The main objective of the present work was to evaluate the synthesis of 1, 6-methano [10] annulene derivatives of perylene and perylene-3, 10-dione. The starting material for the synthetic sequence was 2, 7-dibromo-1, 6-methano [10] annulene (I), which was converted by methoxy-and ethoxy-debromination SNAr-type reactions to 2-bromo-7-methoxy-and-7- ethoxy-1, 6-methano [10] annulenes (II). The reactions were much more facile than those ...