“…Larger 7i-perimeters of this kind, the so called [njannulenes, mostly require bridging groups or intervening triple bonds to achieve sufficient degree of planarity and rigidity (118). Typical examples of [n]annulene derivatives with n obeying the Huckel rule of stability are l,6-methano [10]annulene (9), 1,6:8,13-bridged [14]annulenes 10 and 11, 10a,10b-dimethyl-10a,10b-dihydropyrene (12), and bisdehydro[n]annulenes with n = 14,18,22, and 26 (13). The radical ions of alkyl-substituted benzenes (16,23,26,65,111,119) and of [n]annulene derivatives (23,38,61,64,118,(120)(121)(122)(123) have been extensively studied by EPR spectroscopy since 1958 (16) and 1964 (38), respectively.…”