H. Higuchi et al., SYNTHESIS OF DIBENZOTRISDEHYDRO[16]ANNULENE-1,4-DIONE AND THE RELATED-COMPOUNDS, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 66(8), 1993, pp. 2323-2329
Synthesis of 4-dibenzo-2,9,11-trisdehydro[16]annulene-1,4-dione is des
cribed. Attempts to prepare diaza[18]annulene derivatives by ring expa
nsion of the dibenz[16]annulenedione and its dimethyl analog are also
described. Examination of H-1 NMR spectra indicates that the dibenz[16
]annulenedione shows no ring current effect.