 represents N-R 26 ; when Z 22 represents sulfur or selenium, V 25 represents the same meaning as that represented by V 22 when Z 21 represents sulfur or sulfur or selenium; V 26 represents hydrogen; X - 21 represents an anion residue of an acid; m 21 represents 0 or 1; and n 21 represents 1, 2, or 3; ##STR175## wherein Z 31 represents an atom group required for forming substituted or unsubstituted nuclei of thiazoline, thiazole, benzothiazole, naphtholthiazole, selenazoline, selenazole, benzoselenazole, naphthoselenzaole, benzimdazole, naphthoimidazole, oxazole, benzolazole, naphthooxazole, or pyridine; R 31 represents the same meaning as that represented by R 11 or R 12 of formula (XXa), R 32 represents the same meaning as that represented by R 11 or R 12 of formula (XXa), and also represents hydrogen, furfuryl, or moncyclic aryl, and also represents that at least one of R 31 and R 32 is a substituting group having sulfo or carboxyl and the other is a group not containing sulfo; R 3 3 represents hydrogen, alkyl having five carbon atoms or less, phenethyl, phenyl, 2-carboxyphenyl, and when n represents 2 or 3, also represents that different R 33 and R 33 can be coupled to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; Q 31 represents oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or N-R 34 , R 34 represents hydrogen, pyridil, phenyl, substituted phenyl or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having eight carbon atoms or less which may contain oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen in a carbon chain; or can contain a substituting group; k represents 0 or 1; and n 31 represents 0, 1, 2, or 3.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 1354 words
A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein said emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion which comprises silver halide grains consisting of at least 95 mol % of silver chloride and which is chemically sensitized in the presence of at least one of the compounds represented by formulas (I) to (III): ##STR172## wherein z represents alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, aryl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, or heterocyclic, Y represents an atom group required for forming heterocyclic or aryl having 6 to 18 carbon atoms, M represents a metal cation, an organic cation, or a hydrogen atom, and n represents an integer from 2 to 10; said silver halide grains are spectrally sensitized by at least one of the sensitizing dyes represented by formulas (XXa), (XXb), and (XXc), where ##STR173## wherein Z 11 represents oxygen, sulfur, or selenium, Z 12 represents sulfur or selenium; R 11 and R 12 each represent alkyl or alkenyl which is either substituted or unsubstituted and has six carbon atoms or less; with the provisos that at least one of R 11 or R 12 represents sulfo-substituted alkyl; and when Z 11 represents oxygen, V 11 and V 13 represent hydrogen, and V 12 represents phenyl, alkyl having 3 carbon atoms or less or alkoxy having 3 carbon atoms or less or phenyl substituted with chlorine, or that V 11 and V 12 , or V 12 and V 13 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; and when Z 11 represents sulfur or selenium, V 11 represents alkyl or alkoxy each having four carbon atoms or less, or hydrogen, V 12 represents alkyl having five carbon atoms or less, alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, chlorine, hydrogen, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or hydroxyl, and V 13 represents hydrogen, or that V 11 and V 12 , or V 12 and V 13 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; and when Z 12 represents selenium, V 14 , V 15 , and V 16 represent the same meanings as those represented by V 11 , V 12 , V 13 when Z 11 represents selenium, respectively; and when Z 12 represents sulfur and Z 11 represents selenium, V 14 represents hydrogen, alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, or alkyl having five carbon atoms or less, V 15 represents alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, alkyl having four carbon atoms or less, chlorine, or hydroxyl, and V 16 represents hydrogen, or that V 14 and V 15 , or V 15 and V 16 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; and when both Z 11 and Z 12 represent sulfur, V 14 and V 16 represent hydrogen, and V 15 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, or that V 14 represents hydrogen and V 15 and V 16 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; and when Z 11 represents oxygen and Z 12 represents sulfur, V 14 and V 16 represent hydrogen, and V 15 represents chlorine, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, or that V 15 and V 16 can be coupled to form a condensed benzene ring; X - 11 represents an anion residue of an acid; and m 11 represents 0 or 1; ##STR174## wherein Z 21 and Z 22 can be the same or different and represent oxygen, sulfur, selenium or N-R 26 ; R 21 and R 22 represent the same meanings as those represented by R 11 and R 12 of formula (XXa), and also represent that R 21 and R 24 or R 22 and R 25 can be coupled to form a 5- or 6-membered carbon ring; with the provisos that when n 21 represents 2 or 3, R 21 and R 22 do not represent a substituting