The anellation of a 6-membered ring to the 2,3-position of corannulene (=dibenzo[ghi,mno]fluoranthene; 1) leads to curved aromatic compounds with a significantly higher bowl-inversion barrier than corannulene (see Fig. 1). If the bridge is −CH2−NR−CH2−, a variety of linkers can be introduced at the N(2) atom, and the corresponding curved aromatics act as versatile building blocks for larger structures