The title compound, C32H32O8. 3C(2)H(4)Cl(2), illustrates how tetrabenzo-24
-crown-8 may be solvated by a common solvent-extraction diluent, 1,2-dichlo
roethane (DCE). Two molecules of DCE occupy the crown cavity, forming weak
hydrogen bonds to the ether O atoms and the crown arene rings, while the cr
own adopts its most commonly observed binding conformation. The asymmetric
unit is composed of two molecules of tetrabenzo-24-crown-8 and six molecule
s of DCE.