Phthalocyanine compound, ink, inkjet recording ink, ink-jet recording method and method for improving ozone gas resistance of color image material

• US 7,087,107 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2002
• Issued: 08/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tateishi, Keiichi, Noro, Masaki, Omatsu, Tadashi, Yabuki, Yoshiharu, Naruse, Hideaki
• Primary Examiner(s): KLEMANSKI, HELENE G
• Application Number:
  US10/470,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20040045478A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,663 Days
• Field of Search: 106/31.49, 106/31.78, 427/466, 540/131, 347/100
• US Class Current: 106/31.49
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 5/52 Macromolecular coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 47/065 having -COOH or -SO3H radicals or derivatives thereof, directly linked to the skeleton
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 47/0678 having-COOH or -SO3H radicals or derivatives thereof directly linked to the skeleton
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 47/24 Obtaining compounds having —COOH or —SO3H radicals, or derivatives thereof, directly bound to the phthalocyanine radical
• CPC Class Codes: C09B 47/26 Amide radicals
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 11/328 characterised by dyes

Abstract

According to the present invention, a novel phthalocyanine compound having a specific structure is provided, and an ink, an inkjet recording ink, an inkjet recording method and a method for improving preservability of a formed image, each using the compound, are also provided. The novel phthalocyanine compound of the present invention has a sufficiently high fastness to light, heat, humidity and active gases in the environment and by using an ink, particularly inkjet recording ink, containing the phthalocyanine compound, an image having high fastness to light and ozone gas in the environment can be formed.

Claims

1. An ink comprising at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II):

2. The ink according to claim 1, wherein the compound represented by the formula (I) or (II) comprises at least one compound represented by the following formula (III) or (IV):

3. The ink according to claim 1, wherein the compound represented by the formula (I) or (II) comprises at least one compound represented by the following formula (V) or (IV):

4. The ink according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a phthalocyanine compound represented by the formulae (I) to (VI) has at least two ionic hydrophilic groups selected from the group consisting a carboxyl group, a sulfo group and a quaternary ammonium within one molecule.

5. The ink according to claim 4, wherein the ionic hydrophilic group is at least either a carboxyl group or a sulfo group.

6. The ink according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which is an inkjet recording ink.

7. The ink according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which comprises a phthalocyanine compound represented by the formulae (I) to (VI) in an amount of 0.2% by mass to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the ink.

8. An inkjet recording method, comprising forming an image with the inkjet recording ink according to claim 6 on an image-receiving material comprising an ink-accepting layer containing a white inorganic pigment particle on a support.

9. A method for improving an ozone gas resistance of a color image material, comprising forming an image with the inkjet recording ink according to claim 6.

14. The ink according to claim 1, wherein at least one —

SO₂NR₁R₂ group having an ionic hydrophilic group is present at each of the 2- and/or 3-position, the 6- and/or 7-position, the 10- and/or 11-position, and the 14- and/or 15-position of formula (II).

10. An ink comprising a phthalocyanine compound having an oxidation potential nobler than 1.0 V (vs SCE), wherein the ink comprises at least one compound represented by the following formula (I) or (II):

15. The ink according to claim 10, wherein at least one —

SO₂NR₁R₂ group having an ionic hydrophilic group is present at each of the 2- and/or 3-position, the 6-and/or 7-position, the 10- and/or 11-position, and the 14- and/or 15-position of formula (II).

11. A phthalocyanine compound represented by the formula (I) or (II):

12. The phthalocyanine compound according to claim 11, wherein either one of the formulae (I) or (II) is represented by either one of the following formulae (III) or (IV):

13. The phthalocyanine compound according to claim 11, wherein either one of the formulae (I) or (II) is represented by either one of the following formulae (V) or (VI):

16. The phthalocyanine compound according to claim 11, wherein at least one —

SO₂NR₁R₂ group having an ionic hydrophilic group is present at each of the 2-and/or 3-position, the 6- and/or 7-position, the 10- and/or 11-position, and the 14- and/or 15-position of formula (II).