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Photographic element containing a certain sulfonated acylacetanilide coupler in combination with low- or non-chloride emulsions

US5498515A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 1994
Grant dateMar 12, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 17, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C7/3022
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides a photographic element comprising a support bearing a blue-light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing an acylacetanilide yellow image dye-forming coupler having formula I or II: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.a is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, or aryloxy group; R.sub.b is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aryl group; R.sub.c is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R.sub.1 is a substituent; n is an integer from 0 to 2; R.sub.2 is selected from the group consisting of halogen, trifluoromethyl, and substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy and aryloxy; R.sub.3 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; R.sub.4 is hydrogen, halogen, alkoxy carbonyl (--CO.sub.2 R), carbamoyl (--CONRR'), carbonamido (--NRCOR'), sulfonamido (--NRSO.sub.2 R') or trifluoromethyl; R.sub.1 is a substituent; X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; wherein said blue-light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is a low-chloride silver halide emulsion. The invention enables improved image quality through increased interimage effects.

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