I claim:
1. A bis-o-aminophenol derivative, comprising:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group.
2. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 1, if said substituent of Z is a divalent alkyl, said divalent alkyl is cyclic.
3. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 1, if said substituent of Z is a divalent alkyl, said divalent alkyl is branched.
4. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 1, if said substituent of Z is a divalent alkyl, said divalent alkyl is a straight-chain.
5. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 1, wherein, if said substituent of Z is a divalent aralkyl, said divalent aralkyl contains from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
6. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 1, wherein, if said substituent of Z is a divalent aralkyl, said alkyl group of said divalent aralkyl contains from 6 to 20 carbon atoms.
7. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 1, wherein said substituent of Z has a substitutent selected from the group consisting of halogen, pseudohalogen, and an alkoxy group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
8. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 7, wherein, if said substituent is an alkoxy group, said alkoxy group has at least one hydrogen atom substituted by a halogen.
9. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 1, wherein, if said substituent of Z is a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, said phenyl groups are connected by a connector selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom to said phenyl groups, a divalent heteroatom, a divalent heteroatomic group formed from two or more heteroatoms, a divalent silane group having a silicone with further valences carrying an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a divalent siloxane group having from 2 to 5 silicon atoms with free valances carrying an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, provided that Z is not C(CF3)2.
10. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 9, wherein, if said connector is a divalent silane group, said alkyl group is a straight-chain.
11. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 9, wherein, if said connector is a divalent silane group, said alkyl group is branched.
12. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 9, wherein, if said connector is a divalent siloxane group, said alkyl group is a straight-chain.
13. The bis-o-aminophenol derivative according to claim 9, wherein, if said connector is a divalent siloxane group, said alkyl group is branched.
14. A bis-o-aminophenol derivative, comprising:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine.
15. A poly-o-hydroxyamide, comprising:
tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group.
16. A poly-o-hydroxyamide, comprising:
tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R 7 is other than fluorine.
17. A polybenzoxazole, comprising:
poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group.
18. A polybenzoxazole, comprising:
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine.
19. A photosensitive composition, comprising:
a photoacid;
a solvent; and
a compound selected from the group consisting of:
a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group;
a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine;
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group; and
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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Formula IIaFormula IIb
where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine.
20. A dielectric for coating a microelectronic component, comprising:
a compound selected from the group consisting of:
a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group;
a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine;
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group; and
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine.
21. A buffer for coating a microelectronic component, comprising:
a compound selected from the group consisting of:
a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group;
a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine;
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group; and
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)n,CH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine.
22. A microelectronic assembly, comprising:
a microelectronic component; and
a material coating said microelectronic component based on a compound selected from the group consisting of:
a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by two phenyl groups carrying an amino group and a further substituent selected from the group consisting of an OR1 group, an OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group,
a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine;
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon bond shared by said two phenyl groups carrying said amino group and one of said OR1 group and said OR2 group, a divalent alkyl radical having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, a divalent aryl radical having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and a divalent aralkyl radical having an alkyl group; and
a poly-o-hydroxyamide including tert-butoxycarbonyl groups having a Formula I
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where R3, R4, and R5 are substituents selected from the group consisting of: H; F; (CH2)nCH3; (CF2)nCF3, where n is an integer from 0 to 10, provided that at least one of the radicals R3, R4, and R5 is other than hydrogen, and where at least one of the substituents R1 and R2 is a tert-butoxycarbonyl group of the Formula I;
said tert-butoxycarbonyl groups being obtained, with at least one of a dicarboxylic acid or an activated derivative of a dicarboxylic acid, by condensing a bis-o-aminophenol derivative including:
a bis-o-aminophenol having a formula selected from the group consisting of Formula IIa and IIb
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Formula IIaFormula IIb
where:
R1 and R2 are substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and a tert-butoxycarbonyl group having said Formula I; and
Z is a substituent selected from the group consisting of O, CO, S, SS, SO2, (CH2)m, (CF2)m with m1 to 10,
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C(CR73)2, where R6 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 or 2 carbon atoms, hydrogen, and at least one of a halogen and a pseudohalogen, and where R7 is independently selected and denotes an alkyl radical having from 1 to 2 carbon atoms, and at least one of a hydrogen, a F, a Cl, a Br, an I, and a pseudohalogen, and at least one R7 is other than fluorine.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, at least one yellow-dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta-dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan-dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, characterized in that:
at least one of the dye-forming couplers is a dye-forming coupler that forms an azomethine dye having a solubility of 1\xd710\u22128 molL to 5\xd710\u22123 molL in ethyl acetate by reaction with an oxidized aromatic primary amine compound.
2. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized by containing the dye-forming coupler in an amount of 18 mass % to 100 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler.
3. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, which satisfies at least one of the following conditions a) and b):
a) any emulsion layer, other than the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer present in the position most distant from the support, of at least the three dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, contains the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye; and
b) at least one of the light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers is a dye-forming-coupler-containing light-insensitive color-forming layer and the light-insensitive color-forming layer is adjacent to at least one dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
4. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the support is a reflective support, the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye is contained in an amount of 18 mass % or more but less than 100 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and as the lipophilic component, at least one compound represented by any of formulae S-I, S-II, S-III, S-IV and S-V is contained;
wherein Rs1, Rs2 and Rs3 each independently represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, and each of these groups may be substituted; and the total number of carbon atoms contained in groups represented by Rs1, Rs2 and Rs3 is from 12 to 60; at least one of Rs1, Rs2 and Rs3 represents a linking group, to form a dimmer or a polymer whose order is higher than said dimer:
Rs4COORs5 )sm \u2003\u2003Formula S-II
wherein Rs4 represents a linking group having no aromatic group; Rs5 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 20 or less carbon atoms; sm represents an integer from 2 or more and 5 or less; and when sm is 2 or more, plural \u2014COORs5s may be the same or different from each other;
Rs6OCORs7)sn \u2003\u2003Formula S-III
wherein Rs6 represents a linking group; Rs7 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 20 or less carbon atoms; sn represents an integer from 2 or more and 5 or less; and when sn is 2 or more, plural \u2014OCORs7s may be the same or different from each other;
wherein Rs8, Rs9, Rs10 and Rs11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aromatic oxycarbonyl group or a carbamoyl group, in which the total number of carbon atoms contained in Rs8, Rs9, Rs10 and Rs11 is 8 to 60; and Rs8 and Rs9, Rs8 and Rs10, or Rs10 and Rs11 may bond with each other, to form a five- to seven-membered ring, respectively; with the proviso that all of Rs8, Rs9, Rs10 and Rs11 simultaneously do not represent a hydrogen atom;
Rs12COORs13)sp \u2003\u2003Formula S-V
wherein Rs12 represents an aromatic linking group; Rs13 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 20 or less carbon atoms; sp represents an integer from 3 or more and 5 or less; and when sp is 2 or more, plural \u2014COORs13s may be the same or different from each other.
5. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the support is a reflective support, the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye is contained in an amount of 18 mass % or more but less than 100 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and as the lipophilic component, at least one compound represented by any of formulae ST-I, ST-II, ST-III, ST-IV and ST-V is contained;
wherein R40, R50 and R60 each independently represent an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; and 14, m4 and n4 each independently represent 0 or 1, with the proviso that 14, m4 and n4 simultaneously are not 1;
RA\u2014NH\u2014SO2\u2014RB \u2003\u2003Formula ST-II
wherein RA and RB each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group, or \u2014N(RC)(RD), in which RC and RD each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and RA and RB each may be the same or different from each other;
HOJ\u2032COOY \u2003\u2003Formula ST-III
wherein J\u2032 represents a divalent organic group; and Y represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkenyl group or a heterocyclic group;
R51\u2014OCH2-J5-CH2Ol5R52 \u2003\u2003Formula ST-IV
wherein R51 and R52 each independently represent an aliphatic group or \u2014COR53, in which R53 represents an aliphatic group; J5 represents a divalent organic group or simply a connecting bond; and 15 represents an integer from 0 to 6; and
R54\u2014Y54 \u2003\u2003Formula ST-V
wherein R54 represents a hydrophobic group having the total number of carbon atoms of 10 or more; and Y54 represents a monovalent organic group containing an alcoholic hydroxyl group.
6. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the support is a reflective support, the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye is contained in an amount of 18 mass % or more but less than 100 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and as the lipophilic component, at least one polymer soluble in an organic solvent is contained.
7. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye and at least one compound selected from a group consisting of compounds represented by any of formulae (Ph-1), (Ph-2), (E-1) to (E-3) and (TS-I) to (TS-VII), metal complexes, and ultraviolet absorbents are contained in at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and a proportion of the dye-forming coupler to the total lipophilic components in the emulsion layer containing the dye-forming coupler is from 18 mass % to 99 mass %;
wherein, in formula Ph-1 and Ph-2, Rb1 represents an aryl group, an aromatic group, a carbamoyl group, an acylamino group, a carbonyl group or a sulfonyl group; Rb6 represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an amino group or an acyl group; Rb7 to Rb9, Rb19 and Rb20 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclicoxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an oxycarbonyloxy group, a carbamoyl group, an acylamino group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylthio group or an arylthio group; and Rb17 and Rb18 each independently represent an aliphatic group or an aryl group:
wherein, in formulae (E-1) to (E-3), R41 represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, a phosphoryl group, or a \u2014Si(R47)(R48)(R49), in which R47, R48 and R49 each independently represent an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an aliphatic oxy group, or an aryloxy group; R42 to R46 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; and Ra1 to Ra4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aliphatic group:
wherein, in formula (TS-I), R51 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, an aryl sulfonyl group, a phosphoryl group, or \u2014Si(R58)(R59)(R60), in which R58, R59, and R60 each independently represent an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an aliphatic oxy group, or an aryloxy group; X51 represents \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014N(R57)\u2014, in which R57 has the same meaning as R51; X55 represents \u2014N\u2550 or \u2014C(R52)\u2550; X56 represents \u2014N\u2550 or \u2014C(R54)\u2550; X57 represents \u2014N\u2550 or \u2014C(R56)\u2550; R52, R53, R54, R55, and R56 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; each combination of R51 and R52, R57 and R56, and R51 and R57 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; each combination of R52 and R53, and R53 and R54 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring, a spiro ring, or a bicyclo ring; each of R51 to R57 cannot simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom; the total number of carbon atoms of the compound represented by formula (TS-I) is 10 or more; and the compound represented by formula (TS-I) is neither identical to the compound represented by any one of formulae (Ph-1) to (Ph-2) nor the compound represented by any one of formulae (E-1) to (E-3);
wherein, in formula (TS-II), R61, R62, R63, and R64 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aliphatic group; each combination of R61 and R62, and R63 and R64 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; X61 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aryl oxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyloxy group, an aryl oxycarbonyloxy group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, an aryl sulfonyl group, an aliphatic sulfinyl group, an aryl sulfinyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, a hydroxy group, or an oxy radical group; X62 represents a group of non-metal atoms necessary to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; and the total number of carbon atoms of the compound represented by formula (TS-II) is 8 or more;
wherein, in formula (TS-III), R65 and R66 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an acyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aryl oxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, or an aryl sulfonyl group; R67 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aryloxy group, an aliphatic thio group, an arylthio group, an acyloxy group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyloxy group, an aryl oxycarbonyloxy group, a substituted amino group, a heterocyclic group, or a hydroxyl group; each combination of R65 and R66, and R66 and R67, and R65 and R67 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring except 2,2,6,6-tetraalkylpiperidine skeleton; the total number of carbon atoms of R65 and R66 is 7 or more; and both R65 and R66 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time;
wherein, in formula (TS-IV), R71 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, Li, Na, or K; R72 represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group; R71 and R72 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; q represents 0, 1 or 2; and the total number of carbon atoms of R71 and R72 is 10 or more;
wherein, in formula (TS-V), R81, R82, and R83 each independently represent an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aryloxy group, an aliphatic amino group, or an aryl amino group; t represents 0 or 1; each combination of R81 and R82, and R81 and R83 may combine together to form a 5- to 8-membered ring; and the total number of carbon atoms of R81, R82, and R83 is 10 or more;
wherein, in formula (TS-VI), R85, R86, R87, and R88 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituent, and all of R85, R86, R87, and R88 cannot simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom; any two of R85, R86, R87 and R88 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring except an aromatic ring only consisting of carbon atoms as a skeleton atom; the total number of carbon atoms of the compound represented by formula (TS-VI) is 10 or more; and
wherein, in formula (TS-VII), R91 represents an hydrophobic group having total carbon atoms of 10 or more; and Y91 represents a monovalent organic group containing an alcoholic hydroxyl group.
8. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized by containing the dye-forming coupler in an amount of 18 mass % or more but 100 mass % or less based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and containing at least one compound represented by formula (CMP) in at least one of the light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers;
wherein, in formula (CMP), R21 to R29 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one of R21 to R29 is a substituent, or any of R21 to R29 may be a divalent group, to form a dimer or a multimer, or a homopolymer or copolymer by binding to a polymer chain.
9. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the azomethine dye has a solubility of 1\xd710\u22128 molL to 7\xd710\u22124 molL in ethyl acetate.
10. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the azomethine dye has its absorption maximum wavelength in a range of 570 nm to 700 nm.
11. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye has a coating amount of total dye-forming couplers in a range of 0.18 mmolm2 to 0.28 mmolm2 and a maximum optical reflection density of 2.0 or above at a maximum absorption wavelength of the dyes after dye formation.
12. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye is a coupler represented by formula (CP-I);
Formula (CP-I)
wherein, in formula (CP-I), Ga represents \u2014C(R23)\u2550 or \u2014N\u2550, Gb represents \u2014C(R23)\u2550 when Ga represents \u2014N\u2550, or Gb represents \u2014N\u2550 when Ga represents \u2014C(R23)\u2550, R21 and R22 each independently represent an electron-attracting group having a Hammett’s substituent constant \u03c3p value of 0.20 to 1.0; R23 represents a substituent; and Y represents a hydrogen atom or a group capable of being split-off upon a coupling reaction with an oxidized developing agent.
13. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized by containing at least one dye-forming coupler represented by formula (I);
wherein Q represents a group of non-metal atoms that forms a 5- to 7-membered ring in combination with the \u2014N\u2550C\u2014N(R1)-; R1 represents a substituent; R2 represents a substituent; m represents an integer of 0 or more and 5 or less; when m is 2 or more, R2s may be the same or different, and they may combine together to form a ring; and X represents a hydrogen atom, or a group capable of being split-off upon a coupling reaction with an oxidized product of a developing agent;
14. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the oxidized product of the aromatic primary amine compound is an oxidation product of 4-amino-3-methyl-N-ethyl-N-(\u03b2-methanesulfonamidoethyl)aniline.
15. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 1, characterized in that the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye is contained in an amount of 24 mass % to 80 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming-coupler.
16. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 3, characterized by having two or more light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers and meeting the following condition c):
c) that the two or more light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers are composed of a non-color-forming interlayer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and a non-color-forming interlayer containing substantially no color-mixing inhibitor, and the non-color-forming interlayer containing a color-mixing inhibitor is provided between and adjacent to the non-color-forming interlayer containing substantially no color-mixing inhibitor and a silver halide emulsion layer.
17. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 3, characterized in that a total coating amount of hydrophilic colloids is 6.0 gm2 or below.
18. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 3, characterized in that a total coating amount of silver is 0.45 gm2 or below.
19. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 3, characterized by meeting both the conditions a) and b) as described in claim 3.
20. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 3, characterized in that the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye is incorporated in a hydrophobic fine-particle dispersion of a layer containing the coupler in an amount of 18 mass % to 80 mass % based on total lipophilic components in the layer.
21. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material according to claim 6, characterized in that the polymer soluble in an organic solvent is contained in an amount of 5 mass % to 100 mass % based on the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye.
22. An image forming method, comprises exposing a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having, on a support, at least one yellow-dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one magenta-dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one cyan-dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layer, and subjecting the exposed light-sensitive material to development-processing characterized in that:
at least one of the dye-forming couplers is a dye-forming coupler that forms an azomethine dye having a solubility of 1\xd710\u22128 molL to 5\xd710\u22123 molL in ethyl acetate by reaction with an oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine compound.
23. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye in an amount of 18 mass % to 100 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler.
24. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material meets at least one of the following conditions that:
a) any emulsion layer, other than the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer present in the position most distant from the support, of at least three dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers contains the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye; and
b) at least one of the light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers is a dye-forming-coupler-containing light-insensitive color-forming layer and the light-insensitive color-forming layer is adjacent to at least one dye-forming-coupler-containing light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
25. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that the support is a reflective support, the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye in an amount of 18 mass % or more but less than 100 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and as the lipophilic component, at least one compound represented by any of the formulae S-I, S-II, S-III, S-IV and S-V is contained;
wherein Rs1, Rs2 and Rs3 each independently represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group or an aryl group, and each of these groups may be substituted; and the total number of carbon atoms contained in groups represented by Rs1, Rs2 and Rs3 is from 12 to 60; at least one of Rs1, Rs2 and Rs3 represents a linking group, to form a dimmer or a polymer whose order is higher than said dimer;
Rs4COORs5)sm \u2003\u2003Formula S-II
wherein Rs4 represents a linking group having no aromatic group; Rs5 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 20 or less carbon atoms; sm represents an integer from 2 or more and 5 or less; and when sm is 2 or more, plural \u2014COORs5s may be the same or different from each other;
Rs6OCORs7)sn \u2003\u2003Formula S-III
wherein Rs6 represents a linking group; Rs7 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 20 or less carbon atoms; sn represents an integer from 2 or more and 5 or less; and when sn is 2 or more, plural \u2014OCORs7s may be the same or different from each other;
wherein Rs8, Rs9, Rs10 and Rs11 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aromatic oxycarbonyl group or a carbamoyl group, in which the total number of carbon atoms contained in Rs8, Rs9, Rs10 and Rs11 is 8 to 60; and Rs8 and Rs9, Rs8 and Rs10, or Rs10 and Rs11 may bond with each other, to form a five- to seven-membered ring, respectively; with the proviso that all of Rs8, Rs9, Rs10 and Rs11 simultaneously do not represent a hydrogen atom;
Rs12COORs13)sp \u2003\u2003Formula S-V
wherein Rs12 represents an aromatic linking group; Rs13 represents an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group having 20 or less carbon atoms; sp represents an integer from 3 or more and 5 or less; and when sp is 2 or more, plural \u2014COORs13s may be the same or different from each other.
26. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that the support is a reflective support, the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye in an amount of 18 mass % or more but less than 100 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and as the lipophilic component, at least one compound represented by any of the formulae ST-I, ST-II, ST-III, ST-IV and ST-V is contained;
wherein R40, R50 and R60 each independently represent an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; and 14, m4 and n4 each independently represent 0 or 1, with the proviso that 14, m4 and n4 simultaneously are not 1;
RA\u2014NH\u2014SO2\u2014RB \u2003\u2003Formula ST-II
wherein RA and RB each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group, or \u2014N(RC)(RD), in which RC and RD each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; and RA and RB each may be the same or different from each other;
HOJ\u2032COOY \u2003\u2003Formula ST-III
wherein J\u2032 represents a divalent organic group; and Y represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkenyl group or a heterocyclic group;
R51\u2014OCH2-J5-CH2Ol5R52 \u2003\u2003Formula ST-IV
wherein R51 and R52 each independently represent an aliphatic group or \u2014COR53, in which R53 represents an aliphatic group; J5 represents a divalent organic group or simply a connecting bond; and 15 represents an integer from 0 to 6; and
R54\u2014Y54 \u2003\u2003Formula ST-V
wherein R54 represents a hydrophobic group having the total number of carbon atoms of 10 or more; and Y54 represents a monovalent organic group containing an alcoholic hydroxyl group.
27. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that the support is a reflective support, the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye in an amount of 18 mass % or more but less than 100 mass % based on the total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and as the lipophilic component, at least one polymer soluble in an organic solvent is contained.
28. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains at least one compound selected from a group consisting of the compounds represented by any of the formulae (Ph-1), (Ph-2), (E-1) to (E-3) and (TS-I) to (TS-VII), metal complexes and ultraviolet absorbents in an emulsion layer containing the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye, and a proportion of the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye to total lipophilic components in the emulsion layer containing the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye is from 18 mass % to 99 mass %;
wherein, in formula Ph-1 and Ph-2, Rb1 represents an aryl group, an aromatic group, a carbamoyl group, an acylamino group, a carbonyl group or a sulfonyl group; Rb6 represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an amino group or an acyl group; Rb7 to Rb9, Rb19 and Rb20 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkyloxy group, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclicoxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an oxycarbonyloxy group, a carbamoyl group, an acylamino group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfinyl group, a sulfamoyl group, an alkylthio group or an arylthio group; and Rb17 and Rb18 each independently represent an aliphatic group or an aryl group:
wherein, in formulae (E-1) to (E-3), R41 represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, an arylsulfonyl group, a phosphoryl group, or a \u2014Si(R47)(R48)(R49), in which R47, R48 and R49 each independently represent an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an aliphatic oxy group, or an aryloxy group; R42 to R46 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; and Ra1 to Ra4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aliphatic group:
