Patent Publication Number: US-5294531-A

Title: Yellow dye-forming coupler and silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing the same

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a novel acylacetamide-based yellow dye-forming coupler and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing this yellow dye-forming coupler. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     When a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is exposed and developed, an oxidized aromatic primary amine developing agent reacts with a dye-forming coupler (to be referred to as a coupler hereinafter), thereby forming a dye image. 
     In this method, a color reproduction technique using subtractive color processes is generally used. In order to reproduce blue, green, and red, dye images of yellow, magenta, and cyan, which are complementary colors of blue, green, and red, respectively, are formed. An acylacetamide coupler and a malondianilide coupler are used as yellow dye-forming couplers (to be referred to as yellow couplers hereinafter) to form a yellow dye image. A 5-pyrazolone coupler, a pyrazolotriazole coupler, and the like are generally used as magenta couplers to form a magenta dye image. A phenol coupler and a naphthol coupler are generally used as cyan couplers to form a cyan dye image. 
     Yellow, magenta, cyan dyes obtained from these couplers are generally used in silver halide emulsion layers which have sensitivities to radiations having a relationship of complementary colors with radiations absorbed by these dyes and their adjacent layers. 
     As the yellow coupler, especially image formation couplers, an acylacetamide coupler represented by a benzoylacetanilide coupler or a pivaloylacetanilide coupler is generally used. The former coupler has a high coupling activity with an aromatic primary amine developing agent and can produce a yellow dye having a large molecular absorption coefficient. Therefore, this coupler is mainly used in a photographic color light-sensitive material for photographing which needs high sensitivity and, particularly, a color negative film. The latter coupler is excellent in spectral absorption characteristics and dye fastness and is therefore mainly used in color paper and a color reversal film. 
     The benzoylacetanilide-based coupler has a high coupling reactivity with the oxidized form of an aromatic primary amine developing agent during development and can produce a yellow azomethine dye having a large molecular absorption coefficient. However, the benzoylacetanilide-based coupler is poor in spectral absorption characteristics of a yellow image. The pivaloylacetanilide-based coupler is excellent in spectral absorption characteristics and fastness of the yellow image. However, this coupler is poor in coupling reactivity with the oxidized form of an aromatic primary amine developing agent during development. In addition, the resultant yellow azomethine dye of the coupler has a problem of a small molecular absorption coefficient. 
     The high coupling reactivity of a coupler and the large molecular absorption coefficient of the resultant dye allow a high sensitivity, a large gamma value, and a high color density to so-called improved color forming properties. The excellent spectral absorption characteristics in the yellow image indicate, for example, good sharpness in the long-wavelength limit in spectral absorption, and less unnecessary absorption in green region. 
     A strong demand, therefore, has arisen for a yellow coupler having both the advantages, i.e., improved color forming properties (i.e., a high coupling reactivity of the coupler and a large molecular absorption coefficient of the resultant dye), and excellent spectral absorption characteristics and fastness of the resultant color image. 
     Examples of the acyl group of the acylacetanilide-based coupler are pivaloyl, 7,7-dimethylnorbornane-1-carbonyl, and 1-methylcyclohexane-1-carbonyl disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. Re. 27,848, cyclopropane-1-carbonyl and cyclohexane-1-carbonyl disclosed in JP-A-47-26133 (&#34;JP-A&#34; means Published Unexamined Japanese Patent Application), and adamantane-1-carbonyl disclosed in JP-A-56-87041. Each of these couplers, however, is unsatisfactory in any of coupling reactivity, a molecular absorption coefficient, or spectral absorption characteristics or fastness of the resultant dye image. 
     Recent photographic light-sensitive materials are required to have a higher sensitivity, a better image quality, and a higher toughness more eagerly than before. Accordingly, a strong demand has arisen for a coupler superior in color forming properties, and spectral absorption characteristics and fastness of the resultant dye image. However, it is difficult for the conventional yellow couplers including those described in the above three prior-art inventions to satisfy all these requirements at the same time. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is, therefore, the first object of the present invention to provide a yellow coupler having improved color forming properties, and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing this yellow coupler. 
     It is the second object of the present invention to provide a yellow coupler capable of producing a yellow dye image having excellent spectral absorption characteristics upon color development, and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing this yellow coupler. 
     It is the third object of the present invention to provide a yellow coupler capable of producing a yellow dye image upon color development, which is superior in fastness against heat, light, and moisture, and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing this yellow coupler. 
     In order to achieve the above objects of the present invention, there are provided a yellow coupler (1) and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material (2) as follows: 
     (1) a bicyclo[m.n.0]alkane-1-ylcarbonylacetamide-based yellow dye-forming coupler (wherein m represents an integer of 2 to 5, n represents an integer of 1 to 3, the sum of m and n is an integer of 3 to 7, and 0 represents zero); and 
     (2) a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing at least one type of yellow dye-forming couplers described in item (1) above. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     A yellow coupler according to the present invention will be described in detail below. 
     The yellow coupler according to the present invention is preferably represented by Formula (1) below: ##STR1## In Formula (1), R represents a bicyclo[m.n.0]alkane-1-yl group. m represents an integer of 2 to 5, n represents an integer of 1 to 3, and the sum of m and n is an integer of 3 to 7. 0 represents zero. The alkane is pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, and nonane when the sum of m and n is 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively. The bicyclo[m.n.0]alkane-1-yl group may have substituents. 
     In Formula (1), each of R 1  and R 2  independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group. 
     In Formula (1), X represents a hydrogen atom or a group (to be referred to as a split-off group hereinafter) which can split off upon a coupling reaction with the oxidized form of an aromatic primary amine developing agent. 
     The yellow coupler according to the present invention is more preferably represented by Formula (2) below: ##STR2## 
     In Formula (2), R and X are the same as those of Formula (1). 
     In Formula (2), R 3  represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom (F, Cl, Br, or I; this applies in the following description of Formula (2)), an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkyl group, or an amino group (including mono- and di-substituted amino groups), R 4  represents a group substitutable on a benzene ring, and k represents an integer of 0 to 4. 
     Examples of R 4  are halogen, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, alkylsulfonyl, ureido, sulfamoylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, alkoxysulfonyl, acyloxy, nitro, heterocyclic, cyano, acyl, amino, imido, alkylsulfonyloxy, arylsulfonyloxy, carboxyl, sulfo, and hydroxyl (to be referred to as a substituent group A). Examples of the split-off group X are a heterocyclic group which combines with a coupling active position by a nitrogen atom, aryloxy, arylthio, acyloxy, alkylsulfonyloxy, arylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclicoxy, and halogen atom. 
     When a substituent in the formulas from Formula (1) is an alkyl group or contains an alkyl group, this alkyl group means, unless otherwise defined, a straight-chain, branched, or cyclic alkyl group which may be substituted or may contain an unsaturated bond. 
     In the formulas from Formula (1), if the substituent is an aryl group or contains an aryl group, this aryl group means a monocyclic or condensed-ring aryl group, unless otherwise defined. 
     In the formulas from Formula (1), if the substituent is a heterocyclic group or contains a heterocyclic group, this heterocyclic group means, unless otherwise defined, a 3- to 8-membered monocyclic or condensed-ring heterocyclic group which contains at least one hereto atom selected from O, N, S, P, Se, and Te in its ring and may be substituted. 
     The substituents preferably used in Formula (2) will be described below. 
     Specific examples of the bicyclo[m.n.0]alkane-1-yl group represented by R- in Formula (2) are 
     bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane-1-yl, 
     bicyclo[2.2.0]hexane-1-yl, 
     bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-1-yl, 
     bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-1-yl, 
     bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-1-yl, 
     bicyclo[4.1.0]heptane-1-yl, 
     bicyclo[4.2.0]octane-1-yl, 
     bicyclo[4.3.0]nonane-1-yl, 
     bicyclo[5.1.0]octane-1-yl, and 
     bicyclo[5.2.0]nonane-1-yl. 
     R- in Formula (2) is preferably a group in which the sum of m and n is 3 to 5, and more preferably a group represented by the following Formula (3), (4), (5), (6), or (7). ##STR3## 
     In formulas (3) to (7), R 5  represents a group substitutable to bicycloalkane, and q represents an integer of 0 to 5. If q represents the plural number, a plurality of R 5  &#39;s may be the same or different. 
     R 5  preferably represents a group selected from halogen, cyano, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, imido, heterocyclic, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, alkoxycarbonylamino, sulfamoylamino, phosphono, ureido, carboxyl, sulfo, and hydroxyl, and more preferably represents halogen, cyano, alkyl, aryl, or acyl. 
     The substitution position of R 5  in each of groups represented by Formulas (3) to (7) is preferably a position except for an α-position of the carbonyl group to be bonded. 
     q is preferably an integer of 0 to 3, and more preferably 0 or 1. 
     A total number of carbon atoms (to be referred to as a C number hereinafter) of a group represented by Formula (3) is preferably 5 to 36, and more preferably 5 to 16. 
     The C number of a group represented by Formula (4) is preferably 6 to 36, and more preferably 6 to 16. 
     The C number of the group represented by Formula (5) is preferably 6 to 36, and more preferably 6 to 16. 
     The C number of the group represented by Formula (6) is preferably 7 to 36, and more preferably 7 to 16. 
     The C number of the group represented by Formula (7) is preferably 7 to 36, and more preferably 7 to 16. 
     In Formula (2), R 3  preferably represents halogen, or alkoxy having a C number of 1 to 30, aryloxy having a C number of 6 to 30, alkyl having a C number of 1 to 30, or amino having a C number of 0 to 30, each of which may be substituted. Examples of its substituent are halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, and aryloxy. 
     In Formula (2), R 4  preferably represents halogen, or alkyl having a C number of 1 to 30, aryl having a C number of 6 to 30, alkoxy having a C number of 1 to 30, alkoxycarbonyl having a C number of 2 to 30, aryloxycarbonyl having a C number of 7 to 30, carbonamido having a C number of 1 to 30, sulfonamido having a C number of 1 to 30, carbamoyl having a C number of 1 to 30, sulfamoyl having a C number of 0 to 30, alkylsulfonyl having a C number of 1 to 30, arylsulfonyl having a C number of 6 to 30, ureido having a C number of 1 to 30, sulfamoylamino having a C number of 0 to 30, alkoxycarbonylamino having a C number of 2 to 30, heterocyclic having a C number of 1 to 30, acyl having a C number of 1 to 30, alkylsulfonyloxy having a C number of 1 to 30, or arylsulfonyloxy having a C number of 6 to 30, each of which may be substituted. An example of its substituent is a substituent selected from the substituent group A. 
     In Formula (2), k preferably represents an integer of 1 or 2, and the substitution position of R 4  is preferably a meta or para position with respect to R--CO--CH(X)--CONH--. 
     In Formula (2), X represents a heterocyclic which combines with a coupling active position by a nitrogen atom or aryloxy group. 
     When X represents a heterocyclic group, X is preferably a 5- to 7-membered monocyclic or condensed-ring heterocyclic group which may be substituted. Examples of this heterocyclic ring are succinimide, maleinimide, phthalimide, diglycolimide, pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, 1,2,4-triazole, tetrazole, indole, indazole, benzimidazole, benzotriazole, imidazolidine-2,4-dione, oxazolidine-2,4-dione, thiazolidine-2,4-dione, imidazolidine-2-one, oxazolidine-2-one, thiazolidine-2-one, benzimidazolidine-2-one, benzoxazoline-2-one, benzothiazoline-2-one, 2-pyrroline-5-one, 2-imidazoline-5-one, indoline-2,3-dione, 2,6-dioxypurine, parabanic acid, 1,2,4-triazolidine-3,5-dione, 2-pyridone, 4-pyridone, 2-pyrimidone, 6-pyridazone-2-pyrazone, 2-amino-1,3,4-thiazolidine, and 2-imino-1,3,4-thiazolidine-4-one. These heterocyclic rings may have a substituent group. Examples of substituents of these heterocyclic rings are substituents selected from the substituent group A. 
     When X represents an aryloxy group, X is preferably aryloxy having a C number of 6 to 30 and may be substituted with a group selected from the substituents enumerated above as substituents when X represents a heterocyclic ring. Preferable examples of substituents for the aryloxy group are halogen, cyano, nitro, carboxyl, trifluoromethyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, and cyano. 
     Substituents particularly preferably used in Formula (2) will be described below, but R has already been described above. 
     R 3  particularly preferably represents chlorine, fluorine, alkyl (for example, methyl, trifluoromethyl, ethyl, isopropyl, and t-butyl) having a C number of 1 to 6, alkoxy (for example, methoxy, ethoxy, methoxyethoxy, and butoxy) having a C number of 1 to 24, or aryloxy (for example, phenoxy, p-tolyloxy, and p-methoxyphenoxy) having a C number of 6 to 24, and most preferably chlorine, methoxy, or trifluoromethyl. 
     R 4  particularly preferably represents halogen, alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, carbamoyl, or sulfamoyl, and most preferably alkoxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carbonamido, sulfamoyl, or sulfonamido group. 
     X is particularly preferably a group represented by Formula (8) or (9) below: ##STR4## 
     In Formula (8), Z represents --O--CR 9  R 10  --, --S--CR 9  R 10  --, --NR 11  --CR 9  R 10  --, --NR 11  --NR 12  --, --NR 11  --CO--, --CR 9  R 10  --CR 13  R 14  --, or --CR 15  ═CR 16  -- wherein each of R 9 , R 10 , R 13 , and R 14  represents hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy group, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, or amino, each of R 11  and R 12  represents hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, or alkoxycarbonyl, and each of R 15  and R 16  represents hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl. R 15  may combine with R 16  to form a benzene ring. R 9  and R 10 , R 10  and R 11 , R 11  and R 12 , or R 9  and R 13  may combine with each other to form a ring (for example, cyclobutane, cyclohexane, cycloheptane, cyclohexene, pyrrolidine, or piperidine). 
     Of heterocyclic rings represented by Formula (8), most preferable heterocyclic groups are those in which Z represents --O--CR 9  R 10  --, --NR 11  --CR 9  R 10  --, or --NR 11  --NR 12  -- in Formula (8). 
     The heterocyclic group represented by Formula (8) has a C number of 2 to 30, preferably 4 to 20, and more preferably 5 to 16. 
     In Formula (9), at least one of R 6  and R 7  is a member selected from halogen, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, carbonamido, sulfonamido, carbamoyl, sulfamoyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, and acyl, and the other may be hydrogen, an alkyl, or alkoxy. R 8  represents the same group as R 6  or R 7 , and n represents an integer of 0 to 2. The aryloxy group represented by Formula (9) has a C number of 6 to 30, preferably 6 to 24, and more preferably 6 to 15. 
     A coupler represented by Formula (1) may form dimers or polymers of higher orders, which combine together via a divalent group or a group having a higher valance, in the substituent R, R 1 , R 2 , or X. In this case, the number of carbon atoms may fall outside the range of carbon atoms represented in each substituent described above. 
     When a coupler represented by Formula (1) forms a polymer, a typical example of this polymer is a homopolymer or copolymer of an addition polymerization ethylene-based unsaturated compound (yellow color forming monomer) having a yellow dye-forming coupler moiety, and is preferably represented by Formula (10) below: ##STR5## 
