was synthesized. The compound revealed a reversible reduction wave at +0.32 V vs SCE. The radicalanion species was cleanly generated by a reduction with Na-Hg and characterized: lambdamax=1027 nm in vis-NIR and a large spin density of the beta-carbon atoms on the fused ring by EPR spectroscopy. The radicalanion salts were isolated by a reduction with iodide and showed moderate conductivity.