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[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a heat-developable color photosensitive material that forms a color image by transferring a diffusible dye formed by a heat source image, and particularly relates to a heat-developable color photosensitive material that forms a color image by transferring a diffusible dye formed by a heat source image. The present invention relates to a heat-developable color photosensitive material containing a novel dye-providing substance that releases a diffusible dye upon reaction. [Prior art] The conventionally known photographic method using photosensitive silver halide is superior to other photographic methods in terms of photosensitivity, gradation, image preservation, etc., and has been the most widely put into practical use. It is a photographic method. However, since this method uses wet processing for processing steps such as development, fixing, and water washing, processing is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there are concerns that the processing chemicals may affect the human body, or the processing room and work area may be affected. There are many problems, such as concerns about contamination of people by the above-mentioned chemicals, and further consideration of pollution caused by waste liquid. Therefore, it has been desired to develop a photosensitive material that uses photosensitive silver halide and can be dry processed. Many proposals have been made regarding the above-mentioned dry processing photographic method, and among them, heat-developable photosensitive materials in which the developing step can be carried out by heat treatment are attracting attention as photosensitive materials that meet the above-mentioned demands. Such heat-developable photosensitive materials are described in, for example, Japanese Patent Publication Nos. 43-4921 and 43-4924, which disclose photosensitive materials comprising an organic silver salt, silver halide, and a reducing agent. Attempts have been made to improve such heat-developable photosensitive materials and obtain color images by various methods. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,531,286, U.S. Pat. No. 3,761,270, and U.S. Pat. No. 3,764,328 disclose thermal development in which a color image is formed by the reaction of an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent with a coupler. A color photosensitive material is disclosed. Further, Research Disclosure No. 15108 and No. 15127 disclose a heat-developable color photosensitive material in which a color image is formed by the reaction of an oxidized product of a sulfonamide phenol or sulfonamide aniline derivative developing agent with a coupler. has been done. However, in these methods, a reduced silver image and a color image are simultaneously generated in the exposed area after thermal development, resulting in the problem that the color image becomes cloudy. To solve this problem, there is a method of removing the silver image by liquid processing or transferring only the dye to another layer, such as an image receiving sheet having an image receiving layer, but it is necessary to distinguish between unreacted materials and the dye. The problem is that it is not easy to transfer only the dye. In addition, using an organic imino silver salt having a dye part in Research Disclosure No. 16966, the imino group is liberated in the exposed area by heat development, and a color image is transferred onto the image-receiving layer as a transfer paper using a solvent. A heat-developable color photosensitive material is disclosed. However, this method has the problem that it is difficult to suppress the release of dye in areas not exposed to light, and it is not possible to obtain clear color images. Also, JP-A-52-105821, JP-A No. 52-105822,
Publication No. 56-50328, U.S. Patent No. 4235957, Research Disclosure No. 14448, U.S. Pat.
No. 15227 and No. 18137, etc., disclose heat-developable color photosensitive materials in which a positive color image is formed by a heat-sensitive silver dye bleaching method. However, this method requires extra steps and photographic construction materials, such as stacking and heating sheets containing activators to speed up the bleaching of the dyes, and the resulting color images do not survive long-term storage. Another problem is that it is gradually reduced and bleached by coexisting free silver and the like. Further, in the specifications of U.S. Patent No. 3180732, U.S. Patent No. 3985565, and U.S. Patent No. 4022617, as well as Research Disclosure No. 12533, heat-developable color photosensitive materials are disclosed that utilize leuco dyes to form color images. ing. However, this method has the problem that it is difficult to stably incorporate the leuco dye into the photographic material, and the material gradually becomes colored during storage. Furthermore, JP-A-57-179840 discloses a heat-developable color photosensitive material in which a color image is formed using a dye-releasing aid and a reducing dye-providing substance that releases a diffusible dye. However, in this method, it is essential to use a dye release aid, and this dye release aid is a so-called base or a precursor of a base. As described above, the technique using a base or a base precursor has the problem that in a heat-developable photosensitive material using an organic silver salt oxidizing agent, the presence of the base increases fog and lowers the maximum density. In order to improve the drawbacks of the above-mentioned heat-developable photosensitive materials, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 57-186744, 57-20725, and
No. 59-12431, No. 59-48765, No. 59-116642,
Publications such as No. 59-116643 and No. 59-174834 include
A heat-developable color photosensitive material is disclosed in which a transferred image is obtained using a dye-providing substance that reacts with an oxidized form of a reducing agent to release a diffusible dye. However, the dye-providing substances described in these publications have low reaction (coupling reaction) with the oxidized form of the reducing agent under the conditions of thermal development, so it is difficult to obtain transferred images with sufficient maximum density (Dmax). However, a dye-releasing dye-donating material that can provide an image with sufficient performance in both D max and Dmin has not yet been obtained. [Object of the invention] The object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional dye-providing substances, namely:
A first object of the present invention is to provide a heat-developable color photosensitive material containing a novel dye-providing substance. A second object of the present invention is to provide a heat-developable color photosensitive material capable of obtaining color images with high image density and low fog. [Structure of the Invention] As a result of intensive research to achieve the above object, the present inventors have prepared at least a photosensitive silver halide, a binder, a reducing agent, and a dye-providing substance represented by the general color (1) below on a support. It has been found that the above objects of the present invention can be achieved by a heat-developable color photosensitive material having the following properties. General formula (1) In the formula, X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom,
Y represents a collection of atoms necessary to form a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring, J represents a divalent bonding group, D represents a residue of a diffusible dye, and n
represents 0 or 1. [Specific structure of the invention] In the general formula (1), Y represents a collection of atoms necessary to form a benzene ring or a naprethane ring,

The phenol or naphthol represented by the formula may have a substituent on the ring.
