US2527379A - Silver halide developers for the production of azine dyestuff images - Google Patents

Silver halide developers for the production of azine dyestuff images Download PDF

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US2527379A
US2527379A US38948A US3894848A US2527379A US 2527379 A US2527379 A US 2527379A US 38948 A US38948 A US 38948A US 3894848 A US3894848 A US 3894848A US 2527379 A US2527379 A US 2527379A
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  • the present invention relates to the production of azine dye images and more particularly to color developers designed to yield such images of good gradation and dye density and free from color fog.
  • an aromatic primary amine is employed to reduce an exposed silver halide image to metallic silver,"the amine being thereb oxidized to a component which couples with a color former to produce a dyestuff image in situ with the metallic silver image.
  • the developer an NN-dialkylated-pphenylene diamine.
  • Such developers have been used for development of a latent image as well as for the development of a residual silver halide image in the reversal process.
  • azine dye images can be obtained by developing an exposed silver halide emulsion with developers of the 2.4-diamino aniline type, and particularly those of the class of the N-substituted 4.6-diamino metanilic acids.
  • the azine dye images which result from this method are much more stable to acids, alkalies and alkaline oxidation than are the azo halide which does not azine dye forming color developers.
  • getic latent image developers contemplated herein are those generally referred to in color photography as silver developers or black and white ⁇ developers.
  • the partial development effected by the energetic latent image developer may be realizedby bathing the exposed silver halide in such a developer for a short period of time and then de- ⁇ between the energetic latent image developer andthe color developer has not been ascertained. It was our original theor that the energetic. latent image developer operated as a catalyst on accelerator for the color developer in the devel opment of a latent image. This theory, however, would not explain the fact that the film can be washed for hour or longer after an extremely shorttreatment with the energetic developer and the latent image still be capable of being com: pletely developed by the color developer.
  • diamino aniline developers of nitrogenous bases such as ethylenediamine, benzylamine, quinoline, and the like.
  • azine dye images can be uniforml and energetically effected while obtaining improved color rendition'and substantiallyno color fog bycarry ing out the development in part with an energetic to improve the azine dye images obtained by c01 or development with an azine dye-forming color developer by adding to the developer an energetic latent image developer;
  • a further object of the present invention is to produce azine dye images which have improved latent image developer ior the exposed silver color rendition and freedom from color fog by developing an exposed silver halide emulsion in the presence of a color formerwith a 4.6-diamino metanilic acid developer containing an en ergetic latent image developer.
  • Compounds which may be used as the color developer in producing the azine dye images are of the 2.4-diaminoaniline type and are more particularly those having the formula:
  • R is hydrogen or alkyl, i. e., methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, amyl or the like
  • R1' is an aliphatic radical such as alkyl .as-above, carboxy alkyl such as carboxy methyl, carboxy ethyl and the like, hydroxy alkyl such as hydroxyethyl, hydroxy propyl and the like, sulfo alkyl such as sulfomethyl, sulfopropyl, sulfobutyl and the like, or an aromatic radical such as aryl, i.
  • hydroxy alkoxy aryl such as hydroxy methoxy phenyl, hydroxy ethoxy phenyl and the like
  • R2 is an aromatic or aliphatic radical as illustrated above
  • X and Y are hydrogen, alkyl as above, sulfo or carboxy, or together represent the atoms necessary to complete a six-membered isocyclic ring system such as benzo and the like.
  • thecompounds which are utilized are the N- substituted 4.6-diamino metanilic acids, in which case Y is hydrogen, and X is sulfo.
  • Examples of such mixtures are:-.4-(;3- hydroxyethylamino) 6 phenylamino-metanilic acid with 4-methylamino-6sphenylamino-metanilic acid, 4.6-bis-(phenylamino) -metanilic acid with 4.6-bis-(methylamino) -metanil ic' acid.
  • the developer components listed above may be prepared by the method described in the a'fore- -:i
  • aforementioned color developers in order toeif e'c't' the desired"'mo're energetic development are p-amino phenol, p-(N-methylamino) -phen ol or a mixture thereofwith hydro'duinone, 2.4-diamino phenol and ca'techoL-g I I
  • the development time with the former will depend on the characteristics of the developer chosen, but should not exceed one-half the'time' which is necessary to develop the silver image to maximum contrast.
  • the exposed silver halide is so conditioned that it'becomes readily amenable to the production of azine dye images with the aforesaid color developers irrespective of the energy of said developers as measured by their effect on a latent silver halide image.
