316 2005 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim DOI: 10.1002/anie. 200461608 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2005, 44, 316–319 date. We have synthesized a new hexapentaeneextended quinocumulene 3 from the corresponding extended 4, 4'-biphenol, and found that 3 underwent cyclotrimerization to form the novel tricyclobutabenzene derivative 4. Tricyclobutabenzene derivatives have been extensively studied from ...