Magenta image-providing phenylazo-naphthyl dyes

A magenta image dye-providing compound having a formula as follows:

• ##SPC32##
• wherein:
• Car represents a carrier moiety which, as a function of oxidation under alkaline conditions, releases a diffusable dye from said compound and having the formula ##SPC33##
• wherein
• Ball represents an organic ballasting group containing at least 8 carbon atoms which renders said compound nondiffusible in a photographic element during development in an alkaline processing composition;
• Y represents the carbon atoms necessary to complete a benzene or naphthalene nucleus;
• m and q each represent an integer having a value of 0 or 1;
• X represents a bivalent linking group of the formula -R.sup.2 -L.sub.n -R.sub.p.sup.2 - where each R.sup.2 can be the same or different and each represents alkylene having 1 to 8 carbon atoms;
• phenylene;
• or phenylene substituted with chloro, bromo, cyano, nitro, methoxy, methyl, carboxy or sulfo;
• L represents oxy, carbonyl, carboxamido, carbomoyl, sulfonamido, sulfamoyl sulfinyl or sulfonyl;
• n is an integer having a value of 0 to 1;
• p is 1 when n equals 1 and p is 1 or 0 when n equals o or when q is o;
• Car-X- represents Car-alkylene-SO.sub.2 -, Car-C.sub.6 H.sub.4 CH.sub.2 SO.sub.2 -, or Carphenylene-SO.sub.2 -, provided that the carbon content of X does not exceed 14 carbon atoms;
• R represents hydrogen or alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
• J represents sulfonyl or carbonyl;
• Q is in the 5- or 8-position relative to G and represents hydroxy, -NHCOR.sup.3 or -NHSO.sub.2 R.sup.3 wherein R.sup.3 is alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms substituted with hydroxy, cyano, sulfamoyl, carboxyl or sulfo;
• benzyl, phenyl, or phenyl substituted with carboxy, cyano, chloro, methoxy, methyl or sulfamoyl;
• G represents hydroxy, an alkali metal salt thereof, a photographically inactive amine salt thereof, or a hydrolyzable acyloxy group having the formula:
• ##EQU16## wherein R.sup.4 is alkyl having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, phenyl or phenyl substituted with chloro or nitro;
• r represents an integer having a value of 1 or 2;
• Z represents cyano, trifluoromethyl, fluorosulfonyl, carboxy, -COOR.sup.4 wherein R.sup.4 is as described previously, nitro in the 2- or 3-position relative to the azo linkage, fluoro, chloro or bromo, alkylsulfonyl having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, alkylsulfonyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms substituted with hydroxy, phenyl, cyano, sulfamoyl, carboxy or sulfo;
• phenylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl substituted with sulfamoyl, carboxy, fluorosulfonyl or methoxy;
• alkylcarbonyl having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, -SO.sub.2 NR.sup.5 R.sup.6 wherein R.sup.5 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms;
• R.sup.6 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms substituted with hydroxy, cyano, fluorosulfonyl, carboxy or sulfo;
• benzyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with hydroxy, sulfonyl, sulfamoyl, carboxy or sulfo;
• alkylcarbonyl having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, phenylcarbonyl, alkylsulfonyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkylsulfonyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms substituted with cyano or hydroxy;
• phenylsulfonyl or methoxyphenylsulfonyl;
• or Z represents -CON(R.sup.5).sub.2 wherein each R.sup.5 can be the same or different and is as described previously;
• Z.sup.1 represents hydrogen or Z;
• R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms substituted with cyano, hydroxy or methoxy;
• alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, chloro, bromo or fluoro;
• D represents cyano, sulfo, fluorosulfonyl, chloro, bromo, fluoro, -SO.sub.3 -phenyl or -SO.sub.3 -phenyl substituted with hydroxy, chloro, carboxy, sulfamoyl, methyl or methoxy;
• alkylsulfonyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, alkylsulfonyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms substituted with chloro, fluoro, hydroxy, phenyl, cyano, phenylsulfonyl or phenylsulfonyl substituted with carboxy, fluorosulfonyl or methoxy;
• alkylsulfinyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms or alkylsulfinyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms substituted with cyano, phenyl, hydroxy or sulfamoyl;
• phenylsulfinyl or phenylsulfinyl substituted with sulfo or fluorosulfonyl, -SO.sub.2 NR.sup.5 R.sup.6, or -CON(R.sup.5).sub.2 wherein each R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is as described previously for Z,
• with the proviso that there be no more than one sulfo radical and no more than one carboxy radical present in said compound.