However, reductive aromatization failed to afford aromatic belt. Based on fjordstitching strategy, a variety of partly hydrogenated N-doped belt [n]arene compounds have been synthesized efficiently. Unfortunately, oxidative aromatization to form pyridine-or pyridinium-bearing zigzag aromatic belts was unsuccessful. Incompatibility of the stability of aromatic belts with oxidation conditions may account for the failure in the formation and isolation of products.