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The titled cyclophane (cyclic [6]metaphenylacetylene) with six methoxy groups inside the cavity has a nearly planar carbon framework, forms open-channel structures in the crystal, and exhibits an ammonium-selective ionophoric property in spite of the considerably large cavity.
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