Agfa-gevaert Ag

Agfa Gevaert Nv

Ernst Meier

Wolfgang Lassig

Karl Kuffner

Karl-Wilhelm Schranz

Hans-Heinrich Credner

Marcel J Monbaliu

Immo Boie

Raphael K Van Poucke

Hans Glockner

Siegfried Schleger

Erwin Ranz

Hans Heinrich Credner

Wilhelmus Janssens

Wolfgang Himmelmann

Christian C Van De Sande

Fritz Nittel

Helmut Haseler

George F Van Veelen

Gertrud Kirchhoff

Herbert Stark

Marc Godfried Mannens

Gaston Jacob Benoy

Roger Henri Vrydaghs

Fritz Benker

A photographic material for diffusion transfer photography containing a quinonoid compound, which is capable in reduced state and under alkaline conditions of releasing a photographically useful group and corresponds to one of the following general formulae: ##STR1## wherein: each of (Nuox).sup.1 and (Nuox).sup.2 (same or different) represents an oxidized nucleophilic group,

Photographic material suited for use in diffusion transfer photography

5- or 6-membered .alpha.-lactones of phenolic compounds, in which the phenyl ring carries a hydroxyl or amino group in its 2- or 4-position to the lactonized phenolic hydroxyl group and in which the lactone ring carries an electron accepting substituent, so that the lactone ring is readily cleavable at pH values of from 10 to 13 to form an electron donor compound (ED-compound) having a redox potential of less than +0.255 V determined against a normal calomel electrode at pH 0 are useful ED precursor compounds for non-diffusing reducible color providing compounds.

Color photographic recording material containing non-diffusing electron

The condensation of an .alpha.-halogen carbonyl compound with carbamic acid esters in the presence of a basic condensing agent and an aprotic solvent enables the production of oxazolinone-2-compounds in a high degree of purity, and in high yields in one step by using simple and readily available starting compounds.

Process for the production of oxazolinone-2-compounds

White couplers which are capable of reacting with color developer oxidation products to form colorless end product with the consumption of four oxidation equivalents and which, therefore have increased absorption capacity for color developer oxidation products correspond to the formula ##STR1## or its tautomeric form, in which R.sup.1 is hydrocarbyl, heterocyclyl attached through a ring carbon, or --CO--R.sup.2 R.sup.2 is alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, amino X is --S-- or --NR.sup.3 -- R.sup.3 is hydrogen, same as represented by R.sup.1 or an electron-attaching group. The four-equivalent white couplers may be contained in processing solutions or, in diffusion resistant form, in one or more layers of a colorphotographic material.

Process for the production of color photographic images using new white

Development inhibitor releasing compounds are thioether compounds capable of releasing on reaction with color developer oxidation products, a diffusible mercaptan that inhibits further development of silver halide. Useful DIR compounds correspond to the formula ##STR1## R.sup.1 represents hydrocarbyl Y represents --S-- or --NR.sup.2 --

Light-sensitive photographic material

Color photographic material containing a fast-acting hardener, which acts by activating carboxyl groups, wherein said material contains a 2-pyrazolin-5-one coupler precursor corresponding to one of the following general formulae I or II: ##STR1## wherein EACH OF R.sup.1, R and Y are substituents of the type used in 2-pyrazolin-5-one color couplers, and

Photographic silver halide color material containing fast-acting

3-Anilino-5-pyrazolyl alkylcarbonates and arylcarbonates are described for use in silver halide color photography as color coupler precursor compounds containing no active methylene group so that they do not take part in undesirable side-reactions before color development.

Photographic material containing 3-anilino-5-pyrazolylalkylcarbonate or

2-Acyl-3-pyrazolin-5-one couplers are provided for use in color photography which upon color development form 2-pyrazolin-5-one couplers capable of coupling with the oxidation products of the color developing agent.

Photographic material containing 2-acyl-2-pyrazolin-5-on-couplers

Monocyclic oxazolinone-2 structures make good 2-equivalent photographic couplers, the oxazolinone-2 ring splitting during the coupling to form a dye. The couplers can be made by condensing an .alpha.-halocarbonyl compound with an inorganic cyanate in a substantially aprotic solvent that can contain a small amount of water.

Photographic material containing oxazolinone-2 couplers

Oxazolinone-2 derivatives having a releasable mercapto group in their 5-position are provided as development-inhibitor-releasing thioether compounds for use in color photographic material having a high reactivity on chromogenic development of color photographic material, and are very easy to prepare.

Improved 5-pyrazolone couplers of the following formula ##SPC1## wherein R,R.sub.1 R.sub.2,X and A denotes as described hereinafter for use in lightsensitive color photographic materials which are easy to prepare and give rise after chromogenic development to magenta dyes with improved stability to light.

Color photographic materials containing diffusion fast pyrazolone

Preparation of 1-aryl-3-anilino-pyrazolones-(5) by reacting a hydrazine with an ester from the group of dialkoxyacrylic acid ester, trialkoxy propionic acid ester or iminoalkoxy propionic acid ester to produce a .beta.-hydrazine-.beta.-alkoxyacrylic acid ester and then condensing this intermediate product with an aniline to result in the desired anilinopyrazolone. These reactions are carried out in a methanolic solution in the presence of an acetic acid catalyst.

Process for the preparation of 3-anilino-pyrazolones-(5)

Anilinopyrazolone are to be prepared in high yields and with a high degree of purity by reacting a salt particularly hydrochloride of a .beta.-arylamino-.beta.-imino-propionic acid ester of one of the tautomeric formulae which are defined hereinafter with a suitable substituted hydrazine.

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