Figure 3
The intermolecular arrangement of neighboring octaphenyl-POSS molecules. Four phenyl rings are labeled and highlighted using a ball-and-stick representation, showing the absence of direct π–π stacking interactions. The C11B–C16B phenyl ring is arranged parallel to the plane of the page, showing that the C41–C46 phenyl ring does not lie directly above it. This can also be seen with the second symmetry-equivalent pair of phenyl rings, viz. C11–C16 and C41B–C46B. |