Preferred substituents include halogen atoms (e.g. chlorine atom, bromine atom), alkyl groups (e.g. methyl group, ethyl group, isopropyl group), cycloalkyl groups (e.g. cyclohexyl group), aryl groups (e.g. phenyl group), acyl groups. (e.g. acetyl group), alkyloxycarbonyl group (e.g. methyloxycarbonyl group), aryloxycarbonyl group (e.g. phenyloxycarbonyl group),
Alkylsulfonyl group (e.g. methylsulfonyl group), arylsulfonyl group (e.g. phenylsulfonyl group), carbamoyl group, sulfamoyl group, acyloxy group (e.g. acetyloxy group),
Amino group, alkoxy group (e.g. methoxy group, ethoxy group), aryloxy group (e.g. methylcarbonyloxy group), cyano group, ureido group, alkylthio group (e.g. methylthio group), arylthio group (e.g. phenylthio group), carboxy group,
Examples include a sulfo group or a heterocyclic residue (e.g. pyridyl group), and these substituents further include a hydroxyl group,
Carboxy group, sulfo group, alkoxy group (e.g. methoxy group), cyano group, nitro group, alkyl group (e.g. methyl group, ethyl group), aryl group (e.g. phenyl group), aryloxy group (e.g. phenyloxy group), acyloxy group (e.g. acetyloxy group), acyl group (e.g. acetyl group, isopropylcarbonyl group), sulfamoyl group,
It may be substituted with a carbamoyl group, an imide group, a halogen atom (for example, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom), or the like. In addition, two or more substituents may be the same or different. Furthermore, at least one of the above substituents is preferably a ballast group or a group substituted with a ballast group in order to render the dye-donating substance represented by the general formula (1) non-diffusible. The ballast group of the present invention is an organic group having 8 or more carbon atoms (more preferably 12 or more), or a hydrophilic group such as a sulfo group or a carboxy group, or a hydrophilic group having 8 or more carbon atoms (more preferably 12 or more). Examples include groups having both a carbon atom and a hydrophilic group such as a sulfo group or a carboxy group. Another particularly preferred ballast group can include polymer chains. In the general formula (1), the divalent bonding group represented by J is preferably a group represented by the following general formula. General formula (2) -O-(R ₁ ) _n -- General formula (3)

[Formula] General formula (4) −NHCO− (R ₁ ) _n −− General formula (5) −CONH− (R ₁ ) _n −− General formula (6) −NHCONH− (R ₁ ) _n −− General formula (7) −NHSO ₂ −(R ₁ ) _n −− General formula (8) −NHSO ₂ NH−(R ₁ ) _n −− General formula (9) −S−(R ₁ ) _n −− General formula (10) )

[Formula] General formula (11) −SO ₂ NH− (R ₁ ) _n −− General formula (12)

[Formula] General formula (13) −(R ₁ ) _n −− In the formula, R ₁ represents an alkylene group, an arylene group, or a divalent group formed by combining an alkylene group and an arylene group (for example, an aralkylene group, etc.) ,
This R ₁ may have a substituent. R ₂ represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, m = 0, 1 or 2
represents an integer. In the general formula (1), the residue of the diffusible dye represented by D preferably has a molecular weight of 800 or less, more preferably 600 or less, for the sake of dye diffusivity, and includes azo dyes, azomethine dyes, etc. , anthraquinone dyes, naphthoquinone dyes, styryl dyes, nitro dyes, quinoline dyes, carbonyl dyes, phthalocyanine dyes, and the like.
These dye residues may be in a temporary short-waveform form that allows multiple colors during thermal development or transfer. In addition, these dye residues are used to increase the light resistance of images.
For example, chelatable dye residues described in JP-A-59-48765 and JP-A-59-124337 are also preferred. Typical specific examples of the dye-providing substance represented by the general formula (1) of the present invention are shown below, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The dye-providing substance of the present invention is synthesized, for example, as follows. Synthesis Example Synthesis of Exemplary Dye Donor Substance (10) Synthesis of Intermediate (A) 140 g of hydrochloride of 2-amino-4,6-dichloro-5-methylphenol was dissolved in a mixed solution of 800 ml of acetonitrile and 200 ml of pyridine. A solution of n-nitrobenzoic acid chloride (167 g) in acetonitrile (200 ml) was added dropwise to the mixture, and the mixture was refluxed for 2 hours.
Concentrate this reaction solution to 300 ml, add water (800 ml) containing 75 g of sodium hydroxide and ethanol (400 ml).
was added, stirred at room temperature for 1 hour, neutralized with hydrochloric acid,
The precipitated solid was filtered off to obtain 157 g of 2-(m-nitrobenzoylamino)-4,6-dichloro-5-methylphenol. A patent application was made using 136.4g of this phenol derivative.
2-methyl-3-
73 g of chloro-4-benzyloxy-5-(m-nitrobenzoyl)aminophenol was obtained. 39.7g of this phenol derivative and α-bromo-γ
Using 35.1 g of ethyl -(p-sulfo)phenylbutyrate, the reaction was carried out in the same manner as described on page 23 of Japanese Patent Application No. 59-35238 to obtain 43 g of Intermediate (A). Intermediate (A) Synthesis of monomer Intermediate (A) (26.7 g) was reacted with methacrylic acid chloride in a conventional manner, then both the carboxy group and sulfo group were converted to acid chloride with thionyl chloride, and the mixture was added to ice water to hydrolyze only the carbonyl chloride. It was recrystallized from acetonitrile to give p-[γ-carboxy-γ-{2-methyl-3
-Chlor-4-hydroxy-5-(m-methacryloylamino)benzoylamino}phenyloxy]propylbenzenesulfonyl chloride 24.8
I got g. Next, 24.8g of this acid chloride and 2
-(m-amino)phenylazo-4-methoxy-
25g of monomer by reacting with 11.7g of 1-naphthol
I got it. Synthesis of Exemplary Dye-Providing Substance (10) 12 g of the above monomer and 8 g of n-butyl acrylate were dissolved in 150 ml of dioxane, heated to 80-82°C while introducing nitrogen gas, and while maintaining this temperature, 2. 2'-Azobisisobutyronitrile
600ml was added and reacted for 4 hours. 1 of the reaction solution
of water, filter out the precipitate, and add 200ml of this precipitate to
The solution was dissolved in ethyl acetate, dried over magnesium sulfate, and then filtered. The filtrate was concentrated and dried to obtain 18 g of the target product. The dye-providing substances of the present invention may be used alone or in combination of two or more. The amount used is not limited, and depends on the type of dye-providing substance, whether it is used alone or in combination, or whether the photographic constituent layer of the light-sensitive material of the present invention is a single layer or a multilayer of two or more layers. You can decide accordingly, but for example, the usage amount is 1 m ²
