The intramolecular coupling of benzoannelated zincacyclopentadiene using CuCl 2 produced 1,8-dibromobiphenylene selectively in a good yield. On the contrary, the intermolecular coupling of zincacyclopentadiene produced 2,3,6,7,10,11,14,15-octamethoxytetraphenylene selectively in a synthetically reasonable yield under different reaction conditions. The reactions of 2,2¢-dilithio-4,4¢,5,5¢-tetramethoxybiphenyl and 2,2¢-dilithio-4,4¢,5,5¢-tetrakis(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)biphenyl with CuCl 2 in THF unexpectedly produced the corresponding tetraphenylene derivatives, instead of the desired biphenylene derivatives. Octamethoxytetraphenylene was used to synthesize octaacetoxytetraphenylene in a quantitative yield either directly or through octahydroxytetraphenylene.