[6](1,4)Naphthalenophane (1a), [6](1,4)anthracenophane (2a), and their peri-substituted derivatives 1b, 1c, and 2b were synthesized from 8-bromo[6]paracyclophane (4) by a benzoannelation method. The 1H NMR spectral properties of 1b, 1c, and 2b as well as the X-ray crystallographic structure analysis of 1b indicate that their bridged aromatic rings are more distorted than those of the corresponding