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Process for the production of colored photographic images by the silver dye-bleach process

US4266011A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 1979
Grant dateMay 5, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 20, 1999

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C7/28
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the production of colored photographic images by the silver dye-bleach process by image-wise exposure and subsequent processing by developing the silver image, dye-bleaching and silver bleaching, it being possible, optionally, for the last two steps to be combined, silver fixing and washing, in which process dye-bleaching and/or silver bleaching is carried out in the presence of at least one bleach catalyst of the formula ##STR1## In the formula, A and B are in each case the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a benzene or pyridine ring, R.sub.1 and R.sub.3 are each hydrogen, hydroxyl, halogen, alkyl, carboxyl, carbalkoxy, carbalkoxyalkoxy, --CH.sub.2 OH, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.n OH, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.2 O(CH.sub.2).sub.2 OH, --CH.sub.2 Cl, --CH.sub.2 Br, --NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --CH.sub.2 NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.n NR.sub.5 R.sub.6, --CH.sub.2 SO.sub.3 M, --O(CH.sub.2).sub.n SO.sub.3 M or --SO.sub.3 M, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 are each hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkyl or alkoxy and R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each hydrogen or alkyl, M is hydrogen, an alkali metal, ammonium or alkylammonium and n is an integer from 2 to 4.

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