ortho-Fused polycyclic
aromatic or heteroaromatic compounds in which all rings (minimum five) are angularly arranged
so as to give helically shaped molecules, which are thus
chiral, e.g. hexahelicene.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1339