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The neutral title compound, 8,8-bis(dimethylamino)dibenzo-[a,d]-heptafulvene, exhibits a first vertical ionization potential of only 6.98 eV and, therefore, can also be oxidized by AlCl3 in H2CCl2 solution. The radical cation generated shows a complex multiplet signal pattern, which is assigned based on additional ENDOR measurements. The photoelectron (PE) and ESR spectra of the 112 valence electron molecule are interpreted by “pararneter-optimized” HMO and by geometry-optimized MNDO calculations, which both suggest a non-planar π-type ground state with most of the charge and the spin distributed over the dibenzoheptatriene part of the radical cation.