     In Formula (10), G i  is a repeating unit derived from a color forming monomer and is a group represented by Formula (11) below. H j  is a group as a repeating unit derived from a non-color forming monomer. i represents a positive integer, and j represents 0 or a positive integer. g i  and h j  represent wt % of G i  or H j . If i or j represents 2 or more, G i  or H j  represents a plurality of types of repeating units. 
     In Formula (10), g i  is preferably 10% to 70%, and more preferably 30% to 60%, h j  is preferably 90% to 30%, and more preferably 70% to 40%. ##STR6## 
     In Formula (11), R 17  represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or chlorine, A represents --CONH--, --COO--, or phenylene which is substituted or not substituted, B represents alkylene which is substituted or not substituted, phenylene, or aralkylene, and L represents --CONH--, --NHCONH--, --NHCOO--, --NHCO--, --OCONH--, --NH--, --COO--, --OCO--, --CO--, --O--, --S--, --SO 2  --, NHSO 2  --, or --SO 2  NH--. Each of a, b, and c represents an integer of 0 or 1. Q represents a yellow coupler moiety obtained by eliminating one hydrogen atom from R, R 1 , R 2 , or X of the compound represented by Formula (1). 
     Examples of a non-color forming ethylenic monomer which gives the repeating unit H j  and which is not coupled with the oxidized form of an aromatic primary amine developing agent are acrylic acid, α-chloroacrylic acid, α-alkylacrylic acid (for example, methacrylic acid), amides or esters derived from these acrylic acids (for example, acrylamide, methacrylamide, n-butylacrylamide, t-butylacrylamide, diacetoneacrylamide, methylacrylate, ethylacrylate, n-propylacrylate, n-butylacrylate, t-butylacrylate, iso-butylacrylate, 2-ethylhexylacrylate, n-octylacrylate, laurylacrylate, methylmethacrylate, ethylmethacrylate, n-butylmethacrylate, and β-hydroxymethacrylate), vinyl esters (for example, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, and vinyl laurate), acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, aromatic vinyl compounds (for example, styrene and its derivatives, for example, vinyl toluene, divinyl benzene, vinyl acetophenone, and sulfostyrene), itaconic acid, citraconic acid, crotonic acid, vinylidene chloride, a vinyl alkyl ester (e.g., vinyl ethyl ether), maleate, N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone, N-vinyl pyridine, and 2- and -4-vinyl pyridine. 
     In particular, acrylaic esters, methacrylatic esters, and maleatic esters are preferable. Two or more non-color forming ethylene-based monomers can be used together. Examples of these monomers are methylacrylate and butylacrylate, butylacrylate and styrene, butylmethacrylate and methacrylic acid, and methylacrylate and diacetoneacrylamide. 
     An ethylene-based unsaturated monomer copolymerized with a vinyl-based monomer corresponding to Formula (11), as is known well in the field of polymer couplers, is selected to obtain good influences on the form of a copolymer to be formed, i.e., on a solid, liquid, or micellar state, physical properties, and/or chemical properties such as solubility (solubility in water or an organic solvent), compatibility with a binder (for example, gelatin) of a photographic colloidal composition, its flexibility, thermal stability, a coupling reactivity with the oxidized form of a developing agent, resistance to diffusion in the photographic colloid, and the like. These copolymers may be a random copolymer or a copolymer having a specific sequence (for example, a block copolymer or an alternating copolymer). 
     The number-average molecular weight of the yellow polymer coupler used in the present invention is generally on the order of several thousands to several hundred thousands. However, an oligomer-like polymer coupler having a number-average molecular weight of 5,000 or less can also be used. 
     The yellow coupler used in the present invention may be a lipophilic polymer soluble in an organic solvent (for example, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethanol, methylene chloride, cyclohexanone, dibutylphthalate, or tricresyl phosphate), a hydrophilic polymer soluble in a hydrophilic colloid such as an aqueous gelatin solution, or a polymer having structure and nature able to form micelle in a hydrophilic colloid. 
     The yellow polymer coupler used in the present invention may be prepared by emulsifying and dispersing a lipophilic polymer coupler in an aqueous gelatin solution in the form of a latex after the lipophilic polymer coupler is obtained by polymerizing a vinyl-based monomer for giving a coupler unit represented by Formula (11) and is dissolved in an organic solvent. Alternatively, the yellow polymer coupler may be directly formed by emulsion polymerization. 
     A method described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,451,820 can be used as a method of emulsifying and dispersing a lipophilic polymer coupler in an aqueous gelatin solution in the form of a latex, and methods described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,080,211 and 3,370,952 can be used in emulsion polymerization. 
     Practical examples of each substituent represented by Formula (2) are shown below. 
     (i) Examples of R are shown below: ##STR7## 
     (ii) Examples of R 3  are shown below: ##STR8## 
     (iii) Examples of R 4  are shown below: ##STR9## 
     (iv) Examples of X are shown below: ##STR10## 
     Practical examples of the yellow coupler according to the present invention are shown below, but the present invention is not limited to these examples. ##STR11## 
     The yellow coupler represented by Formula (1) according to the present invention can be synthesized in accordance with the following synthesis route: ##STR12## 
     A compound a can be synthesized in accordance with a conventional known synthesis method. Typical synthesis methods (references) are presented below: 
     H. K. Hall, Macromol. 1971, 4(2), 139 W. Kirmse et al., Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1981, 1394 A. C. Cope et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 5228 R. N. McDonald, J. Org. Chem. 1970, 35(8)2669. 
     The synthesis of the compound b is performed by using, e.g., thionyl chloride or oxalyl chloride in the absence of a solvent or in a solvent such as methylene chloride, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, dichloroethane, toluene, N,N-dimethylformamide, or N,N-dimethylacetamide. The reaction temperature is -20° C. to 150° C., and preferably -10° C. to 80° C. 
     The compound c is synthesized by converting, ethyl acetoacetate into an anion by using magnesium methoxide or the like and adding the compound b to the anion. The reaction is performed in the absence of a solvent or by using tetrahydrofuran or ethylether or the like, and the reaction temperature is normally -20° C. to 60° C., and preferably -10° C. to 30° C. The compound d is synthesized by reacting the compound c with a base, such as ammonia water, an aqueous NaHCO 3  solution, or an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, in the absence of a solvent or in a solvent such as methanol, ethanol, tetrahydrofuran or acetonitrile. The reaction temperature is normally -20° C. to 50° C., and preferably -10° C. to 30° C. 
     The compound f is synthesized by reacting the compounds d and e in the absence of a solvent or in a hydrocarbon solvent. The reaction temperature is normally 100° C. to 200° C., and preferably 120° C. to 160° C. If X is not H, the split-off group X is introduced after chlorination or bromination to synthesize the compound h. The compound f is formed into a chloro substituted product g by using, e.g., sulfuryl chloride or N-chlorosuccinimide or into a bromo substituted product g by using, e.g., bromine or N-bromosuccinimide in a solvent such as dichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, methylene chloride, or tetrahydrofuran. At this time, the reaction temperature is -20° C. to 70° C., and preferably -10° C. to 50° C. 
     The coupler h of the present invention can be obtained by reacting the chloro substituted product g or the bromo substituted product g with a proton adduct H--X of a split-off group in a solvent such as methylene chloride, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, acetone, acetonitrile, dioxane, N-methylpyrrolidone, N,N&#39;-dimethylimidazolidine-2-one, N,N-dimethylformamide, or N,N-dimethylacetamide at a reaction temperature of -20° C. to 150° C., and preferably -10° C. to 100° C. At this time, it is possible to use a base such as triethylamine, N-ethylmorpholine, DBU, tetramethylguanidine, potassium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, or sodium bicarbonate. 
     The β-ketoester d can also be synthesized in accordance with the following method. ##STR13## 
     The β-ketoester d can be obtained by reacting the ketone i and diethyl carbonate in the presence of a base (for example, NaH, NaNH 2 , potassium t-butoxide, or sodium ethylate), in the absence of a solvent, or in a solvent such as tetrahydrofuran, dioxane, toluene, xylene, tetralin, or ether. The reaction temperature is 0° C. to 200° C., and preferably 50° C. to 150° C. In this case, it is preferable to use an excess of diethyl carbonate and the base with respect to the ketone i. 
     A synthesis example of the coupler according to the present invention will be described below. Synthesis Example-Synthesis of exemplified coupler (1). 
     18.4 g of oxalylchoride were dropped in a mixture of 13.5 g of bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane-1-carboxylic acid synthesized by a synthesis method described in H. K. Hall, Macromol. 1971, 4(2), page 139, 1 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide, and 100 ml of methylene chloride at room temperature over 30 minutes under stirring. After the dropping, the resultant mixture was stirred for two hours and condensed under reduced pressure to obtain 15.7 g of acid chloride. 
     80 ml of methanol were dropped in a mixture of 2.9 g of magnesium and 1.2 ml of carbon tetrachloride at room temperature over 30 minutes, and the mixture was refluxed under heating for two hours. 14.8 g of ethyl acetoacetate were dropped over 30 minutes, and the mixture was refluxed under heating for two hours. After the methanol was perfectly distilled off under reduced pressure, 200 ml of tetrahydrofuran were added to the reaction product, and 22 g of the acid chloride obtained earlier were dropped at room temperature over 30 minutes under stirring. After the dropping, the resultant mixture was stirred for 30 minutes, and 300 ml of ethyl acetate were added to it. The reaction product was washed with diluted sulfuric acid water and then with water. After the organic layer was dried by sodium sulfate anhydride, the solution was condensed under reduced pressure to obtain 25.5 g of an oily product. The total weight of the oily product was dissolved in 100 ml of ethanol, and 40  ml of 30% ammonium water were dropped in the resultant solution at room temperature over 10 minutes. Thereafter, the obtained solution was stirred for an hour, and 300 ml of ethyl acetate were added to the solution. The reaction product was extracted and washed with diluted sulfuric acid water and then with water. The organic layer was dried by sodium sulfate anhydride and condensed under reduced pressure to obtain 20.0 g of an oily product of ethyl bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane-1-carbonylacetate (β-ketoester product). 
     13.7 g of the β-ketoester and 17.0 g of N-(3-amino-4-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-di-t-pentylphenoxy)butaneamide were stirred under heating at a temperature of 140° C. under reduced pressure obtained by an aspirator for five hours. The reaction solution was purified by column chromatography using silica gel as a carrier and a solvent mixture of ethyl acetate and n-hexane as a developing solution to obtain 24.4 g of a viscous oily product of β-ketoacetamide product (corresponding to compound f). 
     14.5 g of the β-ketoacetamide were dissolved in 200 ml of methylene chloride, and 3.4 g of sulfuryl chloride were dropped under ice cooling over 10 minutes. After the resultant solution was stirred for 30 minutes, the reaction solution was washed with water, dried by calcium chloride, and condensed to obtain a chloride (corresponding to g in Formula 26) of the β-ketoacetamide. The synthesized chloride was dissolved in 50 ml of N,N-dimethylformaldehyde, and the resultant solution was dropped in a solution containing 12.8 g of 1-benzyl-5-ethoxyhydantoin, 7.6 ml of triethylamine, and 50 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide at room temperature over 30 minutes. 
     Thereafter, the reaction was continued at 40° C. for four hours, and the reaction solution was extracted with 300 ml of ethyl acetate and washed with water. The resultant material was washed with 300 ml of a 2% aqueous triethylamine solution and neutralized by diluted hydrochloric acid. After the organic layer was dried by sodium sulfate anhydride, the solvent was distilled off to obtain an oily product. This oily product was separated and purified by column chromatography using silica gel as a carrier and a solvent mixture of ethyl acetate and n-hexane as a developing solution. The corresponding fraction was condensed under reduced pressure to obtain 17.5 g of a viscous oily product of an exemplified coupler (1). The structure of the compound was confirmed by a MASS spectrum, an NMR spectrum, and elementary analysis. 
     Although the coupler of the present invention can be used in any layer of the light-sensitive material, it is preferably used in a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer or a non-light-sensitive layer adjacent to that layer. 
     The amount of the yellow coupler used in the present invention falls within the range of preferably 0.05 to 5.0 mmol/m 2 , and more preferably 0.2 to 2.0 mmol/m 2 . 
     When the yellow coupler of the present invention is used in light-sensitive layers, the molar ratio of the coupler to a silver halide is preferably 1:0.1 to 1:200, and more preferably 1:2 to 1:200. When the yellow coupler of the present invention is used in a non-light-sensitive layer, it is used in an amount of 2.0 to 0.01 mol with respect to a silver halide in an adjacent blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer. 
     The coupler according to the present invention may be used singly or together with another yellow coupler (for example, a pivaloylacetanilide-based yellow coupler or a benzoylacetanilide-based yellow coupler). When the coupler of the present invention is used in combination with another yellow coupler, the amount of the coupler of the present invention falls within the range of 10 mol % or more, and more preferably 40 mol % or more with respect to the total content of these yellow couplers. 
     The present invention can be applied to various color light-sensitive materials. Representative examples are color negative films for general purposes or movies, color reversal films for slides or TV, color paper, color positive film, and color reversal paper. The coupler of the present invention can also be applied to coupler-in-developer-type color reversal films when it is dissolved in a color developer. 
     Techniques and materials which can be used together with the color photographic light-sensitive material of the present invention are described in portions of JP-A-3-161745 described below. 
     1. Layer arrangement: page 28, lower left column, line 1 to page 29, upper right column, line 7 
     2. Silver halide emulsion: page 29, upper right column, line 8 to page 30, upper right column, line 12 
     3. Yellow coupler: page 30, lower right column, lines 5 to 11 
     4. Magenta coupler: page 30, lower right column, line 12 to page 31, line 3 
     5. Cyan coupler: page 31, upper left column, lines 4 to 16 
     6. Polymer coupler: page 31, upper left column, line 17 to upper right column, line 1 
     7. Functional coupler: page 31, upper right column, line 2 to lower right column, line 5 
     8. Antiseptic and mildewproofing agents: page 32, upper right column, lines 10 to 17 
     9. Formalin scavenger: page 30, lower left column, lines 16 to 20 
     10. Other additives: page 35, lower right column, line 19 to page 36, upper left column, line 14, and page 30, upper right column, line 13 to lower left column, line 15 
     11. Dispersion method: page 31, lower right column, line 8 to page 32, upper right column, line 9 
     12. Support: page 32, lower left column, lines 4 to 6 
     13. Thickness and physical properties of film: page 32, lower left column, line 7 to lower right column, line 10 
     14. Color development process: page 32, lower right column, line 15 to page 33, lower right column, line 16 
     15. Desilvering process: page 32, lower right column, line 17 to page 35, upper left column, line 16 
     16. Automatic developing machine: page 35, lower left column, line 17 to upper right column, line 5 
     17. Washing/stabilizing process: page 35, upper right column, line 6 to lower right column, line 15 
     Each processing solution in the present invention is used at a temperature of 10° C. to 50° C. Although a normal processing temperature is 33° C. to 38° C., processing may be accelerated at a higher temperature to shorten a processing time, or image quality or stability of a processing solution may be improved at a lower temperature. 
     The silver halide light-sensitive material of the present invention can be applied to thermal development light-sensitive materials described in, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,500,626, JP-A-60-133449, JP-A-59-218443, JP-A-61-238056, and EP 210,660A2. 
     The present invention will be described in more detail below by way of its examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples. 
     The structures of comparative couplers used in the following examples are shown below: ##STR14## 
    
