Inventors:
Ping W. Tang - Rochester NY
Stanley W. Cowan - Rochester NY
David J. Decker - Rochester NY
Daniel E. Corcoran - Webster NY
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY
International Classification:
G03C 738
Abstract:
The invention provides a photographic light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a pyrazolotriazole dye-forming coupler having formula: ##STR1## wherein: R. sub. 1 is a substituent bonded to the pyrazolotriazole nucleus by a fully substituted carbon atom;
X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group;
R. sub. 2, R. sub. 3, R. sub. 4, and R. sub. 6 are independently hydrogen or substituent groups;
q is from 1 to 3;
R. sub. 5 and R. sub. 7 are independently alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, or aryloxy groups;
G is a substituent group and n is from 0 to 3; and
Y is a substituent group and m is 0 to 4.
The invention also provides a coupler compound, a photographic element containing the emulsion layer of the invention, and an imaging process.