US3332776A - Fog reduction in photographic silver halide emulsions - Google Patents

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US3332776A
US3332776A US327082A US32708263A US3332776A US 3332776 A US3332776 A US 3332776A US 327082 A US327082 A US 327082A US 32708263 A US32708263 A US 32708263A US 3332776 A US3332776 A US 3332776A
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Dersch Fritz
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  • the present invention relates to the employment of compounds which serve as antifoggant and stabilizing agents for photographic silver halide emulsions and, more par: ticularly, to the use of halogen sulfonyl benzoic acid, its salts and esters.
  • the compounds which we use for this purpose may be generally described as halogen sulfonyl benzoic acids, their esters and alkali metal and ammonium salts.
  • the addition of the above compounds as antifogging agents to the emulsions or to a layer adjacent to the emulsion or in a processing bath such as the developer, constitute the purpose and object of our invention.
  • antifoggants the use of which is contemplated herein, may be typified by the following structural formula:
  • X is halogen, such as chlorine, bromine, fluorine and iodine
  • Y is hydrogen
  • alkyl such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl or the like
  • aryl such as phenyl, toluyl, naphthyl or the like
  • aralkyl such as benzyl, phenethyl or the like.
  • m-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid is prepared by reacting a mixture of benzoic acid and 5 mole equivalents of chlorosulfonic acid at a temperature of 125 C. for a period of one hour in an oil bath, until the evolution of hydrogen chloride ceases. After cooling, the mixture is poured over crushed ice and the solid mass ground under ice cold water, collected, washed with ice water and subsequently vacuum dried.
  • the crude product, mchlorosulfonyl benzoic acid has a melting point of about 122 C. and after recrystallization from benzene the pure material is obtained in the form of colorless prisms having a melting point of 131 C. and an elemental analysis as follows:
  • the above compound may also be obtained by long standing of the m-sulfo benzoic acid dichloride with water according'to the method of Limpricht and V. Usear, Ann. 106, 30.
  • the p-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid can be obtained by the oxidation of p-toluene sulfonyl chloride with CrO in acetic acid and acetic anhydride at a temperature of 4045 C. as indicated in CA. 1923 III 302.
  • the p-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid can be prepared in accordance with the procedures of Smiles and Harrison, J.C.S., 121, 2024 by heating 50 milliliters of chlorosulfonic acid and35 grams of anhydrous sodium salt of p-sulfo benzoic acid at a temperature of C. for a period of about one hour.
  • the resultant liquid is cooled and poured slowly over crushed ice, the colorless product cooled, washed with ice water and air dried to provide a yield of crude product of from 30'3S grams of p-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid.
  • the product is moderately soluble in hot acetone and can be recrystallized therefrom in the form of colorless needles having a melting point with decomposition of about 235 C.
  • the product Upon analysis, the product has the following properties:
  • the method of Smiles and Harrison is suitable for preparing p-halogen sulfonyl benzoic acid compounds other than the chloro compound by replacing the chlorosulfonic acid by bromosulfonic, iodosulfonic acid, or the like.
  • the o-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid can be prepared by the same method as the para derivative in accordance with the procedure of Smiles and Harrison, J.C.S. 121, 2024.
  • the product is isolated in acetone instead of water since it is very unstable in water even at C.
  • the addition of the antifoggants can be made before, during or after the addition of the soluble silver salt to the soluble halide in the presence of a suitable carrier or colloid such as gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl-pyrrolidone, solubilized casein, albumin and the like.
  • a suitable carrier or colloid such as gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl-pyrrolidone, solubilized casein, albumin and the like.
  • the amount of antifogging agent employed as additives to the light-sensitive emulsions varies from about 0.02 to about 20.0 milligrams of antifoggant per 0.6 mole of silver halide.
  • antifogging agents When the antifogging agents are employed as ripening finals it has been found advantageous to employ them in amounts in the range of from about 0.02 to about 5.0 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide whereas, when the antifogging agents are employed in coating finals, it has been found advantageous to employ amounts in the range of from about 1.0 to about milligrams of antifoggant per 0.6 mole of silver halide.
  • antifoggants can be employed also in various kinds of photographic emulsions such as non-sensitized emulsions, orthochromatic emulsions, panchromatic emulsions, X-ray emulsions, paper emulsions, color emulsions and the like.
