“…Again, none of the cited references comments on the possible presence of atropisomers, which, because of the small sizes of the only three substituents in ortho position to the axis and, in particular, due to the planarizing and barrier-lowering Crbridge, are not really expected to be configurationally stable for 302, 303, and 304. Previous work had taken advantage of such a chiral ethylene glycolic bridge and its conformational control for atropisomer-selective biaryl syntheses, already (743,744), and more recent investigations on the configurational stability of such chirally tethered molecules have been performed by Suzuki eta/. 5,6-dihydrobcnzo[a]naphthaccne quinones as structural links between the 3-phcnylanthraquinones and the 9,10-dihydrophenanthrenes pradimicins A, 8, and C (299, 300, and 301) contain four substituents ortho to the axis and might thus exhibit axial chirality, the diastereomeric ratio certainly being strongly influenced thermodynamically by the stereogenic centers in the bridge.…”