Dye forming couplers and silver halide color photosensitive material containing the same

Abstract

A silver halide color photosensitive material which forms a cyan dye that has superior heat resistance and that will not readily fade in a reducing atmosphere. The silver halide color photosensitive material contains in at least one layer on a support at least one coupler represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom or a substituent; R.sup.2 represents a substituent; X represents hydrogen atom or a group releasable on a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of a color developing agent; Z.sup.1 represents a nonmetallic atom group necessary for forming a nitrogen-containing, six-membered, heterocyclic ring which has at least one dissociative group: Z.sup.1 cannot be --C(.dbd.O)--N(R)--C(.dbd.O)--NH--; and R represents a substituent. Also disclosed is a novel dye forming coupler which exhibits a high coupling activity and which gives a dye having a large molar extinction coefficient and superior stability, the coupler being represented by the following formula (XX) or (XXI). Also disclosed is a silver halide color photosensitive material which contains at least one of the dye forming couplers of formulae (XX) and (XXI) and which provides sharp dye images with high fastness properties. ##STR2## wherein EWG represents an electron withdrawing group having a Hammett's .sigma..sub.p value of not less than 0.3; R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each represent a substituent; and X represents hydrogen atom or a group releasable on a coupling reaction with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent.

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