Starting from optically active 5,5′-dimethyl, diethyl, and 5-ethyl-5′-methyl-2,2′-spirobiindane as well as from 5′-ethyl-spirobiindane-5-carboxylic ester of known enantiomeric purity and configuration 75 mono to polysubstituted 2,2′-spirobiindanes have been prepared. Amongst these are several compounds with rings anellated in the 6,7 (and 6′, 7′) positions, especially a spirohydrocarbon4 xwith orthogonal naphthalene units the circular dichroism of which is reported
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