NOVEL OXACHALCOGENAZOLE DYES, PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION, AND ARTICLES CONTAINING THESE DYES

摘要

Methine dyes are disclosed which contain a 2-halo or pseudohalo substituted 1,2,5-oxatellurazole ring fused with an aromatic nucleus, the aromatic nucleus being substituted with a methine linkage terminating in an auxochrome providing a conjugated resonance chromophore. The dyes can be formed by condensing a methine linkage precursor with a compound containing an oxatellurazole ring fused with an aromatic nucleus. The dyes are useful in optical recording elements and in photographic elements.