Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and image formation method using the same, silver halide emulsion, reducing compound having group adsorptive to silver halide and method for producing the same

A silver halide emulsion comprising at least one compound represented by the following Formula (IV):

• X—(L1)n—Y3 Formula (IV)
• wherein:
• X represents a group adsorptive to a silver halide, n denotes an integer of 0 or 1;
• L1 represents a divalent connecting group, provided that the atom of L1, which is directly connected to Y3, is a carbon atom;
• Y3 is any group selected from the groups represented by the following (B1) to (B4);
• and Rb1, Rb2 and Rb3 in the groups represented by the following (B1) to (B4) respectively denotes one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group.
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A compound represented by the following Formula (V):

• X—(L2)n—Y3 Formula (V)
• wherein X represents a group adsorptive to a silver halide;
• n denotes an integer of 0 or 1;
• L2 represents a divalent connecting group comprising any one of an alkylene group, —Co—, —SO2—, —NR— and a combination of at least two of these groups, provided that the atom of L2, which is directly connected to Y3, is a carbon atom;
• R represents one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and an aryl group;
• Y3 is any group selected from the groups represented by the following (B1) to (B4);
• and Rb1, Rb2 and Rb3 in the groups represented by the following (B1) to (B4) respectively represents one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group.
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A method for producing a compound represented by the Formula (VI), the method comprising reacting a urethane derivative having a group adsorptive to a silver halide with a hydroxylamine to obtain the compound:

• Formula (VI)
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• wherein:
• X represents a group adsorptive to a silver halide;
• n denotes an integer of 0 or 1;
• L1 represents a divalent connecting group, provided that the atom of L1 which is directly connected to a nitrogen atom is a carbon atom;
• and Rb1 and Rb2 respectively represents one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group.

A method for producing a compound represented by the following Formula (IV), wherein, when the hydroxylamine portion is introduced, an alkali except for the hydroxylamines is present in an amount which is equal to or more than the neutralization amount for the reaction system:

• X—(L1)n—Y3 Formula (IV)
• wherein X represents a group adsorptive to a silver halide, n denotes an integer of 0 or 1;
• L1 represents a divalent connecting group, provided that the atom of L1 which is directly connected to Y3 is a carbon atom, Y3 is any group selected from the groups represented by the following (B1) to (B4);
• and Rb1, Rb2 and Rb3 in the groups represented by the following (B1) to (B4) respectively represents one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group:
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