A precursor to highly unsaturated cyclophanes: 7,19,28-trithiatetracylo[11.11.7.1(3,23).1(11,15)]tritriaconta-1,3(32),11(33),12,14,23-hexaene-4,9,16,22,25,30-hexayne

The title compound, C30H18S3.CH2Cl2, has an almost eclipsed conformation with the aromatic rings showing normal van der Waals contacts. The alkyne units in the bridges show some deviation from linearity as a result. The crystal contains solvent dichloromethane which was partially lost in data collection, resulting in a final effective occupancy of 0.55.