Patent number: 5942381
Abstract: A photographic element comprising a silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a 1-phenyl-3-anilino-4-benzotriazolyl-5-pyrazolone magenta dye-forming DIR coupler of structure I: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine or a methyl group;R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 are individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, phenyl, alkoxy, phenoxy, alkylthio, carbonamido, sulfonamido, carbamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl and aryloxycarbonyl groups;R.sub.5 is hydrogen, bromine, chlorine, fluorine, or an alkyl group;R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, carbonamido, carbamoyl, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, alkylsulfoxyl, arylsulfoxyl, sulfonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, acyloxy, acyl, imido, trifluoromethyl and cyano groups, provided that at least one of R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 is not hydrogen;R.sub.8 and R.sub.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 12, 1997
Date of Patent:
August 24, 1999
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
Inventors:
Paul B. Merkel, Ronald E. Leone, Jerrold N. Poslusny