This invention relates to diffusion transfer photographic processes adapted to be performed in the presence of ambient light and to diffusion transfer products useful in such processes wherein a substantial increase in opacification in the red and near infrared region of the visible spectrum and a substantial increase in opacification in the blue and green region is achieved by employing certain alkyl-substituted phenanthrol/carboxynaphthol phthaleins as the light-absorbing, pH-sensitive optical filter agent for the longer wavelength region of the visible spectrum.
dispersion-controlled noncatalytic (2 + 2) cyclodimerization of substituted benzynes to selectively afford proximal biphenylenes in high yields and regioselectivities, depending on the extent of dispersion interactions in the substituents. This method can be applied for the synthesis of novel helical biphenylenes, which would be fascinating for chemists as these compounds are potential skeletons for ligands, catalysts