wherein, in formula (TS-I), R51 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an acyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, an aryl sulfonyl group, a phosphoryl group, or \u2014Si(R58)(R59)(R60), in which R58, R59, and R60 each independently represent an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an aliphatic oxy group, or an aryloxy group; X51 represents \u2014O\u2014 or \u2014N(R57)\u2014, in which R57 has the same meaning as R51; X55 represents \u2014N\u2550 or \u2014C(R52)\u2550; X56 represents \u2014N\u2550 or \u2014C(R54)\u2550; X57 represents \u2014N\u2550 or \u2014C(R56)\u2550; R52, R53, R54, R55, and R56 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituent; each combination of R51 and R52, R57 and R56, and R51 and R57 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; each combination of R52 and R53, and R53 and R54 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring, a spiro ring, or a bicyclo ring; each of R51 to R57 cannot simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom; the total number of carbon atoms of the compound represented by formula (TS-I) is 10 or more; and the compound represented by formula (TS-I) is neither identical to the compound represented by any one of formulae (Ph-1) to (Ph-2) nor the compound represented by any one of formulae (E-1) to (E-3);
wherein, in formula (TS-II), R61, R62, R63, and P64 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aliphatic group; each combination of R61 and R62, and R63 and R64 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; X61 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aryl oxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, an acyloxy group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyloxy group, an aryl oxycarbonyloxy group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, an aryl sulfonyl group, an aliphatic sulfinyl group, an aryl sulfinyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, a hydroxy group, or an oxy radical group; X62 represents a group of non-metal atoms necessary to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; and the total number of carbon atoms of the compound represented by formula (TS-II) is 8 or more;
wherein, in formula (TS-III), R65 and R66 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an acyl group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyl group, an aryl oxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an aliphatic sulfonyl group, or an aryl sulfonyl group; R67 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aryloxy group, an aliphatic thio group, an arylthio group, an acyloxy group, an aliphatic oxycarbonyloxy group, an aryl oxycarbonyloxy group, a substituted amino group, a heterocyclic group, or a hydroxyl group; each combination of R65 and R66, and R66 and R67, and R65 and R67 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring except 2,2,6,6-tetraalkylpiperidine skeleton; the total number of carbon atoms of R65 and R66 is 7 or more; and both R65 and R66 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time;
wherein, in formula (TS-IV), R71 represents a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, Li, Na, or K; R72 represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group; R71 and R72 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring; q represents 0, 1 or 2; and the total number of carbon atoms of R71 and R72 is 10 or more;
wherein, in formula (TS-V), R81, R82, and R83 each independently represent an aliphatic group, an aryl group, an aliphatic oxy group, an aryloxy group, an aliphatic amino group, or an aryl amino group; t represents 0 or 1; each combination of R81 and R82, and R81 and R83 may combine together to form a 5- to 8-membered ring; and the total number of carbon atoms of R81, R82, and R83 is 10 or more;
wherein, in formula (TS-VI), R85, R86, R87, and R88 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a substituent, and all of R85, R86, R87, and R88 cannot simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom; any two of R85, R86, R87 and R88 may combine together to form a 5- to 7-membered ring except an aromatic ring only consisting of carbon atoms as a skeleton atom; the total number of carbon atoms of the compound represented by formula (TS-VI) is 10 or more; and
wherein, in formula (TS-VII), R91 represents an hydrophobic group having total carbon atoms of 10 or more; and Y91 represents a monovalent organic group containing an alcoholic hydroxyl group.
29. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains the dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye in an amount of 18 mass % to 100 mass % based on total lipophilic components in a layer containing the dye-forming coupler, and contains at least one compound represented by the formula (CMP) in at least one of the light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers;
wherein, in formula (CMP), R21 to R29 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, provided that at least one of R21 to R29 is a substituent, or any of R21 to R29 may be a divalent group, to form a dimer or a multimer, or a homopolymer or copolymer by binding to a polymer chain.
30. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that a silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one dye-forming coupler that forms the azomethine dye has a coating amount of total dye-forming couplers in a range of 0.18 mmolm2 to 0.28 mmolm2 and a maximum optical reflection density of 2.0 or above at a maximum absorption wavelength of the dyes after dye formation.
31. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that a color development time in the development-processing is 30 seconds or below.
32. The image forming method according to claim 22, characterized in that the exposure is performed for 1\xd710\u22124 sec or below.
33. The image forming method according to claim 24, characterized in that the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has two or more light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers and meets the following condition c):
c) that the two or more light-insensitive hydrophilic colloid layers are composed of a non-color-forming interlayer containing a color-mixing inhibitor and a non-color-forming interlayer containing substantially no color-mixing inhibitor and the non-color-forming interlayer containing a color-mixing inhibitor is provided between and adjacent to the non-color-forming interlayer containing substantially no color-mixing inhibitor and a silver halide emulsion layer.