    
     The numbers representing the couplers of the present invention used in the following examples are numbers assigned to the exemplified compounds. 
     EXAMPLE 1 
     18.3 g of the comparative coupler YC-1 were weighed out and dissolved in 9.1 cc of tricresyl phosphate and 20 cc of ethyl acetate. 2.3 g of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate were added to 500 g of a 10% aqueous gelatin solution, and the total weight of the above coupler solution was added to cause emulsion dispersion. A silver chlorobromide emulsion (silver bromide: 65 mol %) was added to the resultant emulsion dispersion so that the molar ratio of the silver halide to the coupler was 3.0. A 10% aqueous gelatin solution and water were added to the mixture so that the final amount of a coating solution was 2,000 cc and the final gelatin concentration was 5%. This coating solution was applied to a subbed triacetyl cellulose support so that the coating amount of the coupler was 1 mmol/m 2 . A gelatin protective layer containing sodium 1-oxy-3,5-dichloro-s-triazinate as a hardening agent was simultaneously coated. 
     In addition, samples were formed following the same procedures as described above except that the comparative coupler YC-1 was replaced with equal molar quantities of other comparative couplers and the couplers of the present invention. 
     These samples were subjected to sensitometry as follows. First, a sensitometer (FWH type available from Fuji Photo Film, Co. Ltd., color temperature of light source=3,200 K.) was used to apply gradition exposure to each sample. The exposure in this case was performed with an exposure amount of 250 CMS for an exposure time of 0.1 sec. The exposed samples were subjected to the following processes in the steps of Table 1 below. The compositions of the respective processing solutions are summarized in Tables 2 and 3 below. 
     
