A highly ordered helical columnar packing in single crystals (see picture) can be generated from a simple and nonchiral aromatic system based on pyrene by rational design. The packing preference can be attributed to the combined effect of maximized dipole–dipole interaction and the compatible accommodation of bulky tert-butyl groups.
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