Classifications

• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C07—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • C07D—HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
  • C07D207/00—Heterocyclic compounds containing five-membered rings not condensed with other rings, with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom
  • C07D207/02—Heterocyclic compounds containing five-membered rings not condensed with other rings, with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom with only hydrogen or carbon atoms directly attached to the ring nitrogen atom
  • C07D207/30—Heterocyclic compounds containing five-membered rings not condensed with other rings, with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom with only hydrogen or carbon atoms directly attached to the ring nitrogen atom having two double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members
  • C07D207/34—Heterocyclic compounds containing five-membered rings not condensed with other rings, with one nitrogen atom as the only ring hetero atom with only hydrogen or carbon atoms directly attached to the ring nitrogen atom having two double bonds between ring members or between ring members and non-ring members with hetero atoms or with carbon atoms having three bonds to hetero atoms with at the most one bond to halogen, e.g. ester or nitrile radicals, directly attached to ring carbon atoms
  • C07D207/36—Oxygen or sulfur atoms
  • C07D207/40—2,5-Pyrrolidine-diones
  • C07D207/404—2,5-Pyrrolidine-diones with only hydrogen atoms or radicals containing only hydrogen and carbon atoms directly attached to other ring carbon atoms, e.g. succinimide
  • C07D207/408—Radicals containing only hydrogen and carbon atoms attached to ring carbon atoms
  • C07D207/412—Acyclic radicals containing more than six carbon atoms
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
  • G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
  • G03C7/00—Multicolour photographic processes or agents therefor; Regeneration of such processing agents; Photosensitive materials for multicolour processes
  • G03C7/30—Colour processes using colour-coupling substances; Materials therefor; Preparing or processing such materials
  • G03C7/305—Substances liberating photographically active agents, e.g. development-inhibiting releasing couplers
  • G03C7/30511—Substances liberating photographically active agents, e.g. development-inhibiting releasing couplers characterised by the releasing group
  • G03C7/30517—2-equivalent couplers, i.e. with a substitution on the coupling site being compulsory with the exception of halogen-substitution
  • G03C7/30523—Phenols or naphtols couplers
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
  • G03C—PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSES; PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES, e.g. CINE, X-RAY, COLOUR, STEREO-PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSES; AUXILIARY PROCESSES IN PHOTOGRAPHY
  • G03C7/00—Multicolour photographic processes or agents therefor; Regeneration of such processing agents; Photosensitive materials for multicolour processes
  • G03C7/30—Colour processes using colour-coupling substances; Materials therefor; Preparing or processing such materials
  • G03C7/32—Colour coupling substances
  • G03C7/34—Couplers containing phenols
  • G03C7/344—Naphtholic couplers

