Abstract o-Quinone methanide N-methoxyimines 6a-c, 7a-c, 11a-b and 12a, easily prepared from the reaction of 10-(methoxyimino) phenanthrene-9-one (3) with phosphonium salts 5a- c, 10a-b in the presence of lithium hydroxide, are thermally converted into dibenzo [f, h] quinolino [2, 3-x] fused compounds 9a-c and 13a-b, in high yield.