Phthalaldehyde adduct and image-forming compositions incorporating the same.

摘要

Novel adducts of phthalaldehyde are disclosed, as well as imaging compositions incorporating them. The adducts are phthalans or isoindolines having the generic formula:
<Chemistry id="chema01" num="0001"><Image id="ia01" he="20" wi="35" file="IMGA0001.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry>wherein
<UnorderedLists id="ula01" listStyle="none"><ListItem>Z<Sup>1</Sup> represents the non-metallic atoms necessary to complete a heterocyclic ring system having from 9 to 13 nuclear atoms in from 2 to 3 fused rings;</ListItem><ListItem>Q represents -O-,
<Chemistry id="chema02" num="0002"><Image id="ia02" he="15" wi="14" file="IMGA0002.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry>>NSO<Sub>2</Sub>R<Sup>2</Sup>, or -S-;</ListItem><ListItem>Y represents -OH when Q is
<Chemistry id="chema03" num="0003"><Image id="ia03" he="13" wi="12" file="IMGA0003.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry>or >NSO<Sub>2</Sub>R<Sup>2</Sup></ListItem><ListItem>and Y is -OR<Sup>5</Sup>, -C<Sub>HR</Sub><Sup>3</Sup><Sub>R</Sub><Sup>4</Sup>,
<Chemistry id="chema04" num="0004"><Image id="ia04" he="14" wi="16" file="IMGA0004.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry>NR6<Sub>R7</Sub>, or -S0<Sub>3</Sub>M when 0 is -O- or -S-;</ListItem><ListItem>R<Sup>1</Sup> represents pentafluorophenyl, -Cn<Sub>X</Sub>H<Sub>3-n</Sub> or
<Chemistry id="chema05" num="0005"><Image id="ia05" he="12" wi="23" file="IMGA0005.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry></ListItem><ListItem>R<Sup>2</Sup> represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or aralkyl group having from 1 to 11 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or alkaryl having from 6 to 11 carbon atoms;</ListItem><ListItem>R<Sup>3</Sup> and R<Sup>4</Sup> each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a -SO<Sub>2</Sub>C<Sub>H3</Sub>, -N0<Sub>2</Sub>, or alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms;</ListItem><ListItem>R<Sup>5</Sup> represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a group of the structural formula:
<Chemistry id="chema06" num="0006"><Image id="ia06" he="18" wi="30" file="IMGA0006.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry></ListItem><ListItem>R<Sup>6</Sup> and R<Sup>7</Sup> each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an -SO<Sup>2</Sup>R<Sup>2</Sup> group, or taken together, the atoms necessary to complete a ring having one of the structural formulas:<!-- EPO <DP n="2"> --><Chemistry id="chema07" num="0007"><Image id="ia07" he="22" wi="100" file="IMGA0007.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry><Chemistry id="chema08" num="0008"><Image id="ia08" he="11" wi="61" file="IMGA0008.TIF" imgContent="chem" imgFormat="TIFF" inline="no" /></Chemistry>and</ListItem><ListItem>R<Sup>13</Sup> is an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms;</ListItem><ListItem>M is a metal;</ListItem><ListItem>X is a halogen; and</ListItem><ListItem>n is 1, 2 or 3.</ListItem></UnorderedLists>