                       TABLE 1                                                     
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Processing step Temperature                                               
                           Time                                           
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Color development                                                         
                35° C.                                             
                           2 min.                                         
Bleach-fixing   35° C.                                             
                           1 min.   30 sec.                               
Washing         35° C.                                             
                           2 min.                                         
Drying          60° C.                                             
                           10 min.                                        
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                       TABLE 2                                                     
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Color developing solution                                                 
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Water                   700      ml                                       
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid                                           
                        3.0      g                                        
Triethanolamine         12.0     g                                        
Potassium bromide       1.0      g                                        
Potassium carbonate     27.0     g                                        
Sodium sulfite          0.1      g                                        
Disodium-N,N-bis(sulfonateethyl)                                          
                        8.0      g                                        
hydroxylamine                                                             
N-ethyl-N-(β-methanesulfonamidoethyl)-                               
                        5.0      g                                        
3-methyl-4-aminoanilinesulfate                                            
Water to make           1,000    ml                                       
pH (25° C.)      10.05                                             
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                       TABLE 3                                                     
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Bleach-fixing solution                                                    
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Water                     600    ml                                       
Ammonium thiosulfate (700 g/l)                                            
                          100    ml                                       
Iron(III) ammonium ethylenediamine                                        
                          55     g                                        
tetraacetate                                                              
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid                                           
                          5      g                                        
Ammonium bromide          40     g                                        
Nitric acid (67%)         30     g                                        
Water to make             1,000  ml                                       
pH (25° C.)        5.8                                             
(adjusted by acetic acid or ammonia water)                                
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     Maximum color densities Dmax were read from the sensitometric curves in blue region of the resultant samples. The light-fastnesses of the samples were evaluated by the ratios of remaining dye images at an initial density of 1.0 in the sensitometric curves upon radiation of the samples with 75,000-lux xenon light for seven days. Fading values of the samples under humid/hot conditions were also read from the sensitometric curves after the samples were stored at a constant temperature of 60° C. and a constant humidity of 70% RH for three months. The results are summarized in Tables 4 and 5 below. A coupler having a higher Dmax can be regarded as an excellent coupler having a better color forming property. A coupler having a higher ratio of remaining dye image is regarded as an excellent coupler which causes less fading. 
     
