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US2632702A US98629A US9862949A US2632702A US 2632702 A US2632702 A US 2632702A US 98629 A US98629 A US 98629A US 9862949 A US9862949 A US 9862949A US 2632702 A US2632702 A US 2632702A
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  • This invention relates *pler compounds for color photography and more Patented Mar. 24,1953
  • pyrazolone couplers in processes of color development in which the oxidation product of a primary aromatic amino developing agent couples with the pyrazolone to producea is well known in the art.
  • the pyrazolone couplers are generally used to produce the magenta is affected by a single developer. solution freeof couplercompounds. In such processes'it is hecessary that the pyr'azolone coupler in the magenta layer react with the developing agent at the same speed as do the couplers in the other layers.
  • the resulting dye image should i 15 Claims. (Cl. 95-6) such as alloxan hydrate, or triketohydrindene hydrate.
  • coupler compounds have exlceptionally good solubility in coupler solvents customarily used for dispersin the compounds in gelatino-silver halide emulsion layers.
  • the principal "Object of my invention is to provide pyrazolone couplers of good stability and solubility from which stable "dyef'ima'ges may be obtained by means of color development.
  • the couplers contemplated by my invention are obtained by condensation of either one or two mols'of a pyrazolone witha compound, as for example, xanthydrol, or a gem-diol compound dye image in situ with a developed silver image i carbon atom which is-a part of a conjugated sys- Alloxan' hydrate and triketohydrindene hyidrate are typical gem-diol compounds.
  • a compound as for example, xanthydrol
  • g The compounds fall under the following gerreral :formula:
  • the couplers of my invention are obtained by condensation of a pyrazolone coupler havingja reactive methylene group in the ll-position with compoundsof' the above class.
  • Monomolecular 'or bisrpyrazolonecouplers are obtained depending upon the reaction conditions and the proportions of the reactants used.
  • a monomolecular coupler can be obtained from alloxan hydrate by reacting it with approximately an equal mpl glllarl; rcpprnon of 1 apyrazol'one whereas two niols of pyr'azolone' are used to pro Jerusalem the bis-compound.
  • the following compounds are illustrative of those which may be used according to my invention:-
  • reaction mixture is poured mtofz oo cc. ma and suflicierit sodium hydroxide added to make neutral to litmus.
  • the white solid is collected by suction filtration and recrystallized from 1,4-
  • the white crystalline powder had an M. P. of 220-222 0.
  • Example 2. (2',4',6" tMChZOTDphBM/D- A mixture of 6.72 g. (.01 mole) 1-(2',-4',6'-
  • Example 4 -4,4 -aZZoman-bis-1 (p-tertbutyZphe- -alloxan monohydrate in 25 cc. pyridine is refluxed for 2 hours. After cooling somewhat, the -mixture is-poured into 200 cc. water and neutralized to litmus with acetic acid. The precipitate is collected and extracted with 200 cc. boiling ethyl alcohol. The alcohol extract is evaporated to crystallization; The yield of brownish crystals melting at 164166is 2.5 g., which is 42.1 per cent of the theoretical quantity, 5.94 g.
  • the compound No. '7 the above list may be prepared in a similar mannerbylreacting triketohydrindene hydrate in place of alloxanwith the pyrazolone in approximately equal molecular proportions.
  • the'same dye is Monomolecular .and bis-pyrazolone; coupler .cdrnpounds similar in structur'e. tothe compounds I of my invention have previously been suggested pler compounds.
  • the couplers of the invention are especially suitable for use in sensitive silver halide emulsion layers for use in processes such as those described in Fischer U. S. l,055,l55,- Mannes and. Godowsky, U. S. 2,304,940 and Jelley and Vittum, U. S. 2,322,027. Their usefulness in such processes is apparent, particularly since the couplers have little tendency to wander in emulsion layers.
  • the couplers can be incorporated in the emulsion layers especially as described in the latter patent.
  • any color-forming developer containing a primary amino group may be used.
