The relation of the developabilities of substituted benzenes with the positions of the highest occupied electronic energy levels (ε
h0) and the electron densities of their conjugated π-electron systems has been examined. The HMO calculations have shown that the ε
h0 of 1·2-, 1·4-, 1·2·3-, and 1·2·4- substituted benzenes [group I] are markedly higher than those of non-, 1-, 1·3-, and 1·3·5- substituted benzenes [group II], in the cases where electronegativities and bond lengths of substituents are small. While, on the contrary to the report by Lyalikov, there was no clear correlation between the developabilities and the π-electron densities at substituents of the substituted benzenes. This result suggest that the role of
n-electrons is not important in the development process. Thus, it has been indicated that photographic development arises from the transfer of electrons at ε
h0 of conjugated π-electron systems of substituted benzenes of group I to exposed silver halide grains.
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