Abstract: A radiation-sensitive mixture which contains compounds of the formula I which generate under irradiation sulfonic acids and are cleavable by the latter ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, fluorinated alkyl, perfluoroalkyl or aryl radical,R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl radical, or an unsubstituted or substituted aryl radical, (R.sup.1 --SO.sub.2 --O--).sub.n X--, or R.sub.3 O--,R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are identical or different and are unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkenylalkyl or aralkyl radicals, in which 1 to 3 aliphatic CH.sub.2 or CH groups are optionally replaced by one or more of NR.sup.5, O, S, CO, CO--O, CO--NH, O--CO--NH, CO--NH--CO, NH--CO--NH, SO.sub.2, SO.sub.2 --O or SO.sub.2 --NH, or unsubstituted or substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl radicals, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are mutually linked to form an unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclic ring,R.sup.