  • the pamino phenols and their substitutionproducts may also be used where the amino group is unsubstituted.
  • My development process may be employed for the production of colored photographic images in layers of gelatin or other water-permeable colloidalcarriers, such as albumen, collodion, organic esters of cellulose or synthetic resins.
  • the carrier may be supported by a transparent medium such as glass, a cellulose ester or synthetic resin or a non-transparent reflecting medium such as paper or an opaque cellulose ester.
  • the emulsion may be coated as a single layer on the support or as superposed layers on one or both sides of the support. The superposed layers may be, difierentially sensitized to form natural color images.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound containing the following group:
  • X is a member of the group consisting of H and OH and Z represents the atoms noes..- sary to complete a cyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said compound.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a, pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound containing the following group:
  • Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a cyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said compound.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming deof a 3 -acylaminopyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and triketohydrindene hydrate, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said hydrate.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and pea color forming development component, the condensation prodnot of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and alloxan hydrate,-the condensation taking place at said methylene roup and at a hydroxyl group of alloxan.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the reaction product of a 3-acylamino pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and alloxan hydrate,
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound containing the following group:
  • Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a heterocyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said compound.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and xanthydrol, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at the hydroxyl group of xanthydrol.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of one molecule of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and one molecule of a compound containing the following group:
  • condensation product of two molecules of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and one molecule of a compound containing the following group:
  • Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a cyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and the hydroxyl groups of said compound.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of one molecule of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-positlon and one molecule of xanthydrol, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at the hydroxyl group of xanthydrol.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a, color-formin development component, the condensation product of two molecules of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and one molecule of alloxan hydrate, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at the hydroxy groups of said hydrate.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of two molecules of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and one molecule of triketohydrindene hydrate, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at the hydroxy groups of said hydrate.
  • a photographic emulsion layer comprising a. carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound selected from the class consisting of xanthydrol, alloxan hydrate and triketohydrindene hydrate, the condensation taking place at said reactive methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of a compound of said class.
  • X is a member of the group consisting of H and OH and Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a cyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said compound.

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v This invention relates *pler compounds for color photography and more Patented Mar. 24,1953
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PYRAZOLONE COUPLERS FOR COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY George W. Sawdey, Rochester, N. Y., assignor to Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey c a No'Drawing. Application June 11, 1949,
Serial No. 98,629
to color-forming or couparticularly to pyrazolone coupler compounds.
The use of pyrazolone couplers in processes of color development in which the oxidation product of a primary aromatic amino developing agent couples with the pyrazolone to producea is well known in the art. The pyrazolone couplers are generally used to produce the magenta is affected by a single developer. solution freeof couplercompounds. In such processes'it is hecessary that the pyr'azolone coupler in the magenta layer react with the developing agent at the same speed as do the couplers in the other layers. Of course, the resulting dye image should i 15 Claims. (Cl. 95-6) such as alloxan hydrate, or triketohydrindene hydrate. 'The latter compounds exist in th'e'hydrate form wherein a molecule of water is firmly bound to a carbon atom which in turn is connected to two carbon atoms which are a part of a conjugated system. In these compounds, at least one hydroxyl group is attached to a have good stability and the coupler itself must be stable or residual coupler left in the emulsion layer will give rise to objectionable print-out under the influence of heat and light. The usual pyrazolone couplers are especially prone to yield magenta images of poor stability and objectionv able print-out often accompanies their use. No
- clear explanation of the cause of these deficiencies is available but it has been suggested that poor dye image stability is due to a reaction of the unused coupler with the magenta dye image and p int-out is probably due to the oxidationoi 'unused p'yrazolone coupler.
I have discovered that pyrazolone coupler compounds are readily reacted with certain hydrol and gem-diol compounds and the resulting monomolecular and bis-coupler compounds have good I stability and the dye images obtained therefrom 1w 7 by means of color development are very stable.
Furthermore, the coupler compounds have exlceptionally good solubility in coupler solvents customarily used for dispersin the compounds in gelatino-silver halide emulsion layers.
