Eastman-kodak Company

Richard A Chasman

Richard P Henzel

Donald Lee Fields

Philip T Lau

Jerald C Hinshaw

Richard P Dunlap

Wayne F Erickson

Philip Thiam Shin Lau

Photographic elements, film units and processes are described wherein N-alkyl- or N-aryl-benzisoxazolones are used to scavenge oxidized electron transfer agents in negative-working, color image transfer elements. The scavenger precursor compounds can be located in an emulsion layer or in a dye image-providing material layer, and in a ballasted form can be located in an interlayer.

N-alkyl- or N-aryl-benzisoxazolone scavenger compounds

Photographic elements, processes for forming images in photographic elements and new compounds are disclosed. Generally, the invention relates to ballasted electron-accepting nucleophilic displacement compounds; after acceptance of at least one electron (reduction) by a nucleophile precursor group, the compounds are capable of undergoing intramolecular nucleophilic displacement to release a diffusible moiety, such as an image dye or a photographic reagent. In certain embodiments, the ballasted electron-accepting nucleophilic displacement compounds are used in combination with electron donors and electron-transfer agents. The processes disclosed are particularly useful in providing positive transfer images using negative-working silver halide emulsions.

Photographic elements containing ballasted electron-accepting

Photographic elements, processes for forming images in photographic elements and new compounds are disclosed. Generally, the invention relates to immobile compounds which can be used to provide positive images from negative recording-developing photographic materials such as negative silver halide emulsions. The compounds contain a photographically useful group such as a dye or dye precursor and are capable of releasing said photographically useful group under alkaline conditions, and are also capable of reaction with an oxidized silver halide developing agent before substantial release of said photographically useful group occurs, to provide a reaction product having a substantially lower rate of release of said photographically useful group. In specific embodiments, the compounds of this invention contain an electrophilic cleavage group located in the linkage between a ballast group and a photographically useful moiety wherein said electrophilic cleavage group is a carbamic acid derivative.

Positive-working immobile photographic azo compounds

Positive-working immobile photographic compounds which cleave by

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