[9-{10-Phenyl} anthryl](4-bromo-2, 6-dimethylphenyl) diazomethane was found to be stable enough to survive Sonogashira coupling reaction conditions and was converted to [9-{10- phenyl} anthryl](4-trimethylsilylethynyl-2, 6-dimethylphenyl) diazomethane, which was reacted with 1, 8-diiodoanthracene to give bis (diazo) compound. Bis (carbene) generated by irradiation of the bis (diazo) compound generated a fairly persistent S= 2 quintet state.