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Hydroquinone derivatives and their use in photographic materials

US4417072A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1981
Grant dateNov 22, 1983
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S430/156
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Substituted hydroquinone compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.4 are hydrogen or alkyl and Z is an aromatic ring or a group of the formula --X--Y--X--, wherein X is an aromatic ring and Y is an electron withdrawing group, are incorporated as developers into photographic materials. These materials are suitable for activation processings.

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