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Photographic dye-forming coupler, emulsion layer, element, and process

US5576150A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 29, 1996
Grant dateNov 19, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 29, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03C7/3835
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention provides a photographic light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a pyrazolotriazole dye-forming coupler having formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is a substituent bonded to the pyrazolotriazole nucleus by a fully substituted carbon atom; PA1 X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; PA1 R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, and R.sub.6 are independently hydrogen or substituent groups; PA1 q is from 1 to 3; PA1 R.sub.5 and R.sub.7 are independently alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, or aryloxy groups; PA1 G is a substituent group and n is from 0 to 3; and PA1 Y is a substituent group and m is 0 to 4. The invention also provides a coupler compound, a photographic element containing the emulsion layer of the invention, and an imaging process.

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