US3082088A - Process for maintaining the clarity of photographic silver halide emulsions at relatively high developer temperatures - Google Patents

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US3082088A
US3082088A US81949A US8194961A US3082088A US 3082088 A US3082088 A US 3082088A US 81949 A US81949 A US 81949A US 8194961 A US8194961 A US 8194961A US 3082088 A US3082088 A US 3082088A
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  • the invention is concerned with a process for improving the clarity of, photognaphic silver halide emulsions during development at relatively high temperatures.
  • Photognaphiesilver halide emulsions have a tendency at relatively high developer temperatures to give a considerable degree of fogging which appreciably impairs the quality of the picture. Since relatively high developer temperatures frequentlycannot be avoided, because of unfiavorable climatic conditions, it has long been desired to prevent the formation of this development fog by adding suitable substances to thephotographic silver halide emulsion, to the photographic auxiliary layers, or to the processing baths.
  • R represents an aliphatic radical with at least two carbon atoms, an aromatic or heterocyclic radical which in turn may be substituted
  • X represents a simple chemical bond, an oxygen atom or an imino radical and in which the benzene nucleus may also carry other substituents.
  • Suitable substances for this purpose that conform to the foregoing formula are acylated aminobenztriazoles, such as S-benzoylaniinobenztriazole, carbamic acid derivatives such as Scarbethoxyaminobenztriazole, S-carbophenoxyaminobenztriazole, 4-carbophenoxyaminobenztriazole, 4 carbophenoxyam-ino-6eaminobenztriazlole and urea derivatives of benztriazole, such as N-'ethyl-N-(5)- benztriazolyl urea, N-pheny1-N-(4)-benztriazolyl urea, N-phenyl-N-()-benztriazolyl urea, N-(4'-ethoxyphenyl) N-(5)-benztriazolyl urea, N-(3-ch1orphenyl)-N- (5 -benztriazolyl urea, N- 4'-chlorphenyl) N-(5
  • the acylated aminobenztriazoles are obtained by reac- Sttes Ptent lice H G CH3 N S H 02
  • the outstanding efficacy of the substances according to the invention is apparent from the following table, which reproduces the fog values of a silver bromide emulsion according to Bios Final Report No. 252, which emulsion had been cast with and without addition of aminobenztriazole derivatives, after development for 4 minutes at 30 C.
  • N-phenyl-N'-(4) -benztriazolyl urea 0.009 With N-phenyl-N'-(5)-benztriazolyl urea 0.015 With N (4-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-(5 )-benztriazolyl urea 0.015 With N-( 3-chlorphenyl -N-( 5 -benztriazolyl urea 0.017 With N-(4'-chlorpheny-l) -N'-(5 -benztriazolyl urea, 0.009 With S-benzoylaminobenztriazole (Example 1) 0.038 With S-carbophenoxyaminobenztriazole 0.017 With 4carbophenoxyaminobenztriazole 0.033 With 4 carbophenoxyarnino-flaminobenztriazole 0.027 With 4-benzoylaminobenztriazole 0.041 With 5-carboethoxyaminobenztriazole 0.037
  • N-phenyl-N'-(5)-benztriaziolyl urea is added to a protective layer, the fog value after development for 4 minutes at 30 C. is 0.045, whereas the fog value without adding the stabilizer increases to 0.195.
  • the emulsion used for this test was the same as mentioned above but this batch was very susceptible to fog formation.
  • the substances according to the invention may be used in quantities from 5 to 250 mg. per liter of emulsion. 1 liter of emulsion contains approximately 30 g. of silver halide.
  • 'Ihe substances according to the invention are suitable for reducing the fogging of silver chloride, silver bromochloride and silver bromide emulsions, and the maximum eiiect is produced with silver bnomide-ammonia emulsions.
  • the emulsions may contain up to 5 percent silver iodide.
  • Example 1 A silver bromide emulsion containing g. of AgBr to 3 liters has added thereto 8 cc. per liter of a 1% solution of the compound After adding the other conventional hardening agents, the emulsion is cast on to paper.
  • the fog value with and without addition of stabilizer, after 4 minutes development at 30 C., are set out in the foregoing table. Development is carried out in a conventional metol-hydroquinone developer which is made alkaline with soda.
  • Example 2 A silver bromochloride emulsion containing about 35 g. of AgBr and 70 g. of AgCl to three liters has added thereto, 3 cc. per liter of a 1 percent solution of the compound:
  • the fog value after development for 4 minutes is 0.015 whereas it is 0.124 when no stabilizer has been added.
  • Example 3 The stabilizer of the formula was prepared as follows:
  • Example 4 The stabilizer of the formula velopment was accomplished as described in the foregoing example. After 4 minutes developing at 30 C. the fog value without addition of stabilizer was 0.113 while in the presence of the stabilizer of the above-mentioned formula the fog value was only 0.076.