                                           TABLE 4                                 
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             Dye image stability                                          
             (remaining ratio)                                            
             Radiation                                                    
                   Stored                                                 
     Maximum color                                                        
             of xenon                                                     
                   under                                                  
Coupler                                                                   
     density Dmax                                                         
             light 60° C.-70%                                      
                         Remarks                                          
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YC-1 1.47     69%   74%  Comparative example                              
                         pivaloyl-based-coupler                           
YC-2 1.73    30    46    Comparative example                              
                         benzoyl-based coupler                            
YC-3 0.68    --    --    Comparative example                              
                         coupler 28 described in                          
                         USRe 27848                                       
YC-4 0.87    --    --    Comparative example                              
                         Coupler 30 described in                          
                         USRe 27848                                       
YC-5 1.29     7    12    Comparative example                              
                         Coupler (19) described in                        
                         JP-A-47-26133                                    
YC-6 1.00    18    14    Comparative example                              
                         Coupler (21) described in                        
                         JP-A-47-26133                                    
YC-7 1.25    85    82    Comparative example                              
                         Coupler 2 described in                           
                         JP-A-56-87041                                    
YC-8 1.35    79    80    Comparative example                              
                         2-equivalent coupler                             
                         similar to YC-3                                  
YC-9 1.15    73    80    Comparative example                              
                         2-equivalent coupler                             
                         similar to YC-4                                  
 YC-10                                                                    
     1.68    13     9    Comparative example                              
                         Coupler similar to YC-5                          
 YC-11                                                                    
     1.49    17    15    Comparative example                              
                         Coupler similar to YC-6                          
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                       TABLE 5                                                     
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Maximum       Dye image stability                                         
color         (remaining ratio)                                           
       forming    Radiation Stored                                        
       density    of xenon  under                                         
Coupler                                                                   
       Dmax       light     60° C.-70%                             
                                     Remarks                              
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 (1)   1.98        73%       82%     Present                              
                                     Invention                            
 (4)   1.91       79        91       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
 (8)   1.79       68        79       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
 (9)   1.83       81        90       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
(12)   1.68       75        85       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
(13)   1.65       91        92       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
(15)   1.61       88        87       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
(16)   1.58       84        88       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
(17)   1.55       92        93       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
(19)   1.51       90        95       Present                              
                                     Invention                            
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     As is apparent from Table 4, although a pivaloylacetanilide-based coupler represented by the comparative coupler YC-1 has a certain dye fastness, it does not have a sufficiently high maximum color forming density. A further improvement of this coupler is required. On the other hand, although a benzoylacetanilide-based coupler represented by the comparative coupler YC-2 has a relatively high maximum color density, the dye image fades greatly upon light radiation or storage under humid/hot conditions. A further improvement of this coupler is also required. 
     The couplers represented by YC-3 to YC-11 are couplers described in U.S. Pat. No. Re. 27,848, JP-A-47-26133, and JP-A-56-87041, or couplers similar to them. Either the maximum color density or dye fastness of some of these couplers is better than that of YC-1 or YC-2. However, none of these couplers satisfy both of excellent color forming properties and prevention of fading. Although the coupler YC-10 has a relatively high color density, it is poor in color reproducibility since the resultant dye image is orange in color. 
     The yellow coupler YC-1 which has been considered preferable in color reproduction and used in color print materials has less orangish color than that of YC-2 often used in materials for photography. However, the coupler still keeps a considerable amount of orangish color and therefore is not satisfactorily preferable in reproducing yellow or greenish yellow. The coupler of the present invention, on the other hand, is much less orangish than YC-1 but exhibits bright yellow. This indicates that the coupler of the present invention can further improve reproducibility of yellow or greenish yellow. 
     As shown in Table 5, the couplers (1), (4), (8), and (9) according to the present invention have higher maximum color densities than that of the highly active benzoylacetanilide-based coupler (YC-2) and have a dye fastness equal to or better than the pivaloylacetanilide-based coupler (YC-1). Of the couplers (1), (4), (8), and (9), the couplers (1) and (4) exhibit higher maximum color densities. 
     On the other hand, the couplers (12), (13), (15), (16), (17), and (19) according to the present invention have only slightly higher color forming densities than that of the pivaloylacetanilide-based coupler (YC-1). However, the couplers (12), (13), (15), (16), (17), and (19) have better dye stability than the coupler (YC-1) upon light radiation or storage under humid/hot conditions. Of these couplers, the couplers (13), (17), and (19) have excellent dye fastnesses. 
     As described above, the couplers according to the present invention are regarded as excellent couplers having satisfactory, improved levels in both the color forming property and dye stability. 
     EXAMPLE 2 
     15.0 g of the comparative coupler YC-2 were weighed out and dissolved in 6.0 cc of tricresyl phosphate and 20 cc of ethyl acetate. 2.3 g of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate were added to 500 g of a 10% aqueous gelatin solution, and the total weight of the coupler solution was added to cause emulsion dispersion. A silver bromoiodide emulsion (silver iodide: 8 mol %) was added to the resultant emulsion dispersion so that the molar ratio of the silver halide to the coupler was 4.0. A 10% aqueous gelatin solution and water were added to the mixture so that the final amount of a coating solution was 2,000 cc and the final gelatin concentration was 5%. This coating solution was applied to a subbed triacetyl cellulose support so that the coating amount of the coupler was 1 mmol/m 2 . A gelatin protective layer containing 1,2-bis(vinylsulfonylacetamido)ethane as a hardening agent was simultaneously coated. 
     In addition, samples were formed following the same procedures as described above except that the comparative coupler YC-2 was replaced with equal molar quantities of other comparative couplers and the couplers of the present invention. 
     These samples were subjected to sensitometry as follows. First, a sensitometer (FWH type available from Fuji Photo Film. Co. Ltd., color temperature of light source=3,000K) was used to apply gradation exposure to each sample. The exposure in this case was performed with an exposure amount of 5 CMS for an exposure time of 0.1 sec. The exposed samples were subjected to the following processes in the steps of Table 6 below. The compositions of the respective processing solutions are summarized in Tables 7 to 9 below. 
     
                       TABLE 6                                                     
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Processing step Temperature                                               
                           Time                                           
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Color development                                                         
                38° C.                                             
                           3 min.   15 sec.                               
Bleaching       38° C.                                             
                           6 min.   30 sec.                               
Washing         38° C.                                             
                           2 min.                                         
Fixing          38° C.                                             
                           4 min.   30 sec.                               
Washing         35° C.                                             
                           5 min.                                         
Drying          60° C.                                             
                           5 min.                                         
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                       TABLE 7                                                     
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Color developing solution                                                 
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Water                    700    ml                                        
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid                                           
                         2.0    g                                         
Sodium sulfite           4.0    g                                         
Potassium carbonate      30.0   g                                         
Potassium bromide        1.4    g                                         
Hydroxyaminesulfate      8.0    g                                         
4-(N-ethyl-N-(β-hydroxyethylamino)-                                  
                         4.5    g                                         
methylanilinesulfate                                                      
Water to make            1,000  ml                                        
pH (25° C.)       10.05                                            
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                       TABLE 8                                                     
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Bleaching solution                                                        
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Water                    600    ml                                        
Ammonium thiosulfate (700 g/l)                                            
                         100    g                                         
Iron(III) sodium ethylenediamine                                          
                         100    g                                         
tetraacetate trihydrate                                                   
Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate                                      
                         10     g                                         
Ammonium bromide         30     g                                         
Ammonia water (27%)      6.5    g                                         
Water to make            1,000  ml                                        
pH (25° C.)       6.0                                              
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                       TABLE 9                                                     
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Fixing solution                                                           
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Water                    600    ml                                        
Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate                                      
                         0.5    g                                         
Sodium sulfite           7.0    g                                         
Sodium bisulfite         5.5    g                                         
Ammonium thiosulfate (700 g/l)                                            
                         170    g                                         
Water to make            1,000  ml                                        
pH (25° C.)       6.7                                              
(adjusted by acetic acid or ammonia water)                                
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     Maximum color densities Dmax were read from the sensitometric curves in blue ranges of the resultant samples. The dye fastnesses of the samples were evaluated by reading the ratios of remaining dye images of the Dmax portions from the sensitometric curves after the samples were stored at a temperature of 60° C. and a humidity of 70% RH for 14 days. Results are summarized in Table 10. The couplers having high maximum color densities and high ratios of remaining dye images are regarded as excellent coupler. 
     
