US3592657A - Optically sensitized silver halide light-sensitive material - Google Patents

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US3592657A
US3592657A US696510A US3592657DA US3592657A US 3592657 A US3592657 A US 3592657A US 696510 A US696510 A US 696510A US 3592657D A US3592657D A US 3592657DA US 3592657 A US3592657 A US 3592657A
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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  • the present invention relates to light-sensitive photographic layers, especially silver halide emulsion layers, spectrally sensitized with pentamethine cyanine sensitizing dyes in which the methine chain contains a squaric acid ring.
  • the adsorption of the sensitizers on the silver halide should be so strong that the sensitizing effect will be impaired as little as possible by the other necessary additives such as Wetting agents and emulsifiers, stabilizers, color couplers, dyes that can be bleached out, white toners etc. It must also be possible to have sensitization under extreme conditions such as elevated temperature and high moisture-content. Furthermore, the sensitizing dyes must not increase the fog as is the case with the known basic cyanine dyes. For these reasons, there is considerable interest in finding new sensitizing dyes.
  • sensitizing dyes for spectrally sensitizing light-sensitive layers especially silver halide emulsion layers, that do not suffer the above-mentioned disadvantages.
  • Z represents the non-metallic ring members necessary for completing 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic rings which may have a benzene or naphthalene ring fused thereto; these hete'rocyclic rings include the usual heterocyclic rings of cyanine chemistry, such as those of the benzothiazole series (e.g.
  • benzothiazole 4-chloro-benzothiazole, S-chloro-benzothiazole, 6-chloro-benzothiazole, 7- chloro-benzothiazole, 4-methyl-benzothiazole, 5-methyl 3,592,657 Patented July 13, 1971 benzothiazole, 6-methyl-benzothiazole, 6-bromo-benzothiazole, 4 phenyl benzothiazole, S-phenyl-benzothiazole, 4 methoxy benzothiazole, S-methoxy-benzothiazole, 6-methoxy-benzothiazole, S-iodo-benzothiazole, 6- iodo benzothiazole, 4 ethoXy-benzothiazole, S-ethoxybenzothiazole, tetrahydrobenzothiazole, 5,6-dimethoxybenzothiazole, 5,6-methylenedioXy-benzothiazole, 5-hydroxy benzothiazole, 6
  • benzoselenazole S-chloro-benzoselenazole, S-methoxy-benzoselenazole, S-hydroxy-benzoselenazole, tetrahydro-benzoselenazole); those of the naphthoselenazole series (e.g. ,B-naphthoselenazole); those of the thiazoline series (e.g. thiazoline, 4-methylthiazoline); those of the quinoline series (e.g.
  • quinoline 3-methylquinoline, S-methylquinoline, 7-methy1quinoline, 6-chloroquinoline, 8-ch1oroquinoline, 6-methoxyquinoline, 6-ethoxyquinoline, 6- hydroxyquinoline, S-hydroxyquinoline 8-methylquinoline); those of the 3,3-dialkylindolenine series (e.g. 3,3-dimethylindolenine); those of the pyridine series (e.g.
  • pyridine 3-methylpyridine, 4methylpyridine, 3,4- dimethylpyridine, 3,5 dimethylpyridine, 3,6 dimethylpyridine, 4,5-dimethylpyridine, 4-chloropyridine, S-chloropyridine, 6 chloropyridine, 3-hydroxypyridine, 4-hydroxypyridine, 2 phenylpyridine, 4 phenylpyridine, 2- methylpyridine, 2,3 dimethylpyridine, 2 hydroxypyridine); those of the thiodiazole, imidazole or benzimidazole series or those of the pyrroline series;
  • R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical with preferably up to 6 carbon atoms
  • R represents saturated or olefinically unsaturated aliphatic group, preferably with up to 5 carbon atoms, e.g., methyl, ethyl, or allyl, which may be substituted with halogen such as chlorine, or hydroxyl, alkoxy, sulfonamide, carbamoyl or by acid groups such as sulfo, phosphoric acid or carboxyl, e.g.