Definitions

• This invention relates to a light-sensitive gelatinosilver halide color photographic emulsion containing a new cyan coupler compound of the general formula wherein R is hydrogen atom or methyl group; R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of eight to carbon atoms; n is an integer of l to 4; m is an integer of l or 2; A is a divalent group OH I E H c OHNCHgCHzNHC o onto-Gt 05H
• This compound has good solubility in high boiling solvents, but it should be synthesized by using, as a starting material, di tert.amyl-phenoxyacetic acid which is very expensive.
• Another example is a coupler of the formula CO(CHz)g-CH which is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2837/1964. This compound exhibits improved solvent solubility but it should be synthesized through several complicated steps.
• an alkali-soluble coupler having ing group i.e., an alkali-soluble coupler having ing group.
• the coupler compounds of the present invention are readily soluble in high boiling solvents such as tricresyl phosphate, dibutyl phthalate, etc. and they are not liable to be separated from coatings after drying.
• Developed color images obtained with the coupler compounds of the invention have good spectral absorption characteristics and are stable against light, heat and humidity. Remarkable improvements attained by this invention can be considered due to the existence of a long chain alkyl succinimide group in the molecular structure of new coupler compounds.
• the coupler compound of the above-indicated general formula can be synthesized by condensing lhydroxy-2-naphthoic amide derivative having a primary amino group with a long chain alkyl succinic anhydride in hot'acetic acid.
• the coupler is dissolved in pyridine and then brought into coupling reaction with a diazonium compound, thereby to obtain 4-arylazo derivative of high purity.
• the long chain alkyl succinic anhydride which is the main starting material is prepared in commercial scale by using malonic ester and long chain alkyl halide.
• the resulting mixture is emulsified by way of a high speed rotary mixer or a colloid mill.
• the resulting emulsion is then directly added to a silver halide photographic emulsion which in turn is coated on a film base or baryta paper and dried to remove almost all part of the low boiling solvent.
• the above coupler emulsion is once cooled, set, finely cut and washed with water to remove the low boiling solvent, and thereafter is added to a silver halide photographic emulsion which is coated on a photographic support and dried.
• the amount of a coupler to be added to a photographic emulsion may vary within the preferred range of 10 to 100 g.
• silver halide photographic emulsions can be used, which include silver chloride, silver iodide, or silver chlorobromide emulsion.
• Such emulsions may contain sulfur sensitizer, reducing sensitizer, noble metal sensitizer, etc. They can further contain any photographic additives conventionally known, e.g., antifoggant, stabilizer, stain inhibitor, coating aid, etc.
• Optical sensitizers for photographic emulsions e.g., carbocyanine dyes, merocyanine dyes, etc., also can be used.
• a coupler useful in this invention may be incorporated in one or both of the two emulsion layers which are coated in superposed relationship and which have color sensitivity over the same spectral region. Further, the coupler can be used in combination with any conventionally known coupler.
• a light-sensitive photographic material obtained by using a light-sensitive color-photographic emulsion of the invention is treated, after imagewise exposure, with a p-phenylenediamine type developer solution and then subjected to bleaching and fixing thereby to give a cyan color image having good spectral absorption characteristics with absorption maximum at 680-690 g.) and good transparency.
• Suitable developers useful for the invention typically include the sulfates, sulfites and hydrochlorides of the following:
• N-(2-n-octylsuccinimidoethyl)-1- hydroxy-Z-naphthoamide the compound (1 230 g. of N-(2-aminoethyl)-1-hydroxy-2-naphthoamide and 212 g. of n-octylsuccinic anhydride are dissolved in 2 l. of acetic acid. The resulting solution is boiled at reflux for 7 hours and then added with 2 l. of methanol. The reaction mixture is allowed to stand at room temperature and the seperated crystalline mass is collected by suction filtration, washed with methanol, and dried. Recrystallization from acetonitrile gives 160 g. of white crystalline powder (the compound 1) The compounds (2) to (8) can be synthesized in the same manner as of the compound (1).
• the benzene layer is dehydrated and distilled to remove benzene.
• the residue is added with n-hexane and the mixture is allowed to remain.
• the separated mass is collected by filtration, washed with n-hexane and dried. 200 g. of pale brown crystalline powder is obtained.
• EXAMPLE 1 20 g. of the coupler compound (2) is dissolved at 80C in a mixture of 20 ml. of dibutyl phthalate and 60 ml. of butyl acetate. The resulting solution is mixed with 10 ml. of an aqueous solution of 10 percent Alkanol B (alkyl naphthalene sulfonate produced by Du Pont, U.S.A.) and 200 ml. of an aqueous 5 percent gelatine solution. The resulting mixture is treated in a colloid mill. The thus obtained coupler dispersion is added to 1 kg. of a high speed gelatino-silver iodobromide photographic emulsion, which is then coated on a film base and dried.
• Alkanol B alkyl naphthalene sulfonate produced by Du Pont, U.S.A.
• the light-sensitive photographic film obtained is exposed to light and then treated at 20C for 10 minutes with a developing solution of the following formulation:
• N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine 2.5 g. hydrochloride Anhydrous sodium sulfite 2.0 g. Sodium carbonate monohydrate 82.0 g. Potassium bromide 2.0 g.
• the developed film is treated in the ordinary manner by stopping and fixing and then, after washing with water for 10-15 minutes, treated for 5 minutes with a bleaching bath of the following formulation:
• the film is washed with water for 5 minutes and further treated for 5 minutes in a fixing bath of the following formulation:
• the film is washed with water for 20-25 minutes and dried. Clear cyan color image having absorption maximum at 690 p. is obtained.
• the photographic film thus obtained is exposed to light and treated at 20C for 10 minutes with a developing solution of the formulation:
• the film is subjected to secondary exposure using white light and then treated at 20C for 12 minutes with a developing solution of the formulation:
• N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine 5.0 g. hydrochloride Anhydrous sodium sulfite 2.0 g. Sodium carbonate (monohydi'ate) 82.0 g. Potzmsium bromide 1.0 g.
• the film is followed by ordinary stopping, fixing, water' washing and bleaching steps. After washing for 20 minutes with running water and drying, clear cyan color positive image having absorption maximum at 685 p. is obtained.
• EXAMPLE 3 10.0 g. of the coupler compound (6) is dissolved at 50C in 20 ml of dibutyl phthalate. The resulting solution is mixed with ml of an aqueous solution of 10 percent Alkanol B and 200 ml of an aqueous 5 percent 'gelatine solution. The resulting mixture is passed through a colloid mill several times to form a dispersion. The resulting dispersion is added to 500 g of a gelatino-silver chlorobromide emulsion, which is then coated on a baryta paper and dried.
• the light-sensitive photographic material thus formed is exposed to light and then treated at C for 10 minutes with a developing solution of the following formulation:
• Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 40.0 g. disodium salt
• Ferric chloride 30.0 g. Sodium carbonate (monohydrat'e) 20.0 g.
• Potassium bromide 30.0 g.
• the coupler dispersion thus obtained is added to g of a high speed gelatino-silver bromoiodide emulsion, which is then coated on a film base and dried.
• the light-sensitive photographic material thus obtained is then exposed to light and treated with the developing solution as usedin the Example 1.
• a red positive image having absorption maximum of 500 p. and a cyan color image having absorption maximum at 690 p. are obtained.
• the coupler dispersion thus obtained is added to 100 g of a red sensitive high speed gelatino-silver iodobromide emulsion, which is then coated on a film base and dried.
• a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic emulsion having dispersed therein a solution of a cyan coupler in a high boiling solvent, said cyan coupler having the general formula wherein R is hydrogen or a methyl group, R is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical of eight to 20 carbon atoms, n is an integer of l 4, m is l or 2, A is a divalent group of 2 or -0- E); and
• x is hydrogen, a halogen, anaryl azo group or an aryl azo group substituted by a lower alkoxycarbonyl, lower acyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxygroup.

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