                       TABLE 10                                                    
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                 Dye image                                                
       Maximum   stability                                                
       color     (remaining                                               
       density   ratio)                                                   
Coupler                                                                   
       Dmax      under 60° C.-70%                                  
                              Remarks                                     
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YC-2   1.68      67%          Benzoyl-based                               
                              coupler of compar-                          
                              ative example                               
YC-12  1.75      59%          Benzoyl-based                               
                              coupler of compar-                          
                              ative example                               
YC-13  1.44      60%          Pivaloyl-based                              
                              coupler of compar-                          
                              ative example                               
(2)    2.04      88%          Present invention                           
(6)    1.95      81%          Present invention                           
(9)    1.98      91%          Present invention                           
(12)   1.88      85%          Present invention                           
(14)   1.79      94%          Present invention                           
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     As is apparent from Table 10, the couplers of the present invention have higher color densities than that of the comparative benzoylacetanilide-based couplers YC-2 and YC-12 known as highly active couplers and the comparative coupler YC-13 known as a relatively highly active coupler among pivaloylacetanilide-based couplers. The couplers of the present invention exhibit better results than the comparative couplers in fading of dye images upon storage under humid/hot conditions. 
     As described above, the couplers according to the present invention are regarded as excellent couplers having satisfactory, improved levels in both the color forming property and dye stability. 
     EXAMPLE 3 
     After corona discharge was performed on the surface of a paper support double-side-laminated by polyethylene, a gelatin subbing layer containing sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate was formed on the surface, and various photographic constituting layers were coated to prepare a multilayered color photographic paper (sample 1) having the following layer structure. The coating solutions were prepared as follows. Preparation of coating solution for fifth layer: 
     50.0 cc of ethyl acetate and 14.0 g of a solvent (Solv-6) are added to 32.0 g of the cyan coupler (ExC), 3.0 g of the dye image stabilizer (Cpd-2), 2.0 g of the dye image stabilizer (Cpd-4), 18.0 g of the dye image stabilizer (Cpd-6), 40.0 g of the dye image stabilizer (Cpd-7), and 5.0 g of the dye image stabilizer (Cpd-8), and dissolved. The resultant solution was added to 500 cc of a 20% aqueous gelatin solution containing 8 cc of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate. The mixture was emulsion-dispersed by an ultrasonic homogenizer to prepare an emulsion dispersion. On the other hand, a silver chlorobromide emulsion (cubic, a 1:4 mixture (Ag molar ratio) of a large-size emulsion having an average grain size of 0.58 μm and a small-size emulsion having that of 0.45 μm. The variation coefficients of grain size distributions of the two emulsions were 0.09 and 0.11, respectively. Each emulsion locally contained 0.6 mol % of AgBr in a portion of the surface of each grain) was prepared. The following red-sensitive sensitizing dye E had been added to the large-size emulsion in an amount of 0.9×10 -4  mol per mol of silver and to the small-size emulsion in an amount of 1.1×10 -4  mol per mol of silver. Chemical ripening of the emulsion was performed by adding a sulfur sensitizer and a gold sensitizer. This red-sensitive silver chlorobromide emulsion in the above emulsion dispersion were mixed and dissolved, and preparing the coating solution of the fifth layer having a composition given below. 
     The coating solutions of the first to fourth layers and those of the sixth and seventh layers were prepared following the same procedures as in the preparation of the coating solution of the fifth layer. H-1 and H-2 were used as gelatin hardening agents of the respective layers. 
     Cpd-10 and Cpd-11 were added to each layer so that the total content was 25.0 mg/m 2  and 50.0 mg/m 2 , respectively. 
     Spectral sensitizing dyes shown in Tables 11 to 13 below were used for silver chlorobromide emulsions of the light-sensitive emulsion layers. 
     
                       TABLE 11                                                    
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Red-sensitive emulsion layer                                              
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Sensitizing dye A                                                         
 ##STR15##                                                                
sensitizing dye B                                                         
 ##STR16##                                                                
(each in amounts of 2.0 × 10.sup.-4 mols and                        
2.5 × 10.sup.-4 mols per mol of a silver halide                     
for large- and small-size emulsions,                                      
respectively)                                                             
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                                           TABLE 12                                
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Green-sensitive emulsion layer                                            
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Sensitizing dye C                                                         
 ##STR17##                                                                
(4.0 × 10.sup.-4 mols and 5.6 × 10.sup.-4 mols per mol        
of a silver halide for large- and small-size                              
emulsions, respectively) and                                              
Sensitizing dye D                                                         
 ##STR18##                                                                
(7.0 × 10.sup.-5 mols and 1.0 × 10.sup.-5 mols per mol        
of a silver halide for large- and small-size                              
emulsions, respectively)                                                  
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                                           TABLE 13                                
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Green-sensitive emulsion layer                                            
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Sensitizing dye E                                                         
 ##STR19##                                                                
(0.9 × 10.sup.-4 mols and 1.1 × 10.sup.-4 mols per mol of a   
silver halide for large- and                                              
small-size emulsions, respectively)                                       
In addition, a compound below was added in an amount of 2.6 ×       
10.sup.-3 mols                                                            
per mol of a silver halide.                                               
 ##STR20##                                                                
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     1-(5-methylureidophenyl)-5-mercaptotetrazole was added to the blue-, green-, and red-sensitive emulsion layers in amounts of 8.5×10 -5  mol, 7.7×10 -4  mol, and 2.5×10 -4  mol per mol of the silver halide, respectively. 
     4-hydroxy-6-methyl-1,3,3a,7-tetrazaindene was added in amount of 1×10 -4  mol and 2×10 -4  mol per mol of the silver halide, respectively, to each of the blue- and green-sensitive emulsion layers. 
     In addition, the following dyes (coating amounts are represented in the parentheses) were added to the emulsion layers for anti-irradiation. ##STR21## 
     Layer arrangement 
     Tables 14 to 17 show compositions of the respective layers. Numbers represent coating amounts (g/m 2 ). A coating amount of each silver halide emulsion is represented by the coating amount of silver. 
     
                       TABLE 14                                                    
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Support                                                                   
Polyethylene-laminated paper                                              
(containing a white pigment (TiO.sub.2) and a blue                        
dye (ultramarine blue) in polyethylene on the                             
first layer side)                                                         
First layer (blue-sensitive emulsion layer)                               
Silver chlorobromide emulsion                                             
                          0.20                                            
(Cubic, a 3:7 mixture (molar ratio of silver)                             
of a large-size emulsion having an average                                
grain size of 0.88 μm and a small-size                                 
emulsion having that of 0.70 μm. Variation                             
coefficients in grain size distributions of                               
the two emulsions are 0.08 and 0.10, respec-                              
tively. Each emulsion locally contained                                   
0.3 mol % of silver bromide in a portion of                               
the surface of each grain.)                                               
Gelatin                   1.44                                            
Yellow coupler (ExY)      0.48                                            
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-1)                                              
                          0.15                                            
Solvent (Solv-3)          0.12                                            
Solvent (Solv-7)          0.12                                            
Dye image estabilizer (Cpd-7)                                             
                          0.04                                            
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-9)                                              
                          0.03                                            
Stabilizer (Cpd-12)       0.01                                            
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                       TABLE 15                                                    
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Second layer (color mixing inhibiting layer)                              
Gelatin                    0.99                                           
Dye stabilizer (Cpd-1)     0.08                                           
Solvent (Solv-1)           0.16                                           
Solvent (Solv-4)           0.08                                           
Third layer (green-sensitive emulsion layer)                              
Silver chlorobromide emulsion                                             
                           0.12                                           
(Cubic, a 1:3 (molar ratio of Ag) mixture                                 
of large-size emulsion having an average grain                            
size of 0.55 μm and a small-size emulsion                              
having that of 0.39 μm. Variation coefficients                         
in grain size distributions of the two                                    
emulsions are 0.10 and 0.08, respectively. Each                           
emulsion locally contained 0.8 mol % of AgBr in                           
a portion of the surface of each grain.)                                  
Gelatin                    1.24                                           
Magenta coupler (ExM)      0.23                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-2)                                              
                           0.03                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-3)                                              
                           0.16                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-4)                                              
                           0.02                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-9)                                              
                           0.02                                           
Solvent (Solv-2)           0.40                                           
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Fourth layer (Ultraviolet absorbing layer)                                
Gelatin                    1.58                                           
Ultraviolet absorbent (UV-1)                                              
                           0.47                                           
Color mixing inhibitor (Cpd-5)                                            
                           0.05                                           
Solvent (Solv-5)           0.24                                           
Fifth layer (red-sensitive emulsion layer)                                
Silver chlorobromide emulsion                                             
                           0.23                                           
(Cubic, a 1:4 (molar ratio of Ag) mixture of                              
large-size emulsion having an average grain                               
size of 0.58 μm and a small-size emulsion having                       
that of 0.45 μm. Variation coefficients in grain                       
size distributions of the two emulsions are 0.09                          
and 0.11, respectively. Each emulsion locally                             
contained 0.6 mol % of AgBr in a portion of the                           
surface of each grain.)                                                   
Gelatin                    1.34                                           
Cyan coupler (ExC)         0.32                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-2)                                              
                           0.03                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-4)                                              
                           0.02                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-6)                                              
                           0.18                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-7)                                              
                           0.40                                           
Dye image stabilizer (Cpd-8)                                              
                           0.05                                           
Solvent (Solv-6)           0.14                                           
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Sixth layer (ultraviolet absorbing layer)                                 
Gelatin                 1.53                                              
Ultraviolet absorbent (UV-1)                                              
                        0.16                                              
Color mixing inhibitor (Cpd-5)                                            
                        0.02                                              
Solvent (Solv-5)        0.08                                              
Seventh layer (protective layer)                                          
Gelatin                 1.33                                              
Acryl-modified copolymer of                                               
                        0.17                                              
polyvinyl alcohol                                                         
(modification degree: 17%)                                                
Liquid paraffin         0.03                                              
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     Various additives herein used are represented by below. ##STR22## 
     The sample 1 was subjected to sensitometry as follows. First, a sensitometer (FWH type available from Fuji Photo Film. Co. Ltd., color temperature of light source=3,200K) was used to apply gradation exposure through a sensitometry separation filter to each sample. The exposure in this case was performed with an exposure amount of 250 CMS for an exposure time of 0.1 sec. 
     By using a paper processor, the exposed sample 1 was subjected to a continuous processing (running test) in accordance with processing steps and using processing solutions having compositions, shown in Tables 18 to 20, until the quantity of a replenisher became twice the tank volume of color development. 
     
