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[5]- and [6]helicenebisquinones can be preparedeasily and in quantity by combining enol ethers of 1,4-diacetylbenzene or 2,7-diacetylnaphthalene withp-benzoquinone. Similar diethenyl aromatics that eitherhave noether functions or have them attached not to the double bonds, but tothe aromatic rings, give the correspondinghelicenes in only low yields and low purities.[6]Helicenebisquinone 11c is resolved into itsenantiomers. An X-raydiffraction analysis of the adduct of one of these enantiomers andL-prolinol shows the absolute stereochemistryof11c and the regiochemistry with which the amine adds to thequinone.