Hexakis(2‐pyridyl)‐ and Hexakis(3‐pyridyl)[3]radialene: Novel, Water‐Soluble [3]Radialenes with Potential Utility for Supramolecular Chemistry.

The titled [3]radialenes are the first, water-soluble hexaaryl[3]radialenes with considerably high electron affinity, their alkali metal reduction giving rise to anion-radicals and dianions stepwise as fairly stable species in degassed tetrahydrofuran.