Patent ID: 6632594
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G03C,Y10S

Abstract:
A processing composition for a silver halide photographic material, which comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II): wherein R11 and R12 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R13 and R14 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R15 represents an alkyl group having at least one asymmetric carbon atom or a group represented by the following general formula (I-a): â€”CH2O(CH2CH2O)n11Hâ€ƒâ€ƒ(I-a) wherein n11 represents an integer of from 1 to 3; R16 represents an alkyl group having at least one asymmetric carbon atom or a group represented by the following general formula (I-b): â€”(CH2CH2O)n12Hâ€ƒâ€ƒ(I-b) wherein n12 represents an integer of from 2 to 4; and M1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom, an ammonium group or a pyridinium group, R13 may complete a ring together with R15, and R14 may complete a ring together with R16, respectively: wherein R21, R22, R23 and R24 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R25 and R26 each independently represents an alkyl group having at least one asymmetric carbon atom or a group represented by the following general formula (II-a): â€”(CH2CH2O)n21Hâ€ƒâ€ƒ(II-a) wherein n21 represents an integer of from 2 to 4; R27, and R28 each independently represents an alkyl group having at least one asymmetric carbon; M2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal atom, an alkaline earth metal atom, an ammonium group or a pyridinium group; R21 and R25, R22 and R26, R23 and R27, and R24 and R28, each pair may be bonded together to form a ring; and at least one of R25, R26, R27 and R28 has at least one asymmetric carbon atom and at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, an amino group and a carboxyl group.