Photographic element with dye-forming coupler and stabilizing compound

A multi-colour photographic element comprising a support bearing yellow, magenta and cyan image-dye-forming units comprising at least one blue-, green- or red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow, magenta or cyan dye-forming coupler respectively, wherein the element comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith one or more dye-forming couplers and a stabilizer compound of formula (I):

• wherein
• R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy or amino group or may combine to complete a 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring which may contain in addition to the silicon atom one or more heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, which ring is unsubstituted or substituted;
• each Z independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted arene or heteroaromatic ring system;
• X is a single bond or a linking group having a single atom which connects the arene rings or heteroaromatic ring systems;
• or
• X forms, together with substituents ortho to X on the arene rings or heteroaromatic ring systems, a fused unsubstituted or substituted 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring, which may contain one or two heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.

A process of forming an image in a photographic element after the element has been imagewise exposed to light, comprising contacting an element with a colour developing agent wherein the element comprises a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith one or more dye-forming couplers and a stabilizer compound of formula (I):

• wherein
• R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy or amino group or may combine to complete a 5-10 membered heterocyclic ring which may contain in addition to the silicon atom one or more heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, which ring is unsubstituted or substituted;
• each Z independently represents the atoms necessary to complete a substituted or unsubstituted arene or heteroaromatic ring system;
• X is a single bond or a linking group having a single atom which connects the arene rings or heteroaromatic ring systems;
• or
• X forms, together with substituents ortho to X on the arene rings or heteroaromatic ring systems, a fused unsubstituted or substituted 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring, which may contain one or two heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.