The Structure of a 2:1 Host Guest Complex between p-Nitroaniline and 18-Crown-6

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Abstract
The crown and two nitroaniline molecules are linked by four N-H ··· O interactions leaving the cyclic ether in a strain free conformation of approximate D3d symmetry. Partial disorder of one O atom facilitates one more H bond but induces considerable conformational strain in the ligand.