“…[3]/[4]radialene derivatives containing three/four quinone units,f or example,t ris(3,6-di-tert-butyl-4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene)cyclopropane 2 [16] and tetrakis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene) cyclobutane 3 [17] (Figure 1) have been synthesized,a nd both showedi nteresting optical and redox properties. Now,o ur particulari nterest is their analog, the hexakis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-4-oxo-2,5-cyclohexadien-1ylidene) cyclohexane (Figure 1), which has never been studied.…”