Abstract
Treatment of 5, 13-di-tert-butyl-8, 16-dimethyl [2. 2] metacyclophan-1-ene with 50% KOH in a mixture of chloroform and benzene in the presence of tetrabutylammonium chloride as a phase transfer catalyst afforded a heptafluvenophanene and a cycloheptatrienophanene in 17% and 22% yields.