Patent ID: 6077653
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A photographic developing composition comprising:a) a photographic developing agent, andb) at least 0.001 mol/l of a 1,4-cyclohexanedione antioxidant, said antioxidant being represented by the structure I: ##STR4## wherein m, n, p and q are independently 0 or 1, L.sub.1, L.sub.2, L.sub.3 and L.sub.4 are independently a divalent linking group, and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, sulfo, carboxy, phospho, phosphono, phosphino, amino, cyano, hydroxy, cycloalkyl or a heterocyclic ring.