Thermal imaging method
US4720449A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 14, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 14, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S430/165
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A thermal imaging method is provided which comprises heating imagewise a di- or triarylmethane compound possessing within its di- or triarylmethane structure an aryl group substituted in the ortho position to the meso carbon atom with a moiety ring-closed on the meso carbon atom directly through a nitrogen atom, which nitrogen atom is also bound to a group with a masked acyl substituent that undergoes fragmentation upon heating to liberate the acyl group for effecting intramolecular acylation of said nitrogen atom to form a new group in the ortho position whereby the di- or triarylmethane compound is rendered colored in an imagewise pattern corresponding to said imagewise heating.
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