It can be used in an amount of 0.005g to 50g, preferably 0.1g to 10g. The dye-providing substance used in the present invention can be incorporated into the photographic constituent layer of the heat-developable color light-sensitive material using any method. tricresyl phosphate, etc.) and then subjected to ultrasonic dispersion, or dissolved in an alkaline aqueous solution (e.g., 10% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution, etc.), and then dissolved in mineral acid (e.g., hydrochloric acid or nitric acid, etc.). It can be used after being dispersed in a ball mill with an aqueous solution of an appropriate polymer (eg, gelatin, polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, etc.). The heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention contains photosensitive silver halide together with the dye-providing substance. Examples of the photosensitive silver halide used in the present invention include silver chloride, silver bromide, silver iodide, silver chlorobromide, silver chloroiodide, silver iodobromide, and silver chloroiodobromide. The photosensitive silver halide can be prepared by any method used in the photographic field, such as a single-jet method or a double-jet method, but in the present invention, a conventional method for preparing a silver halide gelatin emulsion is used. Light-sensitive silver halide emulsions containing light-sensitive silver halides prepared accordingly give favorable results. The light-sensitive silver halide emulsion may be chemically sensitized by any method known in the photographic art. Such sensitization methods include various methods such as gold sensitization, sulfur sensitization, gold-sulfur sensitization, and reduction sensitization. The silver halide in the above-mentioned photosensitive emulsion may be coarse grains or fine grains, but the preferred grain size is about 0.001 μm to about 1.5 μm,
More preferably, it is about 0.01 μm to about 0.5 μm. The photosensitive silver halide emulsion prepared as described above can most preferably be applied to the heat-developable photosensitive layer which is a constituent layer of the photosensitive material of the present invention. In the present invention, as another method for preparing photosensitive silver halide, it is also possible to allow a photosensitive silver salt-forming component to coexist with an organic silver salt described below to form photosensitive silver halide in a part of the organic silver salt. . The photosensitive silver salt-forming component used in this preparation method is an inorganic halide, for example, a halide represented by MXn (where M represents an H atom, an NH ₄ group or a metal atom, and X represents C, Br or I, n is 1 when M is an H atom or NH ₄ group, and the valence when M is a metal atom.Metal atoms include lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, copper, Gold, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, zinc, cadmium, mercury, aluminum, indium, lanthanum, ruthenium, thallium, germanium, tin, lead, antimony, bismuth, chromium,
Examples include molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, rhenium, iron, cobalt, nickel, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, and cerium. ), halogen-containing metal complexes (e.g., K ₂ PtC ₆ , K ₂ PtBr ₆ , HAuC ₄ , (NH ₄ ) ₂
IrC ₆ , (NH ₄ ) ₃ IrC ₆ , (NH ₄ ) ₂ RuC ₆ ,
(NH ₄ ) ₃ RuC ₆ , (NH ₄ ) ₃ RhC ₆ , (NH ₄ ) ₃
RhBr ₆ , etc.), onium halides (e.g., quaternary ammonium halides such as tetramethylammonium bromide, trimethylphenylammonium bromide, cetylethyldimethylammonium bromide, 3-methylthiazolium bromide, trimethylbenzylammonium bromide, tetraethylphosph quaternary phosphonium halides such as onium bromide, tertiary sulfonium halides such as benzylethylmethylsulfonium bromide, 1-ethylthiazolium bromide, etc.), halogenated hydrocarbons (e.g.
Iodoform, bromoform, carbon tetrabromide, 2-
bromo-2-methylpropane, etc.), N-halogen compounds (N-chlorosuccinimide, N-bromosuccinimide, N-bromophthalimide, N-bromo-2-methylpropane, etc.),
-bromoacetamide, N-iodosuccinimide, N-bromophthalazinone, N-chlorophthalazinone, N-bromoacetanilide, N,N-dibromobenzenesulfonamide, N-bromo-N
-methylbenzenesulfonamide, 1,3-dibromo-4,4-dimethylhydantoin, etc.), other halogen-containing compounds (e.g. triphenylmethyl chloride, triphenylmethyl bromide, 2-bromobutyric acid, 2-bromoethanol, etc.) etc. can be given. These photosensitive silver halides and photosensitive silver salt-forming components can be used in combination in various methods, and the amount used is 0.001 g per m ² per layer.
It is preferable that it is ~50g, more preferably,
It is 0.1g to 10g. The heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention has a multilayer structure including each layer sensitive to blue light, green light, and red light, that is, a heat-developable blue-sensitive layer, a heat-developable green-sensitive layer, and a heat-developable red-sensitive layer. You can also. Further, the photosensitive layer of the same color can be divided into two or more layers (for example, a high-sensitivity layer and a low-sensitivity layer). In the above cases, the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion, green-sensitive silver halide emulsion, and red-sensitive silver halide emulsion used, respectively, are prepared by adding various spectral sensitizing dyes to the silver halide emulsion. Obtainable. Typical spectral sensitizing dyes used in the present invention include, for example, cyanine, merocyanine, complex (trinuclear or tetranuclear) cyanine, holopolar cyanine, styryl, hemicyanine, oxonol, and the like. Among the cyanine pigments, thiazoline, oxazoline, pyrroline, pyridine, oxazole, thiazole, selenazole,
Those having a basic core such as imidazole are more preferred. Such a nucleus may contain an alkyl group, an alkylene group, a hydroxyalkyl group, a sulfoalkyl group, a carboxyalkyl group, an aminoalkyl group, or an enamine group capable of forming a fused carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring. good. Further, it may be symmetrical or asymmetrical, and the methine chain or polymethine chain may have an alkyl group, phenyl group, enamine group, or heterocyclic substituent. In addition to the above-mentioned basic nucleus, the merocyanine dye may have an acidic nucleus such as a thiohydantoin nucleus, rhodanine nucleus, oxazoturic acid nucleus, thiazolinthione nucleus, malononitrile nucleus, or pyrazolone nucleus. These acidic nuclei may be further substituted with an alkyl group, an alkylene group, a phenyl group, a carboxyalkyl group, a sulfoalkyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, an alkoxyalkyl group, an alkylamine group or a heterocyclic nucleus. If necessary, these dyes may be used in combination. Furthermore, ascorbic acid derivatives, azaindene cadmium salts,
Organic sulfonic acids, etc., such as U.S. Pat. No. 2,933,390;
A supersensitizing additive that does not absorb visible light, such as those described in the specification of No. 2937089, can be used in combination. The amount of these dyes added is 1.times.10.sup. ^-4 mol to 1 mol per mol of silver halide or silver halide-forming component. More preferably, 1×10 ⁻⁴ mol to 1×
10 ^-1 mole. In the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention, various organic silver salts can be used, if necessary, for the purpose of increasing sensitivity and improving developability. Examples of organic silver salts used in the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention include Japanese Patent Publication No. 43-4921 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 44-4921;
No. 26582, No. 45-18416, No. 45-12700, No. 45
-22185, JP-A-49-52626, JP-A-52-31728,
No. 52-137321, No. 52-141222, No. 53-36224
No. 53-37610, and U.S. Patent No. 3330633, U.S. Patent No. 3794496, U.S. Patent No. 4105451
