Compound containing an anthranilic acid blocking group

Abstract

The invention relates to a novel kind of anthranilic acid compound that releases a UG as a function of chemical bond cleavage according to Formula (I):Q-(AAS)-UGwhere UG is an useful group and is chemically bonded to (AAS); (AAS) is an anthranilic acid switching group; and Q is a group in which the bond to (AAS) is broken so that the -(AAS)-UG fragment subsequently decomposes to the free UG. In one embodiment this invention relates to a multilayer silver halide photographic element comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprised of at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, and a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one layer additionally contains an anthranilic acid compound according to Formula (II):G-(TG1)-(AATG)-(TG2)-PUGwhere G is a group in which the bond to the timing group is cleaved upon reaction with oxidized developer; TG1 and TG2 represent any known timing or switching group and may be the same or different; q and p are independently 0 or 1; AATG represents an anthranilic acid timing group and PUG is a photographically useful group.