group having sulfo at the same time; when at least one of Z 21 and Z 22 represents N-R 26 , R 23 represents hydrogen, and otherwise, represents lower alkyl or phenethyl; when n 21 represents 2 or 3, R 23 represents lower alkyl on phenethyl and R 23 can be coupled to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; R 24 and R 25 represent hydrogen; R 26 and R 27 represent the same meanings as that represented by R 21 or R 22 , with the provisos that R 21 and R 26 do not represent a substituting group having sulfo at the same time and that R 22 and R 26 represent a substituting group having sulfo at the same time; when Z 21 represents oxygen, V 21 represents hydrogen; when Z 21 represents sulfur or selenium, V 21 represents hydrogen, or an alkyl or alkoxy, each having five carbon atoms or less; when Z 21 represents N-R 26 , V 21 represents hydrogen or chlorine; when Z 21 represents oxygen and Z 22 represents N-R 27 , V 22 represents hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy, each having five carbon atoms or less, chlorine, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, that V 22 can be coupled to V 21 or V 23 to form a condensed benzene ring; when Z 21 and Z 22 both represent oxygen, V 22 represents substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or represents that V 22 can be coupled to V 21 or V 23 to form a condensed benzene ring; when Z 21 represents sulfur or selenium, V 22 represents hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxycarbonyl, each having five carbon atoms or less, alkoxy or acylamino, each having four carbon atoms or less, chlorine, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or that V 22 can be coupled to V 23 to form a condensed benzene ring; when Z 21 represents N-R 26 , V 22 represents chlorine, trifluoromethyl, cyano, alkylsulfonyl having four carbon atoms or less, or alkoxycarbonyl having five carbon atoms or less; V 23 represents hydrogen; V 24 represents the same meaning as that represented by V 21 when Z 22 represents an atom type corresponding to that represented by Z 21 ; when Z 22 represents oxygen, V 25 represents alkoxy having four carbon atoms or less, chlorine, or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, or represents that V 25 can be coupled to V 24 or V 26 to form a condensed benzene ring; when Z 22 represents N-R 26 , V 25 represents the same meaning as that represented by V 22 when Z 21 represents N-R 26 ; when Z 22 represents sulfur or selenium, V 25 represents the same meaning as that represented by V 22 when Z 21 represents sulfur or sulfur or selenium; V 26 represents hydrogen; X - 21 represents an anion residue of an acid; m 21 represents 0 or 1; and n 21 represents 1, 2, or 3; ##STR175## wherein Z 31 represents an atom group required for forming substituted or unsubstituted nuclei of thiazoline, thiazole, benzothiazole, naphtholthiazole, selenazoline, selenazole, benzoselenazole, naphthoselenzaole, benzimdazole, naphthoimidazole, oxazole, benzolazole, naphthooxazole, or pyridine; R 31 represents the same meaning as that represented by R 11 or R 12 of formula (XXa), R 32 represents the same meaning as that represented by R 11 or R 12 of formula (XXa), and also represents hydrogen, furfuryl, or moncyclic aryl, and also represents that at least one of R 31 and R 32 is a substituting group having sulfo or carboxyl and the other is a group not containing sulfo; R 3 3 represents hydrogen, alkyl having five carbon atoms or less, phenethyl, phenyl, 2-carboxyphenyl, and when n represents 2 or 3, also represents that different R 33 and R 33 can be coupled to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; Q 31 represents oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or N-R 34 , R 34 represents hydrogen, pyridil, phenyl, substituted phenyl or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having eight carbon atoms or less which may contain oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen in a carbon chain; or can contain a substituting group; k represents 0 or 1; and n 31 represents 0, 1, 2, or 3.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 47 words
The material as in claim 1, wherein said emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion comprising silver halide grains consisting of at least 95 mol % of silver chloride and gold-sensitized in the presence of at least one of the compounds represented by formulas [I] to [III].
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 46 words
The material as in claim 1, wherein said emulsion contains a silver halide emulsion comprising silver grains consisting of at least 95 mol % of silver chloride and gold-plus-sulfur sensitized in the presence of at least one of the compounds represented by formulas [I] to [III].
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 23 words
The material as in claim 1, containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one magenta coupler, and at least one cyan coupler.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 44 words
The material as in claim 1, comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing an yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler.

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