  • the antifogging agents of the invention in adjacent layers, for example, in a separate undercoating layer or in the antiabrasion gelatin surface.
  • antifogging agents of the invention can be compatibly employed in combination with other known antifoggants and stabilizers; with sulfur-, reduction and metal-, and noble metal sensitizers as well as in combination with polyoxyalkylene polyols, their derivatives; polyvinyl-pyrrolidones and other accelerators.
  • Example I A silver halide emulsion in gelatin containing 2% silver iodide and 98% silver bromide was prepared in a conventional manner and brought up to its maximum light sensitivity. It was then readied for coating, finals were added such as sensitizing dyes and hardening agents. A 0.01% solution of m-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid was added to the emulsion as an antifoggant and stabilizer. The emulsion samples contained about 0.6 mole of silver halide. The so-prepared emulsion samples were coated on a suitable cellulose ester base and dried. Samples of these film coatings were then exposed in a Type IB Sensitometer and developed in a developer of the following composition:
  • Example II Exposed samples of a photographic film were developed for twelve minutes at 65 F. in a standard metol-hydroquinone developer. Two tests were made, one with the normal developing solution and one with a developer containing 4 mg. of m-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid per one liter of developer. Sensitometric strips, developed in the normal developer (control) for twelve minutes showed a fog of .30, whereas those strips which were developed in the developer containing the antifoggant had a fog of .18.
  • Example III A silver halide emulsion in gelatin containing 2% silver iodide and 98% silver bromide was coated on film base in a manner known to the art. After the coating, an aqueous gelatin solution containing 20 grams gelatin in 1 liter H 0 and 80 mg. m-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid was coated thereon as an antiabrasion layer. After drying, film samples were exposed and processed as described in Example I. The samples exhibited a relative speed of 100 and a fog of .12 compared with type coating of the above emulsion having an antiabrasion layer similar to that described above, but lacking the antifoggant and having a speed of 100 and a fog of .18.
  • Example IV The procedure is the same as in Example I excepting that the antifoggant used was o-brornosulfonyl benzoic acid. The results were substantially the same.
  • Example V The procedure was the same as in Example III excepting that the antifoggant used was p-chlorosulfonyl ethyl benzoate. Equally good results were thus obtained.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a carrier therefor and an antifoggant characterized by the general formula:
  • SiOZX COOY wherein X represents a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, fluorine and iodine and Y represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, phenyl, toluyl naphthyl, benzyl, phenethyl groups, alkali metal and the ammonium radical, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 200 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emul- SlOl'l.
  • antifoggant located in the silver halide emulsion, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 20 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said fight-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a carrier therefor, said emulsion containing, as an antifoggant, a chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 20 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a carrier therefor, said emulsion containing, as an antifoggant, p-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 20 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a carrier therefor, said emulsion containing, as an antifoggant, o-chlorosulfonyl benzoic acid, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 20 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a carrier therefor, said emulsion containing, as an antifoggant, an alkali metal salt of a halosulfonyl benzoic acid, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 20 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a carrier therefor, said emulsion containing, as an antifoggant, an ammonium salt of halosulfonyl benzoic acid, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 20 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion, a carrier therefor, said emulsion containing, as an antifoggant, a halosulfonyl benzoic acid, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 20 mliligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • a light-sensitive photographic material comprising a light-sensitive silver salide emulsion, a carrier therefor, said emulsion containing, as an antifoggant, a hydrocarbon ester of a halosulfonyl benzoic acid, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 20 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • a process of minimizing and preventing fog in light-sensitive silver halide materials comprising a base having a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion thereon, which comprises exposing said emulsion to light and developing the same in the presence of an antifoggant characterized by the general formula:
  • X represents a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, fluorine and iodine
  • Y represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, phenyl, toluyl, naphthyl, benzyl, phenethyl groups, alkali metal and the ammonium radical, the amount of antifoggant being from 0.02 to 200 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.
  • X represents a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, fluorine and iodine
  • Y represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, phenyl, toluyl, naphthyl, benzyl, phenethyl groups, alkali metal and the ammonium radical, the amount of antifoggaut being from 0.02 to 200 milligrams per 0.6 mole of silver halide contained in said light-sensitive silver halide emulsion.

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