. 'The principal "Object of my invention is to provide pyrazolone couplers of good stability and solubility from which stable "dyef'ima'ges may be obtained by means of color development. An-
following description. of my invention.
' The couplers contemplated by my invention are obtained by condensation of either one or two mols'of a pyrazolone witha compound, as for example, xanthydrol, or a gem-diol compound dye image in situ with a developed silver image i carbon atom which is-a part of a conjugated sys- Alloxan' hydrate and triketohydrindene hyidrate are typical gem-diol compounds. g The compounds fall under the following gerreral :formula:
\Z/ I where X is either. H or 0H and Z represents the atomsv necessary? to" complete a" cyclic ring.
The couplers of my invention are obtained by condensation of a pyrazolone coupler havingja reactive methylene group in the ll-position with compoundsof' the above class. Monomolecular 'or bisrpyrazolonecouplers are obtained depending upon the reaction conditions and the proportions of the reactants used. For example a monomolecular coupler can be obtained from alloxan hydrate by reacting it with approximately an equal mpl glllarl; rcpprnon of 1 apyrazol'one whereas two niols of pyr'azolone' are used to pro duce the bis-compound. The following compounds are illustrative of those which may be used according to my invention:-
4-alloizan-1-phenyl3-metliyl-5-pyracolone I 4,4'-alloxan-bis-1- p-tert. butylphenoxy) phenyl-3-a (p-tert: butylphenoxypropionylammo)--pyrazolone 3. H H /H n 0 II c 4-triketohydrindene l-phenyh3-methyl-5-pyrazolone Other couplers of structure comparable to the above may be prepared in the manner of the following examples, wherein the substituent in the l-position of the pyrazolone nucleus is either an aryl or substituted aryl group, and the 3-position m y have for example an alkyl, aryl, amino or substituted amino substituent.
The method of preparation of the compounds of the invention will be understood by consideration of the following examples.
Ein'ample 1.=-1 =phenyZ-3 (a-phenylbutyrylamino) 4-:canthydrylyl-5-pyrazolo'ne A- mixture of 3.21 g. (.01 mole) l-phenyl-3- (a-phenylbutyrylamino)-5-pyrazol0ne and 1.98
g. (.01 mole) xanthydrol in cc. of acetic acid is heated at refluxing temperature for 1 hour.
The reaction mixture is poured mtofz oo cc. ma and suflicierit sodium hydroxide added to make neutral to litmus. The white solid is collected by suction filtration and recrystallized from 1,4-
dioxane. The white crystalline powder had an M. P. of 220-222 0.
Example 2. 1 (2',4',6" tMChZOTDphBM/D- A mixture of 6.72 g. (.01 mole) 1-(2',-4',6'-
trichlorophenyl) 3 [3(2"',4" diamylphenoxya'cetamido) benzar'nido] -5'-pyrazolone, 1.98 g. (.01 mole) Xanthydrol, and 25 cc. of acetic acid is heated for 1 hour at refluxing temperature. The dark colored reaction mixture is poured with stirring into 200 cc. of water. Sufiioient 10% sodium hydroxide is added to make the mixture neutral to litmus. The precipitate is collected and recrystallized from methanol. The yield is ,6 g. of greyish-white crystalline material melting at l20-l25. This is 70.4 per cent of the theoretical quantity 8.52 g.
Example 3. (4,4 triketohydrmdene bis)1- (2',4',6' trichlorophenyl) 3 [3"(2"',4"'
, -di-tat-ampulphenoxyacetamido)beneamidol- '(.00l5 mole) triketohydrindene hydrate, 2.0 g. "sodium acetate, and 25 cc. acetic acid is heated at boiling temperature for 2 hours." The resulting solution is poured into 300 cc. water with stirring. The precipitate is extracted with 100 cc. of boiling alcohol. The alcoholic extract is treated with decolorizing carbon and evaporated to crystallization. The yield of yellowish-brown crystals melting at 190-195 is 1.23 g., which is 55 per cent of the theoretical yield, 2.23 g.
