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The dihydrocyclohepta[def]fluorene 18 was prepared by starting from 2,7-di-tert-butylfluorene (11). Deprotonation of 18 furnished the dianion 3²⁻ in which the charge is mainly localized at the five- and seven-membered rings as evidenced by NMR investigations. Attempts to oxidize 3²⁻ to the uncharged species 3 failed. The ketones 26 and 29 were obtained by regioselective oxidation of 18. Deprotonation of 29 and 26 furnished the anions 4 and 5, respectively, which could be described as cyclohepta[def]fluorenes with a strong donor substituent. ¹³C-NMR spectroscopic investigations, however, revealed that 4 is described best as an acyl-substituted fluorenyl anion. In contrast to this, proof of the existence of the anion 5 could be obtained only from a trapping experiment.