Silver halide photographic element, imaging process, and compound

A photographic element comprising a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye-forming coupler having formula I:

• wherein
• each A is independently a divalent group selected from the divalent groups consisting of aryl and —C(R1)(R2)—, in which each R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, heterocyclic, and aryl groups, and one A can be joined to form a ring with another A or with R3, and m is from 2 to 6;
• R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, heterocyclic, and aryl groups, provided that R3 may form a ring with A or is a group joined to R4 to form a heterocyclic five- or six-membered ring;
• R4 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, heterocyclic, and alkyl groups and may form a heterocyclic ring bonded to R3;
• R5 is an aryl or alkyl group;
• each R6 is an independently selected substituent and n is 0 to 3, provided that two R6 groups may join to from a ring;
• R7 is selected from a group consisting of alkyl, aryl, heterocyclic, alkoxy, and amino groups;
• Y is selected from the group consisting of —SO2—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)NR9R10—, —C(═O)O—, and —P(═O)(OR9)(OR10—) where R9 and R10 are independently H or an alkyl or amyl group, and
• Z i s hydrogen or a coupling-off group.