title: 1(2,3),2(3,2),3(2,3),4(3,2)-Tetra-kis(1-benzothio-phena)cyclo-tetra-phane benzene sesquisolvate.
abstract: In the title compound, C(32)H(16)S(4)·1.5C(6)H(6), the substituted cyclo-octa-tetra-ene (COT) ring compound has approximate local D(2) point symmetry of the so-called 'saddle' form: the dihedral angles between neighboring benzo[b]thio-phene units are 61.33 (4), 61.61 (4), 56.443 (14) and 58.32 (4)°. The short distance [3.545 (1) Å] between an S atom and the centroid of a benzene ring in a neighboring mol-ecule may indicate S⋯π inter-actions in the crystal.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Special Functional Materials of the Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-Wu
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang