The syntheses and the electrochemical behavior of the monomeric peralkylated hexaamino (1, 3) metacyclophane 4, the dimeric dodecaamino (1, 3) cyclophane 5a, and the dodecaamino (1, 3, 5) cyclophane 6 are described. Electrochemical measurements show that the hexaaminobenzene units in 4 and 5a undergo an unusually slow two-electron transfer attributed to the deformation of the rings into bis-cyanine cations when oxidized to ...