Diffusion transfer photographic system utilizing substituted phenylmercaptoazoles
US4390613A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/161
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is disclosed a diffusion transfer photographic system wherein development of an exposed photosensitive element with an aqueous alkaline processing composition is effected in the presence of a compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein X represents the nonmetallic atoms necessary to form a nucleus which completes a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic moiety on said structure including substituted rings and fused rings; R is H, an alkali metal or a group which is cleavable in a photographic aqueous alkaline processing composition; and R.sub.1 is either a group which has a pKa of from about 7 to about 14 which is ionizable to an anion whereby the silver salt of the mercaptan (resulting from cleavage or ionization of --SR) is rendered more soluble in the pH range within which R.sub.1 is ionized to an anion than it is below that pH range, or a precursor of such a group.
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