Silver salts of aliphatic carboxylic acids such as silver laurate, silver myristate, silver palmitate, silver stearate, arachidone as described in the specifications of No. 4123274, No. 4168980, etc. acid silver,
Silver aromatic carboxylates such as silver behenate, silver α-(1-phenyltetrazolethio)acetate, etc., such as silver benzoate, silver phthalate, etc., Japanese Patent Publication No. 44-26582,
45-12700, 45-18416, 45-22185,
JP-A-52-31728, JP-A-52-137321, JP-A-58
Silver salts of imino groups such as those described in publications such as No. 118638 and No. 58-118639, such as silver benzotriazole, silver 5-nitrobenzotriazole, silver 5-chlorobenzotriazole, and silver 5-methoxybenzotriazole. Silver, 4-sulfobenzotriazole silver, 4-hydroxybenzotriazole silver, 5-aminobenzotriazole silver, 5-carboxybenzotriazole silver, imidazole silver, benzimidazole silver, 6-nitrobenzimidazole silver, pyrazole silver, urazole silver,
1,2,4-triazole silver, 1H-tetrazole silver, 3-amino-5-benzylthio-1,2,
4-triazole silver, saccharin silver, phthalazinone silver, phthalimide, etc. 2-mercaptobenzoxazole silver, mercaptooxadiazole silver, 2-mercaptobenzothiazole silver, 2
-Silver mercaptobenzimidazole, 3-mercapto-4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazole silver, 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,
7-tetrazaindene silver and 5-methyl-7-
Examples include silver hydroxy-1,2,3,4,6-pentazaindene. Among the above organic silver salts, imino group silver salts are preferred, and silver salts of benzotriazole derivatives are particularly preferred, and silver salts of sulfobenzotriazole derivatives are particularly preferred. The organic silver salts used in the present invention may be used alone or in combination of two or more, and isolated ones may be used by dispersing them in a binder by appropriate means, or they may be used in a suitable form. The silver salt may be prepared in a binder and used as is without isolation. The amount of the organic silver salt used is 1 photosensitive silver halide.
Preferably, it is 0.01 to 500 mol per mol,
More preferably, it is 0.1 mol to 100 mol. As the reducing agent used in the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention, those commonly used in the field of heat-developable color photosensitive materials can be used, such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. Specification, RD No. 12146, RD No. 15108, RD No.
15127 and p described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 56-27132, etc.
- phenylenediamine type and p-aminophenol type developing agents, phosfluoramide phenol type and fluoramide phenol type developing agents,
Further examples include hydrazone color developing agents. Further, color developing agent precursors and the like described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,342,599, U.S. Pat. As a particularly preferable reducing agent, JP-A-56-146133
Examples include reducing agents represented by the following general formula (14) described in No. General formula (14) In the formula, R ₃ and R ₄ are hydrogen atoms, or have 1 to 30 carbon atoms (preferably 1 carbon atom), which may have a substituent.
-4) represents an alkyl group, and R ₃ and R ₄ may be ring-closed to form a heterocycle. R ₅ , R ₆ , R ₇ and R ₈ are hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, hydroxy groups,
Represents an amino group, an alkoxy group, an acylamido group, a sulfonamide group, an alkylsulfonamide group, or an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms (preferably 1 to 4) that may have a substituent, and R ₅ and R ₃ And R ₇ and R ₄ may each be ring-closed to form a heterocycle. M represents an alkali metal atom, an ammonium group, a nitrogen-containing organic base, or a compound containing a quaternary nitrogen atom. The nitrogen-containing organic base in the above general formula (14) is an organic compound containing a basic nitrogen atom capable of forming a salt with an inorganic acid, and particularly important organic bases include amine compounds. Examples of chain amine compounds include primary amines, secondary amines, and tertiary amines, and examples of cyclic amine compounds include pyridine, quinoline, and piperidine, which are well-known examples of typical heterocyclic organic bases. , imidazole and the like. In addition, compounds such as hydroxylamine, hydrazine, and amidine are also useful as chain amines. In addition, as the salt of the nitrogen-containing organic base, inorganic acid salts of the organic base (eg, hydrochloride, sulfate, nitrate, etc.) as described above are preferably used. On the other hand, examples of the compound containing quaternary nitrogen in the above general formula include salts or hydroxides of nitrogen compounds having a tetravalent covalent bond. Next, preferred specific examples of the reducing agent represented by the general formula (14) are shown below. The reducing agent represented by the above general formula (14) can be prepared by a known method such as Houben-Weyl, Methodender
It can be synthesized according to the method described in Organischen Chemie, Band XI/pages 2645-703. Other reducing agents as described below can also be used. For example, phenols (e.g. p-phenylphenol, p-methoxyphenol, 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, N-methyl-
p-aminophenol, etc.), sulfonamidophenols [e.g. 4-benzenesulfonamidophenol, 2-benzenesulfonamidophenol, 2,6-dichloro-4-benzenesulfonamidophenol, 2,6-dibromo-4-(p-aminophenol, etc.) −
toluenesulfonamide) phenol, etc.], or polyhydroxybenzenes (e.g. hydroquinone, tert-butylhydroquinone, 2,6-dimethylhydroquinone, chlorohydroquinone,
carboxyhydroquinone, catechol, 3-carboxycatechol, etc.), naphthols (e.g. α-naphthol, β-naphthol, 4-aminonaphthol, 4-methoxynaphthol, etc.), hydroxybinaphthyls and methylene bisnaphthols [e.g. 1,1′ -dihydroxy-2,2'-binaphthyl, 6,6'-dibromo-2,2'-dihydroxy-1,1'-binaphthyl, 6,6-dinitro-
2,2'-dihydroxy-1,1'-binaphthyl,
4,4'-dimethoxy-1,1'-dihydroxy-
2,2'-binaphthyl, bis(2-hydroxy-1
-naphthyl)methane, etc.], methylenebisphenols [e.g. 1,1-bis(2-hydroxy-
3,5-dimethylphenyl)-3,5,5-trimethylhexane, 1,1-bis(2-hydroxy-3-tert-butyl-5-methylphenyl)methane, 1,1-bis(2-hydroxy- 3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)methane, 2,6-methylenebis(2-hydroxy-3-tert-butyl-
5-methylphenyl)-4-methylphenol,
α-phenyl-α,α-bis(2-hydroxy-
3,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)methane, α
-phenyl, α,α-bis(2-hydroxy-3
-tert-butyl-5-methylphenyl)methane,
1,1-bis(2-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-2-methylpropane, 1,1,5,
5-tetrakis(2-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylphenyl)-2,4-ethylpentane, 2,
2-bis(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylphenyl)propane, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-tert-butylphenyl)propane, 2,2-bis(4-hydroxy- 3,5
-di-tert-butylphenyl)propane, etc.], ascorbic acids, 3-pyrazolidones, pyrazolones, hydrazones, and paraphenylenediamines. These reducing agents can be used alone or in combination of two or more. The amount of reducing agent used depends on the type of photosensitive silver halide used, the type of organic acid silver salt, and the types of other additives, but it is usually per mol of photosensitive silver halide.
It ranges from 0.01 to 1500 mol, preferably from 0.1 to 1500 mol.
It is 200 moles. Examples of the binder used in the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention include polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl acetate, ethyl cellulose, polymethyl methacrylate, cellulose acetate butyrate,
polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone,
One or a combination of two or more synthetic or natural polymeric substances such as gelatin and phthalated gelatin can be used. In particular, it is preferable to use gelatin or a derivative thereof in combination with a hydrophilic polymer such as polyvinylpyrrolidone or polyvinyl alcohol, and more preferably the following binder described in JP-A-58-104249. This binder includes gelatin and vinylpyrrolidone polymer. The vinylpyrrolidone polymer may be polyvinylpyrrolidone, which is a homopolymer of vinylpyrrolidone, or one or two of other monomers copolymerizable with vinylpyrrolidone.
Copolymers with the above (including kraft copolymers)
It may be. These polymers can be used regardless of their degree of polymerization. The polyvinylpyrrolidone may be a substituted polyvinylpyrrolidone, with preferred polyvinylpyrrolidone having a molecular weight of 1000
~400,000. Other monomers copolymerizable with vinylpyrrolidone include (meth)acrylic acid esters such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and alkyl esters thereof, vinyl alcohols, vinyl imidazoles, (meth)acrylamides, and vinyl carbinols. and vinyl monomers such as vinyl alkyl ethers, but it is preferable that polyvinylpyrrolidone accounts for at least 20% (weight %, same hereinafter) of the composition ratio. Preferred examples of such copolymers have a molecular weight of
5,000 to 400,000. Gelatin may be treated with lime or acid, and may be ossein gelatin, pitgskin gelatin, hydrogelatin, or modified gelatin obtained by esterifying or phenylcarbamoylating these gelatins. In the above binder, gelatin preferably accounts for 10 to 90%, more preferably 20 to 60%, and vinylpyrrolidone accounts for 5 to 90%, more preferably 10 to 80% of the total binder amount. %. The binder may contain other polymeric substances, such as gelatin and a mixture of polyvinylpyrrolidone with a molecular weight of 1,000 to 400,000 and one or more other polymeric substances, gelatin and a polymer with a molecular weight of 5,000 to 400,000.
A mixture of the vinylpyrrolidone copolymer and one or more other polymeric substances is preferred. Other polymeric substances that can be used include polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, polymethacrylamide, polyvinyl butyral, polyethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol ester, or proteins such as cellulose derivatives, and polysaccharides such as starch and gum arabic. Examples include natural substances. These range from 0 to 85%, preferably from 0 to 85%.
It may contain 70%. Note that the vinyl pyrrolidone polymer may be a crosslinked polymer, but in this case, it is preferable to crosslink it after coating it on a support (including the case where the crosslinking reaction progresses by leaving it naturally). The amount of binder used is usually 0.05g to 50g per square ^meter per layer, preferably 0.1g to 10g.
It is g. Further, the binder is preferably used in an amount of 0.1 to 10 g, more preferably 0.25 to 4 g, per 1 g of the monomer unit of the dye-donating substance. Examples of the support used in the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention include polyethylene film, cellulose acetate film, polyethylene terephthalate film, synthetic plastic film such as polyvinyl chloride, photographic base paper, printing paper, baryta paper, and resin coating. Examples include a paper support such as paper, a support made of the above-mentioned synthetic plastic film provided with a reflective layer, and the like. In particular, it is preferable that various heat solvents be added to the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention. The thermal solvent of the present invention may be any substance that promotes thermal development and/or thermal transfer, and is preferably a substance that is solid at room temperature.
Semi-solid or liquid (preferably boiling point at normal pressure)
100°C or higher, more preferably 150°C or higher) and dissolves or melts in the binder by heating, preferably urea derivatives (e.g. dimethylurea, diethylurea, phenylurea, etc.), amides. derivatives (e.g., acetamide, benzamide, etc.), polyhydric alcohols (e.g., 1,5-pentanediol, 1,6-pentanediol, 1,2-cyclohexanediol, pentaerythritol, trimethylolethane, etc.), or polyethylene glycol Examples include: For a detailed concrete example, see patent application No. 58-104249.
It is described in. These thermal solvents may be used alone or in combination of two or more. In addition to the above-mentioned components, various additives may be added to the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention, if necessary. For example, as a development accelerator, US Pat.
No. 3220840, No. 3531285, No. 4012260, No. 4060420, No. 4088496, No. 4207392, RD No. 15733, No. 15734, No. 15776,
Alkali release agents such as urea and guanidium trichloroacetate described in JP-A-56-130745 and JP-A-56-132332, organic acids as described in JP-A-45-12700, - as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,667,959 CO−,−
Non-aqueous polar solvent compounds having SO ₂ -, -SO- groups, melt formers described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,438,776, polyalkylene glycols described in U.S. Pat. . In addition, as a color toning agent, for example, JP-A No. 46-4928,
No. 46-6077, No. 49-5019, No. 49-5020, No. 49
−91215, No. 49-107727, No. 50-2524, No.
No. 50-67132, No. 50-67641, No. 50-114217,
No. 52-33722, No. 52-99813, No. 53-1020,
No. 53-55115, No. 53-76020, No. 53-125014
No. 54-156523, No. 54-156524, No. 54-
No. 156525, No. 54-156526, No. 55-4060, No. 55
Publications such as -4061 and 55-32015, as well as West German Patent Nos. 2140406, 2147063, 2220618,
U.S. Patent No. 3080254, U.S. Patent No. 3847612, U.S. Patent No.
Phthalazinone, phthalimide, pyrazolone, quinazolinone, N-hydroxynaphthalimide, benzoxazine, naphthoxazinedione, which is a compound described in the specifications of No. 3782941, No. 3994732, No. 4123282, No. 4201582, etc. , 2,3-dihydro-phthalazinedione, 2,
3-dihydro-1,3-oxazine-2,4-dione, oxypyridine, aminopyridine, hydroxyquinoline, aminoquinoline, isocarbostyryl, sulfonamide, 2H-1,3-benzothiazine-2,4-(3H) dione, benzotriazine, mercaptotriazole, dimercaptotetrazapentalene, phthalic acid, naphthalic acid, phthalamic acid, etc., mixtures of one or more of these with imidazole compounds, and phthalic acid, naphthalic acid, etc. Examples include mixtures of at least one acid or acid anhydride and a phthalazine compound, and combinations of phthalazine and maleic acid, itaconic acid, quinolinic acid, gentisic acid, and the like. Also, JP-A No. 58-189628, No. 58-
3-amino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazoles and 3-acylamino-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazoles described in Japanese Patent No. 193460 are also effective. Furthermore, as antifoggants, for example,
Special Publication No. 11113, No. 49-90118, No. 49-
No. 10724, No. 49-97613, No. 50-101019, No. 49
-130720, 50-123331, 51-47419,
No. 51-57435, No. 51-78227, No. 51-104338
No. 53-19825, No. 53-20923, No. 51-
No. 50725, No. 51-3223, No. 51-42529, No. 51-
Publications such as No. 81124, No. 54-51821, and No. 55-93149, as well as British Patent No. 1455271 and US Patent No.
3885968, 3700457, 4137079, 4138265, and West German Patent No. 2617907, or oxidizing agents (for example, N-halogen acetamide,
N-halogenosuccinimide, perchloric acid and its salts, inorganic peroxides, persulfates, etc.), or
Acids and their salts (e.g., sulfuric acid, lithium laurate, rosin, diterpenic acid, thiosulfonic acid, etc.), or sulfur-containing compounds (e.g.,
mercapto compound releasing compound, thiouracil,
Disulfide, simple sulfur, mercapto-1,
2,4-triazole, thiazolinthione, polysulfide compound, etc.), others, oxazoline,
Examples include compounds such as 1,2,4-triazole and phthalimide. Furthermore, thiol (preferably a thiophenol compound) compound described in JP-A-59-111636 is also effective as another antifoggant. In addition, as other anti-fogging agents,
Hydroquinone derivatives described in No. 56506 (e.g.
di-t-octylhydroquinone, dodecanylhydroquinone, etc.), hydroquinone derivatives and benzotriazole derivatives (e.g., 4-sulfobenzotriazole,
-carboxybenzotriazole, etc.) can be preferably used in combination. In addition, as a stabilizer, a printout preventive agent may be used at the same time, especially after processing.
No. 45228, No. 50-119624, No. 50-120328, No. 45228, No. 50-119624, No. 50-120328, No.
Halogenated hydrocarbons described in Publication No. 53-46020, specifically tetrabromobutane, tribromoethanol, 2-bromo-2-tolylacetamide, 2-bromo-2-tolylsulfonylacetamide, 2-tribromo Methylsulfonylbenzothiazole, 2,4-bis(tribromomethyl)-
Examples include 6-methyltriazine. Also, JP-A-46-5393, JP-A-50-54329,
Post-treatment may be carried out using a sulfur-containing compound as described in each publication of No. 50-77034. Furthermore, U.S. Patent No. 3301678, U.S. Patent No. 3506444
The isothiuronium stabilizer precursor described in the specifications of U.S. Pat. No. 3,824,103 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,844,788;
It may also contain activator stabilizer precursors and the like as described in No. 4,060,420 and the like. Furthermore, a water release agent such as sucrose, NH ₄ Fe (SO ₄ ) _{2.12H 2} O, etc. may be used.
Heat development may be carried out by supplying water as in No. 132332. In addition to the above-mentioned components, the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention may optionally contain various components such as a spectral sensitizer, an antihalation dye, a fluorescent brightener, a hardening agent, an antistatic agent, a plasticizer, and a spreading agent. Additives, coating aids, etc. are added. The heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention basically contains (1) photosensitive silver halide, (2) reducing agent, (3) in the same layer.
It is preferable that the composition contains a dye-providing substance and (4) a binder, and further contains (5) an organic silver salt if necessary. However, these do not necessarily need to be contained in a single photographic constituent layer; for example, two photosensitive layers may be included.
The components (1), (2), (4), and (5) are contained in one photosensitive layer, and the dye-providing substance (3) is contained in the other layer adjacent to this photosensitive layer. ) may be contained separately in two or more photographic constituent layers as long as they are in a state where they can react with each other. Further, the photosensitive layer may be divided into two or more layers, such as a high-sensitivity layer and a low-sensitivity layer, and may further include one or more other photosensitive layers having different color sensitivities. It may also have various photographic constituent layers such as an overcoat layer, an undercoat layer, a backing layer, and an intermediate layer. Similar to the heat-developable photosensitive layer of the present invention, coating solutions are prepared for the protective layer, intermediate layer, undercoat layer, back layer, and other photographic constituent layers, using the dipping method, air knife method, curtain coating method, or Patent No.
Photosensitive materials can be prepared by various coating methods such as the hopper coating method described in No. 3681294. Furthermore, if desired, two or more layers can be applied simultaneously by the methods described in US Pat. No. 2,761,791 and British Patent No. 837,095. The above-mentioned components used in the photographic constituent layers of the heat-developable color light-sensitive material of the present invention are coated on a support,
The thickness of the coating is preferably 1 to 1000 μm after drying.
More preferably, it is 3 to 20 μm. After the heat-developable color photosensitive material of the present invention is subjected to imagewise exposure as it is, the temperature is usually 80°C to 200°C, preferably 120°C.
Color development can be achieved by simply heating at a temperature range of 170° C. for 1 second to 180 seconds, preferably 1.5 seconds to 120 seconds. In addition, if necessary, it may be developed with a water-impermeable material in close contact with it, or it may be developed at 70% before exposure.
Preheating may be performed at a temperature range of 180°C to 180°C. Various exposure means can be used for the heat-developable color photosensitive material according to the present invention. The latent image is obtained by imagewise exposure to radiation, including visible light. A light source commonly used for normal color printing,
For example, a tungsten lamp, a mercury lamp, a xenon lamp, a laser beam, a CRT beam, etc. can be used as the light source. As the heating means, all methods applicable to ordinary photothermographic materials can be used, such as contacting with a heated block or plate, contacting with a heated roller or drum, passing through a high-temperature atmosphere, etc. Alternatively, it is also possible to use high frequency heating, or furthermore, to provide a conductive layer in the photosensitive material of the present invention or in the image receiving layer (element) for thermal transfer, and to utilize the Joule heat generated by electricity or a strong magnetic field. The heating pattern is not particularly limited;
Although it is possible to preheat in advance and then reheat it, to heat it at a high temperature for a short time, or at a low temperature for a long time, continuously raising, lowering, or repeating it, and even discontinuously heating, there is a simple pattern. preferable. Alternatively, a method in which exposure and heating proceed simultaneously may be used. The image-receiving member used in the present invention only needs to have the function of receiving the dye released or formed by thermal development, and can be used as a mordant used in dye diffusion transfer type light-sensitive materials or as described in JP-A No. 57-207250. It is preferable to use a heat-resistant organic polymer material having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher and 250° C. or lower. Specific examples of the mordant include nitrogen-containing secondary and tertiary amines, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, quaternary cationic compounds thereof, US Pat. No. 2,548,564,
Vinylpyridine polymers and vinylpyridinium cationic polymers disclosed in US Pat.
Polymers containing dialkylamino groups disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,675,316; aminoguanidine derivatives disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 2,882,156;
covalently reactive polymers as described in No. 137333;
US Patent No. 3625694, US Patent No. 3859096, British Patent No.
Mordant capable of crosslinking with gelatin etc. disclosed in No. 1277453 and No. 2011012, US Patent No. 3958995
No. 2721852 and No. 2798063; water-insoluble mordants disclosed in JP-A-50-61228; U.S. Patent No. 3788855;
West German Patent Application (OLS) No. 2843320, JP-A-53-
No. 30328, No. 52-155528, No. 53-125, No. 53-
No. 1024, No. 54-74430, No. 54-124726, No. 55
−22766, U.S. Patent No. 3642482, U.S. Patent No. 3488706,
No. 3557066, No. 3271147, No. 3271148, Special Publication No. 55-29418, No. 56-36414, No. 57-12139,
Examples include various mordants disclosed in RD12045 (1974). Particularly useful mordants are polymers containing ammonium salts, such as those containing quaternary amino groups as described in US Pat. No. 3,709,690. Polymers containing ammonium salts include, for example, polystyrene copolymer.
In N,N,N-tri-n-hexyl-N-vinylbenzylammonium chloride, the ratio of styrene and vinylbenzylammonium chloride is:
The ratio is 1:4 to 4:1, preferably 1:1. A typical image-receiving layer for dye diffusion transfer is obtained by coating a polymer containing an ammonium salt mixed with gelatin on a support. Examples of the heat-resistant organic polymer substances include polystyrene with a molecular weight of 2,000 to 85,000, polystyrene derivatives having a substituent having 4 or less carbon atoms, polyvinylcyclohexane, polyvinylbenzene, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinylcarbazole, polyallylbenzene, and polyvinyl alcohol. , polyacetals such as polyvinyl formal and polyvinyl butyral, polyvinyl chloride, chlorinated polyethylene, polytrichlorofluorinated ethylene, polyacrylonitrile, poly-N,N-dimethylacrylamide, p-cyanophenyl group, pentachlorophenyl group, and 2, Polyacrylate with 4-dichlorophenyl group, polyacryl chloroacrylate, polymethyl methacrylate, polyethyl methacrylate, polypropyl methacrylate, polyisopropyl metal acrylate, polyisobutyl methacrylate, poly-tert-butyl methacrylate, polycyclohexyl methacrylate, polyethylene Glycol dimethacrylate, poly-2
Examples include polyesters such as -cyano-ethyl methacrylate and polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonates such as polysulfone and bisphenol A polycarbonate, polyanhydrides, polyamides, and cellulose acetates. Also, Polymer Handbook 2nd ed. (J.
Brandrup, EHImmergut (eds.) John Wiley &
Glass transition temperature listed in Sons Publishing, 40
Synthetic polymers at temperatures above 0.degree. C. are also useful. These polymeric substances may be used alone or in combination of two or more as a copolymer. Particularly useful polymers include cellulose acetate, such as triacetate and diacetate;
Polyamides made from combinations of heptamethylene diamine and terephthalic acid, fluorene dipropylamine and adipic acid, hexamethylene diamine and diphenic acid, hexamethylene diamine and isophthalic acid, diethylene glycol and diphenylcarboxylic acid, bis-p-carboxyphenoxybutane Examples include polyester, polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, vinyl chloride, etc., which can be combined with ethylene glycol, etc. These polymers may be modified. For example, cyclohexanedimethanol, isophthalic acid, methoxypolyethylene glycol, 1,2
Polyethylene terephthalate using -dicarbomethoxy-4-benzenesulfonic acid or the like as a modifier is also effective. Particularly preferred among these are the layer made of polyvinyl chloride described in Japanese Patent Application No. 58-97907, and the layer made of polycarbonate and a plasticizer described in Japanese Patent Application No. 128600-1982. The above polymer is used by dissolving it in a suitable solvent and coating it on a support to form an image receiving layer, or by laminating a film-like image receiving layer made of the above polymer on a support, or by coating it on a support. It is also possible to constitute the image-receiving layer by a member (for example, a film) made of the above-mentioned polymer alone (a type that also serves as an image-receiving layer support). Furthermore, the image-receiving layer may be constructed by providing an opaque layer (reflective layer) containing titanium dioxide or the like dispersed in gelatin on the image-receiving layer on a transparent support. This opaque layer provides a reflective color image when the transferred color image is viewed from the transparent support side of the image-receiving layer. [Example] Examples of the present invention are shown below, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto. Example 1 730 mg of exemplified dye-providing substance (10) was dissolved in 2.1 cc of ethyl acetate. This solution was mixed with 3 cc of a 2.5% gelatin aqueous solution containing a surfactant, water was added to make 6.5 cc, and the mixture was dispersed with a homogenizer to obtain a dispersion of the dye-providing substance. 6.5 cc of the above dispersion was mixed with 3.5 cc of water containing 450 mg of polyvinylpyrrolidone (average molecular weight 30,000) and 500 mg of 1,5-pentanediol, and 0.1 ml of 10% guanidine trichloroacetic acid in ethanol and the above-mentioned reducing agent (R -3) After adding 200mg,
The pH was adjusted to 5.5 with 3% citric acid. A silver iodobromide emulsion with an average grain size of 0.1 μm was added to this dispersion in terms of silver.
