abstract |
The invention provides a photographic light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a pyrazolotriazole dye-forming coupler having formula: <IMAGE> wherein: R1 is a substituent bonded to the pyrazolotriazole nucleus by a fully substituted carbon atom; X is hydrogen or a coupling-off group; R2, R3, R4, and R6 are independently hydrogen or substituent groups; q is from 1 to 3; R5 and R7 are independently alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, or aryloxy groups; G is a substituent group and n is from 0 to 3; and Y is a substituent group and m is 0 to 4. The invention also provides a coupler compound, a photographic element containing the emulsion layer of the invention, and an imaging process. |