                       TABLE 18                                                    
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Processing                   Quantity* of                                 
                                       Tank                               
step      Temperature                                                     
                     Time    replenisher                                  
                                       volume                             
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Color     35° C.                                                   
                     45 sec. 161 ml    17 l                               
development                                                               
Bleach-fixing                                                             
          35° C.                                                   
                     45 sec. 215 ml    17 l                               
Rinsing 1 35° C.                                                   
                     20 sec. --        10 l                               
Rinsing 2 35° C.                                                   
                     20 sec. --        10 l                               
Rinsing 3 35° C.                                                   
                     20 sec. 360 ml    10 l                               
Drying    80° C.                                                   
                     60 sec.                                              
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 (3tank counter flow piping from rinsing 3 to 1)                          
 
    
     
                       TABLE 19                                                    
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Color developing solution                                                 
                   Tank solution   Replenisher                            
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Water              700     ml      700  ml                                
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic                                                
                   3.0     g       3.0  g                                 
acid                                                                      
Disodium 1,2-dihydroxybenzene-                                            
                   0.5     g       0.5  g                                 
4,6-disulfonate                                                           
Triethanolamine    12.0    g       12.0 g                                 
Potassium chloride 1.6     g       --                                     
Potassium chloride 0.01    g       --                                     
Potassium carbonate                                                       
                   27.0    g       27.0 g                                 
Fluorescent brightener                                                    
                   1.0     g       2.5  g                                 
(WHITBX 4B available from                                                 
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO.,                                                    
LTD.)                                                                     
Sodium sulfite     0.1     g       0.2  g                                 
Disodium-N,N-bis(sulfonateethyl)                                          
                   8.0     g       10.0 g                                 
hydroxylamine                                                             
N-ethyl-N-(β-methanesulfonamido                                      
                   5.0     g       7.1  g                                 
ethyl)-3-methyl-aminoaniline                                              
sulfate                                                                   
Water to make      1,000   ml      1,000                                  
                                        ml                                
pH (25° C.) 10.05           10.45                                  
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                       TABLE 20                                                    
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                    (A tank solution and a                                
Bleach-fixing solution                                                    
                    replenisher are the same)                             
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Water               600        ml                                         
Ammonium thiosulfate (700 g/l)                                            
                    100        ml                                         
Iron(III) sodium ethylenediamine                                          
                    55         g                                          
tetraacetate                                                              
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid                                           
                    5          g                                          
Ammonium bromide    40         g                                          
Nitric acid (67%)   30         g                                          
Water to make       1,000      ml                                         
pH (25° C.)  5.8                                                   
(adjusted by acetic acid or ammonia                                       
water)                                                                    
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                    (A tank solution and a                                
Rinsing solution    replenisher are the same)                             
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Ion exchange water (each of calcium                                       
and magnesium is 3 ppm or less)                                           
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     In addition, samples were prepared by replacing the yellow coupler (ExY) of the blue-sensitive emulsion layer with equal molar quantities of the comparative couplers in Example 1 and the couplers of the present invention. The same evaluation as for the sample 1 were performed for these samples. 
     In this case, almost the same effects as in Example 1 were also obtained. 
     EXAMPLE 4 
     Layers having the following compositions were coated on a subbed cellulose triacetate support to prepare a sample 101 as a multilayered color light-sensitive material. 
     Compositions of light-sensitive layers 
     Values corresponding to the respective components represent their coating amounts in units of g/m 2 . The coating amount of each silver halide is represented by the content of silver. Note that a value given to each sensitizing dye represents its coating amount in units of mols per mol of a silver halide in the same layer. 
     
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(Sample 101)                                                              
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First layer (Antihalation layer)                                          
Black colloidal silver silver  0.18                                       
Gelatin                        1.40                                       
Second layer (Interlayer)                                                 
2,5-di-t-pentadecylhydroquinone                                           
                               0.18                                       
EX-1                           0.18                                       
EX-3                           0.20                                       
EX-12                          2.0 × 10.sup.-3                      
U-1                             0.060                                     
U-2                             0.080                                     
U-3                            0.10                                       
HBS-1                          0.10                                       
HBS-2                           0.020                                     
Gelatin                        1.04                                       
Third layer (1st red-sensitive emulsion layer)                            
Emulsion A             silver  0.25                                       
Emulsion B             silver  0.25                                       
Sensitizing dye I              6.9 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye II             1.8 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye III            3.1 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-2                           0.17                                       
EX-10                           0.020                                     
EX-14                          0.17                                       
U-1                             0.070                                     
U-2                             0.050                                     
U-3                             0.070                                     
HBS-1                           0.060                                     
Gelatin                        0.87                                       
Fourth Layer (2nd red-sensitive emulsion layer)                           
Emulsion G             silver  1.00                                       
Sensitizing dye I              5.1 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye II             1.4 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye III            2.3 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-2                           0.20                                       
EX-3                            0.050                                     
EX-10                           0.015                                     
EX-14                          0.20                                       
EX-15                           0.050                                     
U-1                             0.070                                     
U-2                             0.050                                     
U-3                             0.070                                     
Gelatin                        1.30                                       
Fifth layer (3rd red-sensitive emulsion layer)                            
Emulsion D             silver  1.60                                       
Sensitizing dye I              5.4 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye II             1.4 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye III            2.4 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-2                            0.097                                     
EX-3                            0.010                                     
EX-4                            0.080                                     
HBS-1                          0.22                                       
HBS-2                          0.10                                       
Gelatin                        1.63                                       
Sixth layer (Interlayer)                                                  
EX-5                            0.040                                     
HBS-1                           0.020                                     
Gelatin                        0.80                                       
Seventh layer (1st green-sensitive emulsion layer)                        
Emulsion A             silver  0.15                                       
Emulsion B             silver  0.15                                       
Sensitizing dye IV             3.0 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye V              1.0 × 10.sup.-4                      
Sensitizing dye VI             3.8 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-1                            0.021                                     
EX-6                           0.26                                       
EX-7                            0.030                                     
EX-8                            0.025                                     
HBS-1                          0.10                                       
HBS-3                           0.010                                     
Gelatin                        0.63                                       
Eighth layer (2nd green-sensitive emulsion layer)                         
Emulsion C             silver  0.45                                       
Sensitizing dye IV             2.1 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye V              7.0 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye VI             2.6 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-6                            0.094                                     
EX-7                            0.026                                     
EX-8                            0.018                                     
HBS-1                          0.16                                       
HBS-3                          8.0 × 10.sup.-3                      
Gelatin                        0.50                                       
Ninth layer (3rd green-sensitive emulsion layer)                          
Emulsion E             silver  1.20                                       
Sensitizing dye IV             3.5 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye V              8.0 × 10.sup.-5                      
Sensitizing dye VI             3.0 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-1                            0.013                                     
EX-11                           0.065                                     
EX-13                           0.019                                     
HBS-1                          0.25                                       
HBS-2                          0.10                                       
Gelatin                        1.54                                       
 Tenth layer (Yellow filter layer)                                        
Yellow colloidal silver                                                   
                       silver   0.050                                     
EX-5                            0.080                                     
HBS-1                           0.030                                     
Gelatin                        0.95                                       
Eleventh layer (1st blue-sensitive emulsion layer)                        
Emulsion A             silver   0.080                                     
Emulsion B             silver   0.070                                     
Emulsion F             silver   0.070                                     
Sensitizing dye VII            3.5 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-8                            0.042                                     
EX-9                           0.72                                       
HBS-1                          0.28                                       
Gelatin                        1.10                                       
Twelfth layer (2nd blue-sensitive emulsion layer)                         
Emulsion G             silver  0.45                                       
Sensitizing dye VII            2.1 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-9                           0.15                                       
EX-10                          7.0 × 10.sup.-3                      
HBS-1                           0.050                                     
Gelatin                        0.78                                       
Thirteenth layer (3rd blue-sensitive emulsion layer)                      
Emulsion H             silver  0.77                                       
Sensitizing dye VII            2.2 × 10.sup.-4                      
EX-9                           0.20                                       
HBS-1                           0.070                                     
Gelatin                        0.69                                       
Fourteenth layer (1st protective layer)                                   
Emulsion I             silver  0.20                                       
U-4                            0.11                                       
U-5                            0.17                                       
HBS-1                          5.0 × 10.sup.- 2                     
Gelatin                        1.00                                       
Fifteenth layer (2nd protective layer)                                    
H-1                            0.40                                       
B-1 (diameter = 1.7 μm)     5.0 × 10.sup.-2                      
B-2 (diameter = 1.7 μm)     0.10                                       
B-3                            0.10                                       
S-1                            0.20                                       
Gelatin                        1.20                                       
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     In addition, in order to improve storage stability, processability, a resistance to pressure, antiseptic and mildewproofing properties, antistatic properties, and coating properties, W-1, W-2, W-3, B-4, B-5, F-1, F-2, F-3, F-4, F-5, F-6, F-7, F-8, F-9, F-10, F-11, F-12, F-13, F-14, F-15, F-16, F-17, and an iron salt, lead salt, gold salt, platinum salt, iridium salt, and rhodium salt were added to all of the above layers. Emulsions A to I and various additives used in this example are shown in Table 21 and below. 
     
