AbstractAll carbon resonances in the title compounds have been unequivocably assigned. Steric effects in theperisubstituted compounds have been compared with analogous effects in naphthalene and benzo[b]furan. The observed effects are not explained by current theory. Unusual deshielding steric shifts are observed at some carbons. Methyl substituent effects are not additive at any position in the sterically crowded 2,3‐disubstituted compound