  • R may also represent a cycloalkyl such as cyclohexyl, aralkyl such as benzyl or phenylethyl, or aryl such as phenyl;
  • X represents a sulfur selenium or nitrogen atom or the groupings carbon atoms, cycloalkyl such as cyclohexyl or aryl, in particular a radical of the phenyl series.
  • the sensitizing dyes to be used according to the present invention may be regarded chemically as pentamethine cyanine sensitizers. They have many advantages, in particular, in comparison with the known pentamethine cyanine dyes,
  • the dyes of the invention especially those of the benzothiazole and benzoselenazole series, possess very narrow spectral sensitization ranges owing to the resonance stabilization which is reinforced by the four-membered ring substituted with oxygen.
  • the sensitization ranges obtained, in contrast to those of normal pentamethine cyanines, are characterized by a sharp decrease in sensitivity towards the shortwave length. This property makes the dye especially valuable for use in color photographic materials in which good separation of the color sensitivity of the three layers is important.
  • the new dyes are generally prepared by condensation of the usual heterocyclic 2-methyl quaternary salts or 2- methylene bases with squaric acid or squaric acid derivatives such as squaric acid mono or di-alkyl esters, if desired in solvents such as butanol, hexanol or cyclohexa- 1101, in the presence of an organic base such as pyridine. In cases where the quaternary salts are only soluble with difiiculty, solvents for these salts may also be added, such as phenol or m-cresol. The preparation of squaric acid has been described in Angew. Chemie 78 1966) 927.
  • Dye I 3.3 of 2,3-dimethylbenzothiazolium-p-toluene sulfonate are boiled for 3 hours with 0.57 g. of squaric acid in ml. of n-butanol with the addition of 3 ml. of pyridine, during which time the dye separates. It is washed with alcohol and recrystallized from pyridine. Yield 1 g., M.P. 289-291 C. (decomposition).
  • Dye X 3.3 g. of 2-methyl-3-ethyl-5-methoxybenzoselenazolium-p-toluenesulfonate are heated to boiling with 0.44 g. of squaric acid in 50 ml. of butanol. After the addition of 3 ml. of pyridine, the reaction mixture is boiled for 30 minutes, during which time the dye separates in the form of green needles. M.P. 3073l0 C. (decomposition), yield 0.6 g.
  • Dye XI 3.5 g. of 2,5-dimethyl-3-ethyl-benzoselenazolium-p-toluenesulfonate are boiled for one hour :with 0.49 g. of squaric acid in 50 ml. of n-butanol with the addition of 3 ml. of pyridine.
  • the dye which separates in the pure state, is suction-filtered and washed with methanol. Yield 1g., M.P. 311314 C.
  • Dye XXII 0.6 g. of squaric acid are dissolved in 50 ml. of boiling butanol, to which is added a solution of 2.7 g. of 2-methyl-3-sulfopropylbenzothiazolium betaine in 25 ml. of m-cresol, and boiled for 3 hours after the addition of ml. of pyridine. The reaction solution is then concentrated by evaporation in vacuo and treated with a mixture of acetone and ether (1:1). The dye which separates is suction-filtered, washed with acetone and recrystallized in aqueous alcohol with the addition of acetone. Yield 1.2 g. M.P. 244-246 C. (decomposition).
  • Dye XXIV 7 g. of 1,3,3-trimethyl-Z-methylene-indoline are boiled for 2 hours with 2 g. of squaric acid in 50 ml. of n-butanol. The dye which crystallizes out during this process is suction-filtered and washed with methanol and ether. Yield 4.7 g., M.P. 316-317 C. (decomposition).
  • the preparation of photographic silver halide emulsions substantially comprises three steps:
  • the sensitizing dyes according to the present invention can be used in any silver halide emulsions.
