[摘要]:Palladium-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddn. reactions of 3,4-didehydrophenanthrene (3,4-phenanthryne) and 1,2-didehydrotriphenylene (1,2-triphenylyne) afford sterically congested polycyclic arom. hydrocarbons with novel structures, e.g. I (E = CO2Me).