Silver halide photographic light sensitive material

Claim 1

A high-contrast silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, comprising a support and at least one silver halide photographic emulsion layer on one side of said support, said silver halide photographic emulsion layer containing: (i) a hydrazine derivative of the Formula (A), (B) or (C): ##STR50## wherein A is an aryl group or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having a sulfur atom or an oxygen atom; n is 1 or 2; R 1 and R 2 each independently is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an alkenyloxy group, an alkynyloxy group, an aryloxy group or a heterocyclic-oxy group, provided that when n is 1, R 1 and R 2 may be bonded together to form a ring, and when n is 2, at least one of R 1 and R 2 is an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a saturated heterocyclic group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an alkenyloxy group, an aryloxy group or a heterocyclic-oxy group; ##STR51## wherein A is as defined above; and R 3 is an alkynyl group or a saturated heterocyclic group; ##STR52## wherein R 4 is an alkyl group, an aryl group or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group; R 5 is a hydrogen atom or a blocking group selected from an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a group of the formula ##STR53## wherein R 11 and R 12 each independently is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group or an amino group, and R 11 and R 12 may form a ring together with the nitrogen atom, and a group of the formula --C--O--R 13 wherein R 13 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group or an aryl group; and Ar is an arylene group or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group; and (ii) a compound selected from amine compounds and quaternary onium salts of the Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V-I), (V-II), (V-III), (VI-I), (VI-II), and (VI-III): ##STR54## wherein R 15 R 16 and R 17 each independently is a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, and saturated and unsaturated heterocyclic groups, provided that R 15 , R 16 and R 17 are not all hydrogen atoms and two or three of R 15 , R 16 and R 17 may be bonded together to form a ring; ##STR55## wherein Q is a nitrogen atom or a phosphorus atom; R 21 , R 22 , R 23 and R 24 each independently is a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, saturated and unsaturated heterocyclic, and amino groups, provided that R 21 , R 22 , R 23 and R 24 are not all hydrogen atoms and two or three of R 21 , R 22 , R 23 and R 24 may be bonded together to form a ring; and X - is an anion; ##STR56## wherein R 31 and R 32 each independently is an alkyl group and may be bonded together to form a ring; R 33 is an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group; A' is an alkylene group; Y is a --CONR 34 --, --OCONR 34 --, --NR 34 CONR 34 --, --NR 34 COO--, --COO--, --OCO--, --CO--, --OCOO--, --NR 34 CO 13 , --SO 2 NR 34 --, --NR 34 SO 2 --, NR 34 SO 2 NR 34 --, --SO 2 --, --S--, --O--, --NR 34 -- or --N═ group, wherein R 34 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; ##STR57## wherein R 41 and R 42 each independently is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group, and may be bonded together to form a ring; and E is a group containing a --(--CH 2 CH 2 O) n group, wherein n is an integer of 2 or more: ##STR58## wherein R 51 , R 52 and R 53 each independently is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, provided that at least one of R 51 , R 52 and R 53 is an alkenyl group or an alkynyl group or at least one of R 51 and R 52 is an aryl group or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, and R 51 , R 52 and R 53 may be bonded together to form a ring; and L is a linking group selected from groups of the formula A'--Y as defined in Formula (III) above; ##STR59## wherein R 54 , R 55 and R 57 each independently is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, and R 54 and R 55 may be bonded together to form a ring; R 56 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl and heterocyclic groups; and L is a linking group selected from --CO--, --COO--, --CONR 58 , --SO 2 -- and --SO 2 NR 58 -- groups, wherein R 58 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl and heterocyclic groups; and m is 0 or 1; ##STR60## wherein R 58 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl and heterocyclic groups; R 59 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; L is a linking group selected from groups of the formula Y as defined in Formula (III) above; ##STR61## is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group and may form a ring together with R 58 ; and n is 0 or 1; ##STR62## wherein R 61 and R 62 each independently is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; R 63 is a hydrogen atom or a substituent selected from alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, saturated and unsaturated heterocyclic, acyl, sulfonyl, oxycarbonyl and carbamoyl groups; R 64 is a group containing ##STR63## where R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, X is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or an NH group, Y is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, and n is an integer of 2 or more; and R 61 , R 62 , R 63 and R 64 may be bonded together to form a ring; ##STR64## wherein R 65 and R 66 each independently is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group or a saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group, and R 65 and R 66 may be bonded together to form a ring; T is a group containing ##STR65## where R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, X is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or an NH group, Y is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, and n is an integer of 2 or more, provided that when R is a hydrogen atom, X is a sulfur atom or an NH group; p1 wherein the surface of said silver halide photographic emulsion layer has a pH within the range of 6.0 to 7.5.