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Acknowledgements
Financial support for this study was provided by a Grant-in-Aid (06224223) for Scienti®c
Research on Priority Areas from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan.
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7. All compounds gave satisfactory analytical and spectral data. For example, compound 10: pale orange prisms, mp
174.5±175.8ꢀC (decomp.); MS m/z 696, 694, 692 (M+); 1H NMR (CDCl3) ꢂ 7.01±7.31 (m, 30H); 13C NMR
(CDCl3) ꢂ 109.86, 126.49, 127.60, 127.86, 127.94, 128.21, 128.26, 128.31, 128.34, 128.37, 128.57, 128.61, 128.77,
128.81, 128.85, 128.87, 129.55, 129.58, 129.72, 130.10, 130.11, 131.54, 134.83, 136.99, 141.24, 141.32, 141.48,
142.99, 143.33, 143.36, 145.29, 145.59, 146.75, 147.19, 148.81, 149.02, 150.02, 152.55; UV (CH2Cl2): lmax (log ")
308 (4.30), 360sh (3.94) nm; HRMS calcd for C42H30 79Br81Br: 694.0693. Found: 694.0677. Compound 11: pale
yellow crystals, mp 260.4±264.2ꢀC (decomp.); FAB-MS m/z 901, 899, 897 (M++1); H NMR (CDCl3) ꢂ 6.92±7.05
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(m, 18H), 7.28±7.31 (m, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) ꢂ 125.22, 126.30, 127.92, 127.97, 128.52, 128.57, 128.61, 129.96,
130.15, 130.21, 130.33, 130.35, 130.37, 133.57, 133.65, 133.95, 134.00, 134.05, 134.39, 134.51, 134.64, 136.62,
138.09, 138.20, 138.40, 139.61,ꢀ139.92, 139.96, 141.54, 141.83, 144.19, 144.58, 144.89, 145.23, 149.93. Compound 3:
yellow prisms, mp 334.7±336.8 C (decomp.); MS m/z 534 (M+); 1H NMR (CDCl3) ꢂ 6.76 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 12H), 6.81
(dd, J=8.2 and 1.2, 12H), 7.09 (tt, J=7.4 and 1.2, 6H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) ꢂ 118.24, 123.82, 126.58, 126.87,
130.26, 141.25; UV (CH2Cl2): lmax (log ") 277 (4.43), 467 (4.47) nm; UV (benzene): lmax (log ") 468 (4.57) nm.
Compound 4: reddish orange needles, mp 353.5±355.2ꢀC (decomp.); MS m/z 738 (M+); H NMR (CDCl3) ꢂ 6.72
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(d, J=8.5 Hz, 12H), 6.85 (d, J=8.5, 12H); 13C NMR (CDCl3) ꢂ 117.99, 122.08, 127.14, 131.29, 134.31, 138.75; UV
(CH2Cl2): lmax (log ") 285 (4.76), 339sh (4.08), 482 (4.77) nm; UV (benzene): lmax (log ") 483 (4.68) nm; HRMS
calcd for C42H34Cl6: 738.0009. Found: 737.9964.