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The dibenzo-24-crown-8 encapsulates the non-disordered tropylium ion (C7H7+) with charge-transfer type π–π-interactions with average bond distances of 1.35 Å and C–C–C angles of 129° confirming a regular delocalised heptagon structure.
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Lämsä et al. (1996) studied this question.
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