M. Lamsa et al., CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF AN INCLUSION COMPLEX BETWEEN DIBENZO-24-CROWN-8 AND TROPYLIUM TETRAFLUOROBORATE, Chemical communications, (12), 1996, pp. 1443-1444
The dibenzo-24-crown-8 encapsulates the non-disordered tropylium ion (
C7H7+) with charge-transfer type pi-pi-interactions with average bond
distances of 1.35 Angstrom and C-C-C angles of 129 degrees confirming
a regular delocalised heptagon structure.