Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING INDICATOR DYES BY REACTING A 1-NAPHTHOL AND A PHTHALALDEHYDIC OR A NAPHTHALADEHYDIC ACID TO FORM THE CORRESPONDING 1:1 ADDUCT, AND REACTING THE ADDUCT WITH A 1-NAPHTHOL OR AN INDOL TO FORM A LEUCO DYE INTERMEDIATE WHICH IS OXIDIZED TO THE CORRESPONDING INDICATOR DYE PRODUCT. IN A PREFERRED AMBODIMENT, 3,3-DISUBSTITUTED (NA)PHTHALIDES ARE PREPARED WHEREIN THE 3,3 SUBSTITUENTS COMPRISE CARBOXY-SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHOL RADICALS WHICH INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL STEP OF IONIZING THE LEUCO DYE IMTERMEDIATE PRIOR TO THE OXIDATION STEP.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a class of indicator dyes useful as optical filter agents in photographic processes to protect a selectively exposed photosensitive material from further exposure during processing in the presence of incident light. Such dyes comprise 3,3-disubstituted phthalides and 3,3-disubstituted naphthalides wherein one of the 3,3-substituents is an indol-3-yl radical substituted with hydrogen on the heterocyclic N atom and the other of said 3,3 substituents is a p-hydroxycarbocyclic aryl radical selected from a 4''-hydroxy-1''-phenyl radical and a 4''hydroxy-1''-naphthyl radical.