The water-soluble macrobicyclic cyclophane molecule 16– has been crystallized in two very different shapes that display the operation of medium, especially hydrophobic effects: an inflated cage structure building up cylinders disposed in an hexagonal array; a flattened structure stacked in molecular layers separated by aqueous layers in a lamellar arrangement.
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