  • the quantity of the former used will in no case exceed the quantity by weight of the active color developer ingredient and will dependfirst upon the particular energetic or black and white developer employed, and, second, upon th type of processing involved, 1. e., whether negative or positive. Generally speaking, the more vigorous the developing substance the smaller th amount required to produce the desired effect. Similarly where the processing is by the reversal method, a smaller quantity is usedthan where the processing involves negative development. In any case'good resultsare obtained when the concentration of energetic or black and white developer rangesfrom- .5 to 4 grams per liter of developer. Within the aforestated range an amount of .5 to 1.5.
  • azine dyesythe quantity of the energetic or black and white developer employed generally ranges from 2 to 4 grams per liter.
  • the process utilizing the developer :composi-- tions contemplated herein may be effected in various ways.
  • the color-forming component may be located in the developer.
  • the color former in non-diffusing form may be located in the emulsion.
  • 'Multilayer film, each layer containing a non-difiusing color former, may be used and the film developed to the desired subtractive azine dye images in a single color forming development step while :utilizing such developer compositions.
  • the developers in addition to the components previously mentioned, also contain an alkali such as sodium carbonate, sodium'hydroxide, and the like.
  • the developers will also contain the usual adjuncts such as an alkali metal bromide, i.-e., potassium bromide, sodiumbromide and the like, and an alkali metal sulfite such'as sodium sulfite and the like.
  • an alkali metal bromide i.-e., potassium bromide, sodiumbromide and the like
  • an alkali metal sulfite such'as sodium sulfite and the like.
  • a coupling aid in the form of an organic base such as pyridine, quinoline, ethylenediamine and the like.
  • Example I 4-methylamino -;'6 ⁇ phenylamino-metanilic acid grams 6 2.4-diamino phenol d 1 Sodium sulfite do 60 Ethylenediamine r cc 30 Water cc "1000 The film after development is bleached'with'a ferricyanide bleach and. fixed in an acid-hardening hypo solution. There is thus obtained- .a magenta azine :dye-image of good gradationin which the whites are perfectly clear.
  • Example II The procedure is the same as that of Example I excepting that the 2.4-diaminophenol is replaced by 1.5 grams of p-amino phenol per liter. of developer.
  • Example III A bi-pack having ared sensitive'silver bromide emulsion containing asthe cyan colorformer a compound of the followingconstitution:
  • Example IV A photographic silver bromide emulsion is exposed'and the latent image developed to a negative silverimage. The residual silver halide is re-exposed and developed in a developer of the following composition:
  • Example V The -bi-pack referred to in Example .111 is exposed and developed for 15 minutes in a solution of the followingcomposition:
  • Example VI A photographic silver halide emulsion layer containing an azine color former in non-diffusing form as given in Example III is exposed. It is given a short development (30 to 90 seconds) in a conventional metol-hydroquinone developer. Thereafter it is thoroughly washed for 15 minutes and the development is continued in an azine color forming developer of the following composition:
  • R is selected from the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl
  • R1 is selected from the class consisting of aliphatic and aromatic radicals
  • R2 is selected from the class consisting of aromatic radicals, a ring carbon atom of which is directly linked to the nitrogen atom, and aliphatic radicals a carbon atom of which is directly linked to the nitrogen atom, said carbon atom being substituted by at least two hydrogen atoms
  • X and Y are selected from the 10 class consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, sulfo and carboxy
  • Q represents the atoms necessary to complete a six-membered isocyclic ring system.
  • a photographic developer for the production of azine dye images having high color rendition and free from color fog comprising an aqueous alkaline solution of a non-staining silver image developer and as the color forming developer a compound selected from the class consisting of those of the following formulae:
  • R is selected from the class consisting of hydrogen and alkyl
  • R1 is selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, aliphatic and aromatic radicals
  • R2 is selected from the class consisting of aromatic radicals, a ring carbon atom of which is directly linked to the nitrogen atom, and aliphatic radicals a carbon atom of which is directly linked to the nitrogen atom, said carbon atom being substituted by at least two hydrogen atoms
  • X and Y are selected from the class consisting of hydrogen, sulfo and carboxy
  • Q represents the atoms necessary to complete a six-membered isocyclic ring system.

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US2417514A (en) * 1940-09-23 1947-03-18 Spectrum Products Company Inc Method and means for producing colored photographic images
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