x10 ^-3 mol (containing 85 mg of gelatin) was added, water was added to make the total volume to 15 cc, and the photosensitive layer was coated onto a polyethylene terephthalate support using a wire bar to a dry film thickness of 8 μm. After drying the resulting light-sensitive material, it was exposed to white light at 16,000 CMS through a step wedge. Next, the image-receiving layer surface of an image-receiving sheet on which polyvinyl chloride (molecular weight 20,000) as an image-receiving layer material was separately coated on baryta paper and the coated surface of the exposed photosensitive material were overlapped and heat developed at 150° C. for 1 minute. The image-receiving sheet was peeled off to obtain a magenta transferred image on the image-receiving sheet. Table 1 shows the maximum reflection density (Dmax) and fog (Dmin) of the obtained transferred image. Comparative Example 1 Example 1 except that the dye-providing substance in the light-sensitive material of Example 1 was replaced with the comparative dye-providing substance (A) below.
A photosensitive material similar to that in Example 1 was prepared and thermally developed in the same manner as in Example 1. The results are shown in Table-1.

[Table] As is clear from the results in Table 1, in the heat-developable color photosensitive materials that do not use organic silver salts, the samples using the dye-providing substance of the present invention have larger Dmax and Dmin than the comparative samples. It can be seen that is small. Example 2 [Preparation of silver 4-sulfobenzotriazole] 24 g of 4-sulfobenzotriazole and 4 g
of sodium hydroxide in ethanol-water (1:1)
It was added to 300 ml of the mixed solution and dissolved. 20 ml of 5N silver nitrate solution was added dropwise to this solution. At this time, 5N sodium hydroxide solution was also added dropwise at the same time to bring the pH to 7-8.
maintained. This solution was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and then made up to 400 ml with water to prepare a 4-sulfobenzotriazole silver solution containing 20% excess of 4-sulfobenzotriazole. [Preparation of photosensitive material] 730 mg of the same exemplary dye-providing substance (10) as in Example 1 and 30 mg of 1,4-dioctylhydroquinone were dissolved in 2.1 cc of ethyl acetate. This solution was mixed with 3 cc of a 2.5% gelatin aqueous solution containing a surfactant, water was added to make 6.5 cc, and then dispersed with a homogenizer.
A dispersion of a dye-providing substance was obtained. Mix 4 ml of the above 4-sulfobenzotriazole silver solution and 6 cc of the above dispersion of the dye-providing substance, and then add 450 mg of polyvinylpyrrolidone (average molecular weight 30,000), 120 mg of pentaerythritol, and 420 mg of 1,5-pentanediol.
and a reducing agent similar to that used in Example 1 (R-
3) After adding 200mg, adjust the pH to 5.5 with 3% citric acid.
And so. A silver iodobromide emulsion with an average particle size of 0.05 μm was added to this dispersion at 3 × 10 ⁻⁴ mol in terms of silver (containing 75 mg of gelatin), and water was added to make a total volume of 14 ml.
A photosensitive layer was coated onto a polyethylene terephthalate support using a wire bar so that the dry film thickness was 8 μm. After drying the obtained photosensitive material, it was exposed to white light at 32,000 CMS through a step wedge, and then thermally developed on the same image-receiving sheet as in Example 1 under the same conditions to obtain a magenta transferred image on the image-receiving sheet. Maximum reflection density (Dmax) of the obtained transferred image
and fog (Dmin) are shown in Table 2. Example 3 A photosensitive material similar to Example 2 was prepared except that the dye-providing substance in the photosensitive material of Example 2 was replaced with the dye-providing substance shown in Table 2, and the same photosensitive material as in Example 2 was subjected to heat development. A transferred image was obtained on the image-receiving sheet. The results of the obtained transferred image density are also shown in Table 2.
Shown below. Example 4 In the photosensitive material of Example 2, reducing agents were added as shown in Table-2.
A photosensitive material similar to that in Example 2 was prepared, except that the reducing agent shown in 2 was used, and the same exposure and heat development as in Example 2 were carried out to obtain a magenta transferred image. The results of the obtained transferred image density are also shown in Table 2. Comparative Example 2 In the light-sensitive material of Example-2, the dye-providing substance
The same photosensitive material as in Example 2 was prepared except that (10) was replaced with the comparative dye-providing substance (A) and the comparative dye-providing substance (B) below, and the same heat development as in Example 2 was carried out to obtain an image. A transferred image was obtained on the sheet. The results are shown in Table-2.

[Table] As is clear from the results in Table 2, in the heat-developable color photosensitive materials using organic silver salts, the samples using the dye-providing substance of the present invention were more effective than the comparative samples.
It can be seen that Dmax is large and Dmin is small.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A heat-developable color photosensitive material, comprising at least a photosensitive silver halide, a binder, a reducing agent, and a dye-providing substance represented by the following general formula (1) on a support. General formula (1) In the formula, X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom,
Y represents a collection of atoms necessary to form a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring, J represents a divalent bonding group, D represents a residue of a diffusible dye, and n
represents 0 or 1.