Example 4 .-4,4 -aZZoman-bis-1 (p-tertbutyZphe- -alloxan monohydrate in 25 cc. pyridine is refluxed for 2 hours. After cooling somewhat, the -mixture is-poured into 200 cc. water and neutralized to litmus with acetic acid. The precipitate is collected and extracted with 200 cc. boiling ethyl alcohol. The alcohol extract is evaporated to crystallization; The yield of brownish crystals melting at 164166is 2.5 g., which is 42.1 per cent of the theoretical quantity, 5.94 g.
Erample 5. Alloacan-bz's-[l-(p-tertbutylphenosey) phenyZ-3-m (p-t'ert.amylphenoxybenzoylaminol-5-pyrazolone] A mixture of 1.18 g. (.002 mole) l-(p-tertw' butylphenoxy) phenyl-3-m (p-tert. amylphenoxybenzoylamino-5-pyrazolone,0.2 g. (.001 mole) alloxan monohydrate, 0.4 g. sodium acetate, and cc. of acetic acid is refluxed for 2 hours. The reaction mixture is poured into water with stirring. The resulting precipitate is collectedand recrystallized from ethylene chloride. The yield of yellowish crystalline powder is -02 g., which is "70 per cent of the theoretical quantity 1.3l-g.
water. After heatingto boiling the suspension wastreatedwith 5 g. (.31gmole) alloxan monohydrate added in small portions. When the reaction was completed, the product was collected by suction filtration. Recrystallization from ethyl alcohol gave a white crystalline powder melting 196 dec. The f yield was practically quantitative;
The compound No. '7 the above list may be prepared in a similar mannerbylreacting triketohydrindene hydrate in place of alloxanwith the pyrazolone in approximately equal molecular proportions. l
:with the oxidized developer, the'same dye is Monomolecular .and bis-pyrazolone; coupler .cdrnpounds similar in structur'e. tothe compounds I of my invention have previously been suggested pler compounds.
. 6 by the prior art for use in color-photography. Such couplers are obtained by reaction of-an aldehyde or ketone with a pyrazolone compound butthe reactants of my invention have not previously been used in this manner. One advantage of the instant couplers lies in their ease of preparation, the condensation of the pyrazolone with the hydrol compound being carried out with ease. Contrary to this, repeated attempts to react a prior art compound such as a cyclic. ketone with a pyrazoloneby the usual methods has not beenproductive of the monomolecularor bis cou- Similar couplers prepared from aldehydes are less soluble in coupler solvents than are the couplers of the invention, therefore, it is possible when using my couplers to decrease the coupler-solvent ratio which allows the coating of thinner emulsion layers, as a result of which. val.- uable improvements in resolving power. of "the emulsion can be obtained.
Perhaps the chief advantage of the couplers of the invention aside from their stability and the stability of the dye images obtained therefrom, over the prior art compounds, lies in the ease with which coupling occurs in the color development process. As is apparent; in color processes the monomolecular or bis-pyrazolone coupler must split apart in the development step wherein the oxidized developer combines with the pyrazolone. The prior art compounds, for ,ex.- ample, obtained by reaction of an aldehyde with a pyrazolone coupler, seem to be reluctant to split apart; at least the result is that color development utilizing such'coup'lers is relatively sluggish. However, the couplers of the invention couple with the developing agent with surprising speed. This behavior of the couplers of the in vention may be attributable to the conjugated system present in the molecule of the novel coupler. i V
The couplers of the invention are especially suitable for use in sensitive silver halide emulsion layers for use in processes such as those described in Fischer U. S. l,055,l55,- Mannes and. Godowsky, U. S. 2,304,940 and Jelley and Vittum, U. S. 2,322,027. Their usefulness in such processes is apparent, particularly since the couplers have little tendency to wander in emulsion layers. The couplers can be incorporated in the emulsion layers especially as described in the latter patent.