  • Example 5 The stabilizer of the formula H o d NH (3 NH 2 I N H2C ⁇ /CH2 s O: H
  • Example 4 was prepared by reaction of cyclo-tetra-methylene sulfoneisocyanate with 5 amino-benztriazole. Development was carried out as described in Example 4. The fog value without addition of the stabilizer was 0.113. The fog value was reduced by this stabilizer to 0.06.
  • stabilizers according to the invention may be substituted by various groups, for example the following compounds are suitable stabilizers:
  • a photographic material which comprises a lightsensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a contiguous auxiliary layer, at least one of which layers contains a derivative of amino-'benztriazole selected from those having the following general formulae:
  • R represents a radical selected from the class consisting of alkyl with at least 2 carbon atoms, substituted alkyl with at least 2 carbon atoms, aryl, substi tuted aryl, heterocyclics and substituted heterocyclics;
  • a photographic material as defined in claim 1 the silver halide emulsion layer of which contains 4-(3-phen' ylureido) 1,2,3 -b enzotriazole.

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arr-mime The invention is concerned with a process for improving the clarity of, photognaphic silver halide emulsions during development at relatively high temperatures. Photognaphiesilver halide emulsions have a tendency at relatively high developer temperatures to give a considerable degree of fogging which appreciably impairs the quality of the picture. Since relatively high developer temperatures frequentlycannot be avoided, because of unfiavorable climatic conditions, it has long been desired to prevent the formation of this development fog by adding suitable substances to thephotographic silver halide emulsion, to the photographic auxiliary layers, or to the processing baths.
A number of substances have also been described which have the effect of keeping the unexposed silver halide clear, but these influence disadvantageously other photographic properties in one way or another. The most important of these substances include benztriazole, which substantially prevents fog formation, but simultaneously shifts the tone of the image undesinably towards blue-black. The use of urea and its substitution products as fog inhibitors is described in U.S. Patent No. 1,763 ,990. However, these tog inhibitors are not able to prevent the development of fog. which occurs at relatively high developer temperatures.
It has now been found that the flog formation at relatively high developer temperatures can largely be prevented if, to the photographic silver halide emulsion or photographic auxiliary layers, such as protective or intermediate layers or the like, are added, prior to the casting, substituted 4(5)-aminobenztriazoles of the following general formula:
in which R represents an aliphatic radical with at least two carbon atoms, an aromatic or heterocyclic radical which in turn may be substituted, and X represents a simple chemical bond, an oxygen atom or an imino radical and in which the benzene nucleus may also carry other substituents.
Suitable substances for this purpose that conform to the foregoing formula are acylated aminobenztriazoles, such as S-benzoylaniinobenztriazole, carbamic acid derivatives such as Scarbethoxyaminobenztriazole, S-carbophenoxyaminobenztriazole, 4-carbophenoxyaminobenztriazole, 4 carbophenoxyam-ino-6eaminobenztriazlole and urea derivatives of benztriazole, such as N-'ethyl-N-(5)- benztriazolyl urea, N-pheny1-N-(4)-benztriazolyl urea, N-phenyl-N-()-benztriazolyl urea, N-(4'-ethoxyphenyl) N-(5)-benztriazolyl urea, N-(3-ch1orphenyl)-N- (5 -benztriazolyl urea, N- 4'-chlorphenyl) N-(5 -benztr-iazolyl urea.
The preparation of these compounds may be 'eifected by known methods.
, The acylated aminobenztriazoles are obtained by reac- Sttes Ptent lice H G CH3 N S H 02 The outstanding efficacy of the substances according to the invention is apparent from the following table, which reproduces the fog values of a silver bromide emulsion according to Bios Final Report No. 252, which emulsion had been cast with and without addition of aminobenztriazole derivatives, after development for 4 minutes at 30 C.
- Fog density after develop- Silver bromide emulsion: ment at 30 C.
Without additive 0.052. With N-ethyl-N-(5)-benztriazo1yl urea (Example 2) 0.031
With N-phenyl-N'-(4) -benztriazolyl urea 0.009 With N-phenyl-N'-(5)-benztriazolyl urea 0.015 With N (4-ethoxyphenyl)-N'-(5 )-benztriazolyl urea 0.015 With N-( 3-chlorphenyl -N-( 5 -benztriazolyl urea 0.017 With N-(4'-chlorpheny-l) -N'-(5 -benztriazolyl urea, 0.009 With S-benzoylaminobenztriazole (Example 1) 0.038 With S-carbophenoxyaminobenztriazole 0.017 With 4carbophenoxyaminobenztriazole 0.033 With 4 carbophenoxyarnino-flaminobenztriazole 0.027 With 4-benzoylaminobenztriazole 0.041 With 5-carboethoxyaminobenztriazole 0.037
1 This compound is also referred to as i ('3-phenyl-ureido)- 1,2,3-henzotriazole. I
If N-phenyl-N'-(5)-benztriaziolyl urea is added to a protective layer, the fog value after development for 4 minutes at 30 C. is 0.045, whereas the fog value without adding the stabilizer increases to 0.195. The emulsion used for this test was the same as mentioned above but this batch was very susceptible to fog formation.
