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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1999
Peter Bergthaller, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Agfa-Gevaert NV, , BE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a new compound of formula (I) with the proviso that Y represents N, and also relates to a colour photographic silver halide material comprising at least one red-sensitive silver halide layer with which according to the invention a compound of formula (I) is associated, and also relates to a photographic colour development process in which couplers of formula (I) are reacted with colour developers of the phenylenediamine and/or diaminotoluene type to form coupling products which exhibit a strong absorption, particularly in the infrared region. The present invention further relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) as cyan and/or infrared couplers in colour photographic silver halide materials.