In the development of exposed silver halide emulsion layers using the couplers of my invention, any color-forming developer containing a primary amino group may be used. ThBSQ'iIlv phenylenediamine hydrochloride, and 2 -amino- 5-diethy1aminotoluene hydrochloride. The pamino phenols and their substitutionproducts may also be used where the amino group is unsubstituted. i'l
We have found that when our couplers react formed which would be formed by reacting the parent. methylenev coupler with the oxidized .de-
veloper. In certain cases ithasbeen fouridad- V vantageous to use our new "compounds iristead'oi' the parent methylene compound. For example, when the compounds are incorporated in a silver halide emulsion layer, the excess coupler which remains in the layer after processing does not confer heat instability upon the dye images as does the parent coupler.
My development process may be employed for the production of colored photographic images in layers of gelatin or other water-permeable colloidalcarriers, such as albumen, collodion, organic esters of cellulose or synthetic resins. The carrier may be supported by a transparent medium such as glass, a cellulose ester or synthetic resin or a non-transparent reflecting medium such as paper or an opaque cellulose ester. The emulsion may be coated as a single layer on the support or as superposed layers on one or both sides of the support. The superposed layers may be, difierentially sensitized to form natural color images.
The examples and compounds included herein are illustrative only and it is to be understood that my invention should be taken as limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
What I claim is:
'1. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound containing the following group:
X OH
wherein X is a member of the group consisting of H and OH and Z represents the atoms noes..- sary to complete a cyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said compound.
2. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a, pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound containing the following group:
wherein Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a cyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said compound.
3. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming deof a 3 -acylaminopyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and triketohydrindene hydrate, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said hydrate.
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5. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and pea color forming development component, the condensation prodnot of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and alloxan hydrate,-the condensation taking place at said methylene roup and at a hydroxyl group of alloxan.
6. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the reaction product of a 3-acylamino pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and alloxan hydrate,
the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of alloxan.
'7. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound containing the following group:
wherein Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a heterocyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said compound.
8. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and xanthydrol, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at the hydroxyl group of xanthydrol.
9. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of one molecule of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and one molecule of a compound containing the following group:
-development component, the condensation product of two molecules of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and one molecule of a compound containing the following group:
wherein Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a cyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and the hydroxyl groups of said compound.
11. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of one molecule of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-positlon and one molecule of xanthydrol, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at the hydroxyl group of xanthydrol.
12. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a, color-formin development component, the condensation product of two molecules of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and one molecule of alloxan hydrate, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at the hydroxy groups of said hydrate.
13. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of two molecules of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and one molecule of triketohydrindene hydrate, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at the hydroxy groups of said hydrate.
14. A photographic emulsion layer comprising a. carrier, silver halide and as a color-forming development component, the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound selected from the class consisting of xanthydrol, alloxan hydrate and triketohydrindene hydrate, the condensation taking place at said reactive methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of a compound of said class.
10 15. The method of producing a colored image in an exposed silver halide emulsion layer, which comprises developing said layer with a primary aromatic amino developing agent in the presence of a color-forming development component which is the condensation product of a pyrazolone having a reactive methylene group in the 4-position and a compound containing the following group:
x on
=C\ IC:
\ZI I wherein X is a member of the group consisting of H and OH and Z represents the atoms necessary to complete a cyclic ring free of substituents reactive with said methylene group, the condensation taking place at said methylene group and at a hydroxyl group of said compound.
GEORGE W. SAWDEY.
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,186,734 Schneider Jan. 9, 1940 2,200,294 Jennings et a1 May 14, 1940 2,213,986 Kendall et al Sept. 10, 1940 2,343,702 Porter et a1. Mar. '7, 1944 2,369,489 Porter et a1 Feb. 13, 1945

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1. A PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSION LAYER COMPRISING A CARRIER, SILVER HALIDE AND AS A COLOR-FORMING DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT, THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF A PYRAZOLONE HAVING A REACTIVE METHYLENE GROUP IN THE 4-POSITION AND A COMPOUND CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING GROUP:
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