  • Suitable silver halides are silver chloride, silver bromide or mixtures thereof, if desired containing a small amount of silver iodide of up to 10 mols percent.
  • the silver halides may be dispersed in the usual hydrophilic compounds, for example, carboxymethylcellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, alginic acid and its salts, esters or amides or preferably gelatin.
  • the sensitizing dyes to 'be used according to the present invention are advantageously added to the photographic emulsion before the chemical ripening or before casting.
  • the methods employed for this are generally known to persons skilled in this art.
  • the sensitizing dyes are generally incorporated in the emulsion in the form of solutions, e.g., in alcohol or mixtures of alcohol and water.
  • the solvents must, of course, be compatible with gelatin and must not have any adverse effects on the photographic properties of the emulsion. Water, methanol or mixtures thereof are generally used as solvents.
  • the quantity of sensitizing dye added may vary within wide limits, e.g., between 2 and 200 mg. preferably between 10 and 60 mg. per kg. of the silver halide emulsion.
  • the concentration of dye may be adapted to the particular requirements, depending on the type of emulsion, the desired sensitizing effect etc. The most suitable concentration for any given emulsion can easily be determined by the usual tests employed in the art of emul
  • the emulsions may also contain chemical sensitizers, e.g., reducing agents such as stannous salts, polyamines such as diethylentriamine, or sulfur compounds as described in US. Pat. No. 1,574,944. Furthermore, salts of noble metals, such as ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, platinum or gold may be contained in the emulsions for chemical sensitization, as described in the article 8 by R. Koslowsky, Z. Wiss. Phot. 46, 65-72 (1951).
  • the emulsions may also contain, as chemical sensitizers, polyalkylene oxides, especially polyethylene oxide and derivatives thereof.
  • the emulsions according to the present invention may contain the usual stabilizers such as homopolar or salttype compounds of mercury with aromatic or heterocyclic rings, such as mercaptotriazoles, simple mercury salts, sulfonium mercury double salts and other mercury compounds.
  • suitable stabilizers are azaindenes, especially tetraor pentaazaindenes, in particular those that are substituted with hydroxyl or amino groups. Compounds of this type are described in the article by Birr, Z. Wiss. Phot. 47, 2-58 (1952).
  • Other suitable stabilizers include heterocyclic mercapto compounds, e.g., phenylmercaptotetrazole, quaternary benzothiazole derivatives and benzotriazole.
  • the emulsions may be hardened in the usual manner, for example, with formaldehyde or by use of halogensubstituted aldehydes which contain a carboxyl group, e.g., mucobromic acid, diketones, methanesulfonic acid esters and dialdehydes.
  • formaldehyde or by use of halogensubstituted aldehydes which contain a carboxyl group, e.g., mucobromic acid, diketones, methanesulfonic acid esters and dialdehydes.
  • the emulsions according to the invention may be used for all sorts of different photographic processes, for example, for copying materials, for reproduction photography, for materials which are suitable for use in the silver salt diffusion process, for color photographic materials for the silver dye bleaching process, etc.
  • the sensitizers to be used according to the invention may also be used in the spectral sensitization of electrophotographic layers, especially layers which contain photoconductive zinc oxide distributed in an insulating binder.
  • sensitizing dyes according to the present invention lies in the ease of their combination with suitable hypersensitizers.
  • the sensitizing effect of the sensitizing dyes can thereby be considerably enhanced.
  • Particularly suitable for this purpose are the compounds described in French Pat. No. 1,426,623.
  • the two emulsion samples are then cast onto a barytacoated paper support and dried in known manner.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material that contains at least one silver halide emulsion layer and is spectrally sensitized by a dye
  • the sensitizing dye has the formula wherein X is sulfur, selenium, nitrogen,
  • EH ll 2.
  • Z represents the ring members necessary for completing a benzthiazole or benzselenazole ring.

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