Abstract
Ascorbic acid and hydroxytetronic acid may be thought of as dihydroxydihydrofuranones. Their activity is greatly increased by the substitution of a phenyl group for the dihydroxyethyl group of ascorbic acid. The corresponding imides are active developers. Superadditivity is obtained with combinations of the several dihydroxydihydrofuranones and -furimides with aminophenols and pyrozolidinones.
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Paper presented at a symposium on “Photographic Processing” organized by the Science Committee of the Royal Photographic Society. on 22-24 September 1971. in Brighton.