                                           TABLE 21                                
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       Average                                                            
            Average                                                       
                 Variation                                                
       AgI  grain                                                         
                 coefficient                                              
                         Diameter/                                        
       content                                                            
            size (%) according                                            
                         thickness                                        
                               Silver amount ratio                        
       (%)  (μm)                                                       
                 to grain size                                            
                         ratio (AgI content, %)                           
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Emulsion A                                                                
       4.0  0.45 27      1     Core/shell = 1/3(13/1),                    
                               Double structure grain                     
Emulsion B                                                                
       8.9  0.70 14      1     Core/shell = 3/7(25/2),                    
                               Double structure grain                     
Emulsion C                                                                
       10   0.75 30      2     Core/shell = 1/2(24/3),                    
                               Double structure grain                     
Emulsion D                                                                
       16   1.05 35      2     Core/shell = 4/6(40/0),                    
                               Double structure grain                     
Emulsion E                                                                
       10   1.05 35      3     Core/shell = 1/2(24/3),                    
                               Double structure grain                     
Emulsion F                                                                
       4.0  0.25 28      1     Core/shell = 1/3(13/1),                    
                               Double structure grain                     
Emulsion G                                                                
       14.0 0.75 25      2     Core/shell = 1/2(42/0),                    
                               Double structure grain                     
Emulsion H                                                                
       14.5 1.30 25      3     Core/shell = 37/63(34/3),                  
                               Double structure grain                     
Emulsion I                                                                
       1    0.07 15      1     Uniform grain                              
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     Samples were prepared by replacing the yellow coupler EX-9 in each of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth layers of the sample 101 with equal molar quantities of the couplers of the present invention described in Example 2. 
     A sensitometer (FWH type available from Fuji Photo Film. Co. Ltd., color temperature of light source=4,800K) was used to apply gradation exposure for sensitometry to each of these samples. The exposure in this case was performed with an exposure amount of 20 CMS for an exposure time of 0.01 sec. 
     By using a negative automatic developing machine, the exposed samples were subjected to a continuous processing (running test) in accordance with processing steps shown in Tables 22 to 26 by using processing solutions having compositions shown in these tables, until the quantity of a replenisher became three times the tank volume of color development. 
     
                       TABLE 22                                                    
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Processing                                                                
         Tempera-            Quantity* of                                 
                                      Tank                                
step     ture     Time       replenisher                                  
                                      volume                              
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Color    38°C.                                                     
                  3 min. 15 sec.                                          
                             45 ml    10 l                                
development                                                               
Bleaching                                                                 
         38° C.                                                    
                  1 min. 00 sec.                                          
                             20 ml    4 l                                 
Bleach-  38° C.                                                    
                  3 min. 15 sec.                                          
                             30 ml    8 l                                 
fixing                                                                    
Washing (1)                                                               
         35° C.                                                    
                  40 sec.    Counter flow                                 
                                      4 l                                 
                             piping from                                  
                             (2) to (1)                                   
Washing (2)                                                               
         35° C.                                                    
                  1 min. 00 sec.                                          
                             30 ml    4 l                                 
Stabili- 38° C.                                                    
                  40 sec.    20 ml    4 l                                 
zation                                                                    
Drying   55° C.                                                    
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                       TABLE 23                                                    
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                     Mother                                               
Color developing solution                                                 
                     solution  Replenisher                                
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Water                700    ml     700  ml                                
Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic                                             
                     1.0    g      1.1  g                                 
acid                                                                      
1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-                                                  
                     3.0    g      3.2  g                                 
diphosphonic acid                                                         
Sodium sulfite       4.0    g      4.4  g                                 
Potassium carbonate  30.0   g      37.0 g                                 
Potassium bromide    1.4    g      0.7  g                                 
Potassium iodide     1.5    mg     --                                     
Hydroxylaminesulfate 2.4    g      2.8  g                                 
4-(N-ethyl-N-(β-hydroxyethylamino)-                                  
                     4.5    g      5.5  g                                 
2-methylanilinesulfate                                                    
Water to make        1,000  ml     1,000                                  
                                        ml                                
pH (25° C.)   10.05         10.10                                  
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                       TABLE 24                                                    
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Bleaching solution (Common for a                                          
mother solution and a replenisher)                                        
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Water                    700.0   ml                                       
Iron(III) sodium ethylenediamine                                          
                         120.0   g                                        
tetraacetate dihydrate                                                    
Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate                                      
                         10.0    g                                        
Ammonium bromide         100.0   g                                        
Ammonium nitrate         10.0    g                                        
Bis(N,N-dimethylamynoethyl)sulfide                                        
                         1.4     g                                        
hydrochloride                                                             
Ammonia water (27%)      15.0    ml                                       
Water to make            1000.0  ml                                       
pH (25° C.)       6.3                                              
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                       TABLE 25                                                    
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Bleach-fixing solution (Common for a                                      
mother solution and a replenisher)                                        
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Water                    700.0   ml                                       
Iron(III) sodium ethylenediamine                                          
                         50.0    g                                        
tetraacetate dihydrate                                                    
Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate                                      
                         5.0     g                                        
Sodium sulfite           12.0    g                                        
Ammonium thiosulfate     240.0   ml                                       
(70% aqueous solution)                                                    
Ammonia water (27%)      6.0     ml                                       
Water to make            1,000.0 ml                                       
pH (25° C.)       7.2                                              
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                       TABLE 26                                                    
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Washing solution (Common for a                                            
mother solution and a replenisher)                                        
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Tap water was supplied to a mixed-bed column filled                       
with an H type strongly acidic cation exchange resin                      
(Amberlite IR-120B: available from Rohm &amp; Haas Co.) and                   
an OH type strongly basic anion exchange resin                            
(Amberlite IR-400) to set the concentrations of calcium                   
and magnesium to be 3 mg/l or less. Subsequently,                         
20 mg/l of sodium dichloroisocyanurate and 0.15 g/l of                    
sodium sulfate were added. The pH of the solution fell                    
within the range of 6.5 to 7.5.                                           
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Stabilizing solution (Common for a                                        
mother solution and a replenisher)                                        
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Formalin (37%)           2.0     ml                                       
Polyoxyethylene-p-monononylphenylether                                    
                         0.3     g                                        
(average polymerization degree = 10)                                      
Disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate                                      
                         0.05    g                                        
Water to make            1,000.0 ml                                       
pH (25° C.)       5.0-8.0                                          
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     The color forming properties were evaluated by comparing color densities with reference to the fog densities of the respective samples at an exposure amount for yielding a color density which was 1.5 times the fog density of the sample 101. 
     The dye fastnesses of the samples were evaluated by decreases in dye image densities with respect to an initial density of 1.5 (with reference to the fog density) after the samples were stored at a temperature of 60° C. and a humidity of 70% RH for 14 days. 
     Also in this evaluation, the results almost the same as in Example 2 were obtained.