In spite of large steric repulsion betweenaromaticquinone moiety and dicyanomethylene moiety the title compounds (BDCNBA) were synthesized by TiCl4-catalyzed reactions of the corresponding aromaticquinones and malononitrile. BDCNBA showed electronic spectra indicating the intramolecular charge-transferinteraction and redox properties similar to 11,11,12,12-tetracyano-9,10-anthraquinodimethane (TCNAQ)