The substances according to the invention may be used in quantities from 5 to 250 mg. per liter of emulsion. 1 liter of emulsion contains approximately 30 g. of silver halide.
'Ihe substances according to the invention are suitable for reducing the fogging of silver chloride, silver bromochloride and silver bromide emulsions, and the maximum eiiect is produced with silver bnomide-ammonia emulsions. The emulsions may contain up to 5 percent silver iodide.
Example 1 A silver bromide emulsion containing g. of AgBr to 3 liters has added thereto 8 cc. per liter of a 1% solution of the compound After adding the other conventional hardening agents, the emulsion is cast on to paper.
The fog value with and without addition of stabilizer, after 4 minutes development at 30 C., are set out in the foregoing table. Development is carried out in a conventional metol-hydroquinone developer which is made alkaline with soda.
Example 2 A silver bromochloride emulsion containing about 35 g. of AgBr and 70 g. of AgCl to three liters has added thereto, 3 cc. per liter of a 1 percent solution of the compound:
and the emulsion is cast after addition of other hardening agents.
When the stabilizer is added the fog value after development for 4 minutes is 0.015 whereas it is 0.124 when no stabilizer has been added.
Example 3 The stabilizer of the formula was prepared as follows:
4 grams of S-aminobenztriazole and 5.2 grams of the hydrochloride of isonicotinic acid chloride are refluxed for 3 hours in 50 cm. of pyridine. The reaction mixture was precipitated by addition of water, filtered and recrystallized from dimethylformamide. The product melts at 3 3 8 C. under decomposition.
50 mg. of the above-mentioned compound were added to 1 liter of a silver bromide emulsion according to Bios Final Report No. 252. The development is achieved in the conventional metal-hydroquinone developer which is made alkaline with soda. After 4 minutes developing at 30 C. the fog value without addition of stabilizer was 0.141 while in the presence of the above-mentioned stabilizer the fog value was only 0.117. The batch of the above-mentioned silver bromide emulsion was very susceptible to fog formation.
Example 4 The stabilizer of the formula velopment was accomplished as described in the foregoing example. After 4 minutes developing at 30 C. the fog value without addition of stabilizer was 0.113 while in the presence of the stabilizer of the above-mentioned formula the fog value was only 0.076.
Example 5 The stabilizer of the formula H o d NH (3 NH 2 I N H2C\ /CH2 s O: H
was prepared by reaction of cyclo-tetra-methylene sulfoneisocyanate with 5 amino-benztriazole. Development was carried out as described in Example 4. The fog value without addition of the stabilizer was 0.113. The fog value was reduced by this stabilizer to 0.06.
It is to be understood that the stabilizers according to the invention may be substituted by various groups, for example the following compounds are suitable stabilizers:
prepared by reaction of butyrolactone with 5-amino-benztriazole;
prepared by reaction of a chloro-substituted fatty acid ester with S-amino-benztriazole;
0 o N mo-ii-oHr-d-NH- prepared by reaction of acetoacetic ester with S-arninobenztriazole;
prepared by reaction of a chloro-substituted alkylene isocyanate with S-amino-benztriazole;
prepared by reaction of alphanaphthyl isocyanate with S-amino-benztriazole.
What is claimed is:
1. A photographic material which comprises a lightsensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a contiguous auxiliary layer, at least one of which layers contains a derivative of amino-'benztriazole selected from those having the following general formulae:
in which R represents a radical selected from the class consisting of alkyl with at least 2 carbon atoms, substituted alkyl with at least 2 carbon atoms, aryl, substi tuted aryl, heterocyclics and substituted heterocyclics; X
6 being a member selected from the group consisting ot a simple chemical bond, an oxygen atom, and an iminc radical, in an amount sufificient to inhibit the formatior of fog in the subsequent development of the silver halide emulsion layer of the said photographic material at 2 relatively high development temperature.
2. A photographic material as defined in claim 1, the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer of which con tains an aminobenztriazole derivative as defined it claim 1.
3. The photographic material as defined in claim 1 the contiguous photographic auxiliary layer of which contains the amino-b'enztriazole derivative as defined i1 claim 1.
4. A photographic material as defined in claim 1, the silver halide emulsion layer of which contains 4-(3-phen' ylureido) 1,2,3 -b enzotriazole.
References Cited in the file of this patent FOREIGN PATENTS 350,996 Great Britain June 19, 1931

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1. A PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL WHICH COMPRISES A LIGHTSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYER AND A CONTIGUOUS AUXILIARY LAYER, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH LAYERS CONTAINS A DERIVATIVE OF AMINO-BENTRIAZOLE SELECTED FROM THOSE HAVING THE FOLLOWING GENERAL FORMULAE:
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